Switch 2 Will Reportedly Be Backwards Compatibile With OG Switch Games

11.02.2024 - 13:43 / thegamer.com / Nintendo / Will

A reliable leaker has claimed that the Nintendo Switch 2 (or Super Nintendo Switch, whatever you want to call it) will have backwards compatibility with OG Switch games, whether they're physical or digital.

For some time now, we've known that Nintendo is working on the console that will follow the Nintendo Switch and, after years of rumours and waiting, it seems very likely that it's finally going to reveal it to us at some point in 2024. Although we still have no idea when in the year we're going to be seeing it (although rumours point to it being March), some alleged details about the system are already leaking out.

Over on Twitter, CentroLeaks shared a post from reliable Nintendo leaker Universo Nintendo, (who correctly leaked the name of Sonic x Shadow and the date of the last Nintendo Direct, among other things) that seemingly reveals some new details about the successor to the Switch.

In the article, Universo Nintendo claims that, as reported by PH Brazil during a recent episode of the X do Controle podcast, the Switch 2 will allow for physical and digital backwards compatibility with games from the original Nintendo Switch. If true, this adds more evidence that the Switch successor will be using cartridges for its games.

That's not all though, as the rumour also claims that backwards compatibility won't just be a useful feature for consumers, as producers and developers will also be able to utilise the feature to "study improvements to the current titles in the Nintendo Switch library", which sounds like it'll allow them to make upgrades to games from the Nintendo Switch.

Universo Nintendo also says that X do Controle backed the recent rumours that Nintendo will be unveiling its next console in March, following a Nintendo Direct showcase this month. The rumour also claims that a Pokemon presentation is due this month as well.

Although Nintendo hasn't announced anything of the sort for the next Nintendo console officially, it's worth noting that it was previously reported that a demo of an upgraded version of Breath of the Wild was allegedly shown behind closed doors at Gamescom last year. In the demo, Breath of the Wild was shown with a higher framerate and resolution than it had on the original console, acting as a remaster of sorts.

Nintendo reportedly claimed that it was just a tech demo to show off what the Switch successor could do, but the rumour from PH Brazil and Universo Nintendo does make it seem as if it might end up being a feature of the Nintendo Switch 2.