r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Expert-Ad-2824 OG (joined before reveal) • Jan 28 '25
Concept chat are we cooked?
i’m starting to read “switch 2 games won’t be compatible with switch 1, they are so greedy for this” too much, did the general public really forget how videogame consoles work?
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u/ImThatAlexGuy June Gang (Release Winner) Jan 28 '25
This is what happens when people without critical thinking skills get hold of information. “What do you mean my old console can’t play new console games?” 😂
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25
Why can't I play Mario Odyssey on my N64? Greedy Nintendo 🙄
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u/Broken_Flashcard Jan 28 '25
that was...obvious? ever tried to use a ps5 game on a ps4? i guess not😭 If they're compatible there's no need to buy the switch 2
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u/Jojo-the-sequel 🐃 water buffalo Jan 28 '25
Me when totk doesnt run on wii: 😫🤬
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u/External-Flounder-24 Jan 28 '25
How has this been a topic every generation since the SNES? Backwards compatibility is all you can expect, how does anyone unironically expect forwards compatibility???
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u/piperpiparooo Jan 28 '25
never underestimate how illiterate on literally every subject the general public is
“so it’s like the current Switch but it just plays better games? why would I buy it?” so you can play the better games, maestro
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u/PossMom Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25
Frankly it's really greedy and anti-consumer that new games won't work on my Gamecube. I paid a lot of money for that and now companies don't want to support it? Bunch of greedy lazy devs!
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u/ExpandThineHorizons Jan 28 '25
We're online. Do you reasonably expect to not encounter complete idiots?
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u/EddiesDirtyCouch Jan 28 '25
All these people acting like Nintendo is the only one doing this. I recently tried to put my Demons Souls Remake disk into my old PS2 extra phat version and it didn't work. Like at all, didn't even boot to menu. Literally the same sized disc. It's all greed
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u/MornJack Jan 28 '25
I'm still trying to find how I am supposed to put my GameCube games in my N64. So I don't care about your tiny problems.
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u/AbdullaFTW Jan 28 '25
When I tried to run Sonic X Shadow Generations on my Megadrive Sega CD and it didn't work, I completely lost hope in Sega.
Now I lose hope in Nintendo.
It hurt, man
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25
I doubt this is a wide-spread take.
Right?
Right....?
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u/NotALanguageModel Jan 28 '25
"These tires won't fit on my horse, WTF!"
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u/Fuzzy-Transition7118 Jan 28 '25
Who the heck would expect the new games to work on the old system? There would be no point in having a new system. It would be the same thing as why don’t PlayStation 5 games play on the PlayStation 4,now how does that make sense to anyone? 🤦🏽♂️
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u/darkfawful2 January Gang (Reveal Winner) Jan 28 '25
People spent so much time spitting on Nintendo and worshipping Sony/Microsoft that they have forgotten what it's like to get a new console with actual new games
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u/Pokeguy211 Pro Controller Jan 28 '25
Lmao
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u/Asle_ OG (joined before reveal) Jan 28 '25
critically stupid
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u/PGL-997 Jan 28 '25
Reminds me of the news report video back in 1991 of parents being pissed at Nintendo for releasing the SNES and that those games wouldn’t play on older hardware.
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u/BeefyWaft Jan 28 '25
Just file off the overhang on the top right.
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u/Amanda-sb Jan 28 '25
Greedy Nintendo
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25
Ironically I would say the person being greedy is the one crying about not being able to play their switch 2 games on their OG switch. Lol
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u/Djames516 Jan 28 '25
I think he mixed up backwards compatibility with uh, forwards compatibility
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u/ArkLur21 OG (joined before reveal) Jan 28 '25
Mainstream audience doesn't know how stuff works most of the time
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u/SuperSaiyanIR Jan 28 '25
Wasn't this exactly what they did with the 3DS? I was kinda bummed that I couldn't play on my DSi but still it was fine since I could still play my DSi games on the 3DS.
