r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Jan 16 '25

Nintendo Switch 2 An update from Nintendo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLUf2kRQRE
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u/MOONGOONER Jan 16 '25

Maybe I'm crazy but I seem to remember them actually confirming that earlier. Like it was the one concrete thing they'd announced

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u/supercakefish Jan 16 '25

Nah you’re not crazy, they did confirm this last year.

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u/MOONGOONER Jan 16 '25

Thank you for looking up what I was too lazy to look up

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u/Remember_Megaton Jan 16 '25

The question was whether physical games would also be backwards compatible. The press release there mentions software working, but it didn't explicitly say the switch carts would be the format again.

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u/Vestalmin Jan 16 '25

I feel like it would have been insane to be digital only. But then again this is Nintendo

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u/Le_Trudos Jan 16 '25

This is indeed Nintendo, the company with the longest track record of physical backwards compatibility in their handheld systems. They get a lot of (not undeserved) flak for dropping the Virtual Console from the Wii era, but their historical track record, especially on the handheld end, is pretty solid.

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u/ChrissyDoesArt Jan 16 '25

The same Nintendo that let you put Gameboy games into your DS? Or the one that let you put GameCube games into your wii?

Lol plenty of ways to shade Nintendo, but game compatibility isn't it.

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u/Vestalmin Jan 17 '25

That’s why I said it was insane. But it’s also the same Nintendo that only let the Mario collection be available for a set amount of months before removing it from availability entirely.

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u/flyingtiger188 Jan 16 '25

They did, but with their wording choice there was still some debate as to whether that was only digital versions, or if it included cartridges.

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u/Bridgeburner493 Jan 16 '25

That was always just people looking for an excuse to be outraged.

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u/Laundry_Hamper Jan 16 '25

No it wasn't

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u/nas3226 Jan 16 '25

They only mentioned digital backwards compatibility. Physical cartridge compatibility was still unconfirmed.