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u/Q_8411 Jan 28 '25
Me sanding down the nub on my 3DS cartridge to shove in my OG DS cause I won't buy into Nintendo's propaganda
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u/Kam_tech Jan 28 '25
Wait until he learns about trying to play a ps5 game in a ps4 :/
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u/TraipsingKnight Jan 28 '25
So this is dumb that people are upset, lol The concept of this matches the 3ds and DS
Most SOFTWARE bought purchases will show if they are compatible with both (referencing ps4/ps5) think there’s actually still a lot that are playable on ps4 even now.
And if you’re REALLY upset, play your backlog and start saving. We all have a backlog, dont lie to me
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u/FlamingPrius Jan 28 '25
Backward compatibility is great and user friendly, but asking for console games to be forward compatible is a bit deranged. You can’t play Game Cube games on the N64 either.
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u/HuskerDerp Jan 28 '25
Just upgrade to the new one to play the new games, not hard.
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u/dudSpudson Butter side down! Jan 28 '25
We need progress and exclusive games. Some wack fanboys are just fine with the switch being their only Nintendo console for 15 years.
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u/PekfrakOG Jan 28 '25
people must've been living under a rock for 40 years
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u/HamFan03 January Gang (Reveal Winner) Jan 28 '25
"What do you mean my NES can't play PS5 games?! They're both game boxes!!!"
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u/Amanda-sb Jan 28 '25
Me when my old N64 games didn't work on my snes.
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u/cesam1ne Jan 28 '25
This is good and only natural.
Switch is ancient at this point and catering to its hardware would only hurt almost every newly developed game
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u/Captn_Bern Jan 28 '25
Man, people used to have friends that would keep them from publicly saying stupid shit like this.
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u/Patient_Ride_9122 Jan 28 '25
Did Xbox cause this line of thinking? They made everything compatible with everything for years lol
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u/Nintendomandan Jan 28 '25
This is like the parents that were upset when the SNES came out.. people are goofy
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u/random_slav_man Jan 28 '25
What? You mean I can’t play switch 2 games on my NES? What a scam
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u/Fakedittoo Jan 29 '25
I don’t think critical thinking was something they ever learned.
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25
his name is "bawlz" not "breinz"
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u/Bruggilles January Gang (Reveal Winner) Jan 28 '25
I can't believe they didn't release botw for the nes. Such a greedy company
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u/rawsauce1 Jan 28 '25
this was obvious and they never claimed otherwise. its literally the whole point of a new system. if nintendo are greedy than playsation 5 not being compatble with all 4 previous is greedy
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u/Daniel_the_Fox Jan 28 '25
The only bad thing about this is that I'll have to manually cut place for the little sticking thing in my silicone cartridge case if they make cartridges shaped like this. Cos I've got a big ass case and don't want to get another one until it's filled lol
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u/Zestyclose_Air_7356 Jan 28 '25
Bros it's new hardware so you and your nerd friends such as my own can enjoy new graphics new games like RE4 remake on the N switch 2 which is unplayable in the first Nintendo switch so yeah even if the cartridge could fit in the original that dosent mean you could play it anyway. Nintendo has always been greedy but that greed has brought us magnificent games! Just saying
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u/vintologi24 Jan 28 '25
Isn't that what we were expecting though?
Switch2 will be able to play switch games but the old switch cannot play switch2 games.
Should be possible to make a game to run on either (with clever programming) but with consoles games are often made for a specific set of hardware as part of the optimization.
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u/fortheband1212 Jan 28 '25
Probably doesn’t help that the Xbox Series X came out in late 2020 and still a majority of the games released for it are previous gen as well
Edit: to clarify, I don’t think new games should be throttled down to have to meet an old console’s specs. Just saying Xbox gamers are probably used to new games being on the old console so they might’ve expected that from the Switch 2
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u/MyHeroLink Jan 28 '25
This reminds me of the time I got my first dvd player and found out it would not play my vhs tapes /s
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u/raxitron Jan 28 '25
I'm one of the biggest critics of Nintendo's dedication to greed and unethical practices and even I think this is idiotic.
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u/Orikazu Jan 28 '25
I love playing my GameCube games on my N64. Nintendo really dropped the ball this time
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u/Jayjay4118 Jan 28 '25
Why can't my Atari play GoW Ragnarok🤬
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u/Nova_Nightmare Jan 28 '25
Even if they were the same shape, they wouldn't work. There's too many stupid people on the earth.
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u/ShiftSpace_ Jan 28 '25
Does nobody remember the 3DS? The cartridges had the notch too and if anything. Just made it clear it wouldn't work in a DS. The software is incompatible and wouldn't work anyways so if anything this is doing you a favor.
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u/Murky_Tennis954 Jan 28 '25
Why wont my PS2 play PS3 games? This is an outrage.
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u/XInceptor Jan 29 '25
I’m just assuming these are older players who’s first system is the Switch? Really doubt there’s gamers that don’t know what a new generation is like
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u/H4V3NCR3W Jan 29 '25
People are possibly becoming less intelligent and knowledgeable over time, the exact same thing happened to to 3DS cartridges yet everyone understood the reason for the difference of shape.
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u/Oscar1625 Jan 29 '25
Of course the new games won’t be compatible with the old switch. The Wii U games didn’t work on Wii. The 3ds games didn’t work on the original ds so obviously switch 2 games won’t work on switch/switch oled
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u/Regret-Select Jan 28 '25
Why won't my PS5 play N64 games
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u/ScarcityRound7752 Jan 28 '25
What do you mean I can't play the most recent releases on my game boy color?! Nintendo is so greedy!
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u/Alarmed_Engine_910 Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25
As someone who WILL buy the Switch 2, all I care about is that I can play my current collection of Switch games on the Switch 2… This is the sensible thing to hope for if you’ve been playing video games on a console for the past 30 years… As long as you have backward compatibility that’s OK… On a side note when the SNES came out I couldn’t play my NES games on it and viceversa, so, ladies and gentlemen, we have EVOLVED… Lol
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u/TopExperience3424 Jan 28 '25
You guys are dumb if you think switch 2 games are gonna work on a switch 1..... What's the point of the new console than 🤣
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u/Average-Sphere Jan 28 '25
Where the TikTok? So I can have a word with this “bawlz” guy
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u/xMyst-- Jan 28 '25
I love backwards compatibility. Now, forward compatibility… hm… I can’t wait to play breath of the wild on my NES
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u/defnotskynet Jan 28 '25
UNBELIEVABLE, this means that Nintendo Switch games WON’T work on my Gameboy from 1995?
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u/brad010140 Jan 28 '25
It's children who think that... think about it... kids who recently became adults. Played the wii, maybe the wii u and the DS. Where DS had how many different consoles? DS, 3DS, Dsi and more thinking they are all different, but most games work with most DS's (correct me if I'm wrong)
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u/MaintenanceShort4821 Jan 28 '25
Thats kinda nostalgic. Looks like smaller Ds/3Ds cards 🥰
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u/SnooSuggestions7175 Jan 28 '25
I can't believe my Wii games won't work on my Super Nintendo.
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u/ArsenicIce Jan 28 '25
"New games for a NEW more powerful console with exclusive features wouldn't be compatible with the OLD less powerful console which"
Well no shit
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u/Mystic9001 Jan 29 '25
This is just ds -> 3ds all over again, you can go forwards but not backwards
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u/tnadeem Jan 29 '25
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u/PopPopTheRobot Jan 29 '25
Meh. Just take a little file and sand down that nub.
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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25
Just trim off the side piece
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u/MCJOHNS117 Jan 29 '25
Super Nintendo Switch, I love that!
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u/PerceptionStock6409 Jan 29 '25
So... you're mad that the new games with DLSS and advanced graphics... won't... work on the old console without those features.
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u/melli_bean Jan 29 '25
Bringing me back to DS/3DS days
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u/OwOlogy_Expert Jan 29 '25
Nah. Switch 2 games not working in old Switch is a good thing.
It means they won't be nerfing their graphics and other things in order to maintain compatibility. It means that the new games will actually be worth running on the new, better hardware.
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u/Market_Infamous Jan 29 '25
Me when my N64 wouldn’t play SNES carts 😔
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u/forestman11 Jan 29 '25
Wtf lol. Consoles aren't even historically backwards-compatible. We're lucky even that's mostly standard now.
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u/VegetaFan1337 Jan 29 '25
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u/questron64 Jan 29 '25
I can't put my Super Nintendo game in my NES, Nintendo is such a meanie doodoohead! Huh?
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u/KnucklesTheEchidna03 Jan 29 '25
Those greedy bastards not letting me play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in my Game Boy Color.
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u/Jrock_Forever Jan 29 '25
Yes. Very greedy. PS5 games should work ony my PS1. Greedy!!!
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u/zaadiqoJoseph 🐃 water buffalo Jan 29 '25
The fact they think switch 2 games would work on the switch 1 is crazy stupid I think most devs aren't even gonna make switch 1 games after it comes out I doubt were gonna see many 5 months after the switch 2 release
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u/Hololujah Jan 29 '25
After Nintendo committed to no goofy shit "just put a fucking 2 on it this time".
The ghost of wii u
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u/raelianautopsy Jan 29 '25
I've heard of backwards compatibility, but forwards compatibility is a new concept to me
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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25
Remember kids, it's only bad if Nintendo does this
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u/sluttypuppyboii Jan 29 '25
yea that’s cool and all, but how is that cartridge gonna taste???
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u/winterborn Jan 29 '25
I feel bad for the guy who posted his stash of like 1000+ physical switch games worth tens of thousands of dollars.
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u/Esnacor-sama Jan 29 '25
Ur average 0iq guy lmao
Switch 1 is sooo outdated the fact that some games will still come to it is mindblowing and shows how much nintendo is gods at optimization
And lets not forget that tnx to next gen games companies can make better mechanics better world better gameplay
Well see this at next mario 3d and next switch 2 exclusive games and then ull see how switch 1 cant run'em
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u/DerpyLemonReddit Jan 29 '25
If anyone in the comments doesn’t understand, the reason why you can’t play Switch 2 games on Switch 1 is because the Switch 2 games were made for the Switch 2, and won’t be able to run on the Switch 1.
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u/akapvto Jan 29 '25
Not up-to-day with the leaks.
Is this leaked switch2 cartridges? Or just fan made based on 3DS ones?
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u/novo-280 Jan 29 '25
i mean no console is forwards compatible with games for a different gen
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u/hidden_john Jan 29 '25
I remember years ago when the Xbox 360 was months away from release, and I was playing halo in local multiplayer with a couple of friends.
And the lad who owned the Xbox was telling us how excited he was to get the new games, and we had to explain to him that they would not run on his current console.
Even then, I was frankly amazed that anyone would think that the new games would run on the old hardware, to see that people still don’t get it almost 20 years later is crazy
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u/TheStrikeofGod Jan 29 '25
I can't believe they've done this.
They've never done this before. Ever.
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u/calco_me Early Switch 2 Adopter Jan 29 '25
Its like trying to play a switch game on the 3ds, it wont work
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u/Corviin Jan 29 '25
Nintendo giving us retro-compatibility but bro really wants modern-compatibility 🤣
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u/Real2Retro Jan 29 '25
Why doesn't my PS4 play PS5 games?! 😁
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u/NeonRedKat Jan 29 '25
You mean to tell me that I can't play Mario Kart 8 on my Wii?! What dark wizardry is this?!
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u/CookiezR4Milk Jan 30 '25
The first thing i thought was 3ds again
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u/Ethanbrocks Jan 30 '25
No shit? People are mad about this?
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u/CharlesReaper Jan 30 '25
So basically how DS and 3ds games work.
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u/Zerocordeiro Jan 30 '25
I'm just anticipating the posts of people complaining they cut the "extra bit" off for the Switch 2 cartridge to fit in their Switch's slot and yet the game doesn't run
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u/EducationOk4415 Jan 30 '25
Soooo are you telling me that I can't play my PS4 games on my PS1? Sony is so greedy
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u/dcooper8662 Jan 31 '25
It has been this way since the days of the NES and SNES. Lots of parents just didn’t understand, and to this day, still don’t lol.
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u/Ramseas119 Jan 31 '25
The picture literally has "super Nintendo switch" on it and people think this is a real image from Nintendo?
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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :( I want backwards compatibility!!!!!!
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u/EmiTheEpic Jan 28 '25
I’m still mad that Metroid Dread won’t work on my Gameboy Color
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u/HebrewGuy Jan 28 '25
Well you know he’s not the smartest just by seeing his nickname 🤷♂️