Nintendo confirms Switch backcompat for next gen device.

Go_Ly_Dow said:
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Holammer said:
Next-gen patches for existing games should be a given.
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This is Nintendo. Why would they burn resources for something like this when they could instead remaster and sell for 70 bucks next gen? The games will just run better because of the platform not individual patches.
 
Great news 🙌 now I want confirmation that old peripherals work with Switch 2, such as third party joy cons and pro controllers.
 
NSO better be pimped to the brim. Music and sound effects, no lag when scrolling down even the iPod touch 1st gen app store was more fluid ..the ability to sort the shovelware crap from the real game etc..
 
awwr999999 said:
When Nintendo makes the inevitable move to digital only they'll finally have a shot at keeping their games locked onto their hardware.
They could easily create a system where users could back games up onto cartridges that look the same as regular carts but only work for the console that bought them. After buying and downloading a game the user buys the corresponding cart (at or near Nintendo's cost) and Nintendo drop ships it to them. User plugs the cart into the console and backs up an encrypted copy of the game from their on-console library to the cart. When completed it verifies the cart and erases the game from the console's storage. Users end up with the same cartridges that Nintendo's always used but they're locked to the console and won't work on anyone else's console. Ripping the carts will yield an encrypted blob that's useless to anyone else.
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Nintendo had kiosks in Japan where you could overwrite the memory in your cart to a different game for a fee. I forget whether it was NES, Game Boy or both...
 
Please just be cart in and it works.

None of this needing extra stuff like the Wii, or separate channel like the Wii U or black bar round games like the game boys or screen crunch or having to install games like on the PS5.
 
Warspite said:
Please just be cart in and it works.

None of this needing extra stuff like the Wii, or separate channel like the Wii U or black bar round games like the game boys or screen crunch or having to install games like on the PS5.
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It's the same architecture. Should be able to run it natively, that's why I was never worried.
 
This would have been a collassal PR own goal if Switch 2 wasn't backwards compatible, as it's the opposite of prior claims directly from Nintendo about wanting to ease their current userbase onto the next system.
 
Expected this but nice to have it comfirmed by Nintendo themselves.
I hope the old games gets a fps boost, or at least achieving a stable frame pacing at whatever their target is.
 
kevboard said:
there is absolutely zero reason for them to change the form factor of the cartridges
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I mean, they could have devised a better, faster interface allowing faster data streaming (do we even know the read speed of Switch cartridges to know if tangibly useful improvements are possible) or the same speed for lower cost or for it to work better in tandem with installed files or way smaller higher capacity carts so a way smaller connector needed leaving room for other stuff or whatever else, there could be many reasons to change compatibility. It's good they include it, whether it's in the same slot, or it has a separate Switch 1 slot, like DS had a GBA slot (that DSi eventually ditched).
 
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Bernoulli said:
if they use the same cards, devs were already complaining about the small storage of those
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They can just make it so the Switch 2 accepts both Switch and Switch 2 cards. Switch 2 can still use larger storage with backwards compatibility.
 
So, does this mean all of my digital games purchased on the Eshop will be able to be downloaded on the Switch 2? And not just BC for physical carts?
 
I have a hard time believing they'd lock physical cartridges out of BC. That doesn't exactly entice you to invest in physical media for the next system.
 
BlackTron said:
Nintendo had kiosks in Japan where you could overwrite the memory in your cart to a different game for a fee. I forget whether it was NES, Game Boy or both...
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Famicom Disk System. A pretty revolutionary approach, from a time when nobody thought people would care about old games just a few years down the line. You could erase your Zelda or Metroid disk to write something on it that's totally obscure today. It's incredible what we managed to preserve from that time, considering that some less successful games risked getting completely obliterated from those disks to make place for the best ones.
Then Nintendo realized their games would actually hold their value throughout the generations, and here we are, wondering if we'll have to rebuy some Switch games at full price.
 
Dorfdad said:
uhhh this may not age nicely.. From what I heard a while back the cartridge would be a different size. Hopefully the slot fits both!? or maybe only digital games will be backward compatible.
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Nothing wrong with that. Nintendo DS and 3DS carts were different sizes. GB and GBC different sizes (well, sort of ). Perfectly normal and expected, that way Switch 2 carts don't fit into a Switch, but Switch carts fit into Switch 2. Same as GBC/3DS/etc.
 
I seriously have a hard time believing anyone thought otherwise. Like, it's using Nvidia tech with BC support for Tegra, of course Switch 2 would be BC unless Nintendo were ready to face backlash they couldn't sweep under the rug.

But I also guess it's good to have confirmation. Anyway, I'm more interested in their seemingly bold partnership strategy with 3P studios. Some folks wanted to keep saying Switch 2 would be getting abysmal 3P AAA support. Well, look, I don't think it'll get EVERY major 3P AAA (certainly not Day 1), but the sales success of games like Hogwarts Legacy and Mortal Kombat on the platform show there's an audience; it's just that a lot of 3P were LTTP in providing those games, for one reason or another.

Switch 2 will be more capable than some want to give it credit for (~ base PS4 undocked, ~ PS4 Pro/Series S when docked & using DLSS 3.x), and miles better than the original Switch. It'll have the juice to run 3P AAA games at settings acceptable to most gamers. But I also would be interested to see if Nintendo's efforts with 3P result in modified versions of those games for Switch 2 with Nintendo-exclusive content and bonuses. Their IP are evergreen enough to leverage that; I'd see it as a midway between the "Link in Gamecube Soul Calibur 2" stuff and working with Ubisoft on the Raving Rabbits games (or SEGA with the Mario x Sonic Olympic Games series).

So, not necessarily Nintendo getting 3P timed exclusives (they don't really need 3P titles in that capacity IMO, and it'd probably be too costly), but still leveraging their IP to add exclusive content to versions of select 3P games on their system. I think that's a win-win. I'd say SIE could try a similar strategy if they wanted (especially since it's getting harder for them to secure 3P timed exclusives), but they lack the type of evergreen IP Nintendo has (for the most part), and more importantly many of their IP aren't as malleable. As in, them being heavily story-driven kind of prevents seamless content integration with a lot of varied IP.

I think the only relevant IP SIE have which could serve this type of purpose are Astro Bot (and apparently, SE didn't agree to have FF character cameos in that), Rachet & Clank (might not be getting a new game until at least 2030), and....that's about it. Everything else would either have limited usage due to heavy story-driven nature (God of War, TLOU, Uncharted, Horizon etc.), or is too license-heavy to be used in such a strategy (GT, Spiderman etc.), or are dormant IP that haven't been relevant to the market for years/decades (Parappa, Killzone, Resistance, Fat Princess, Sly Cooper etc.), to the point where that SIE IP would be getting more a benefit than the 3P IP the content is featured in.
 
Regginator said:
Switch Online doesn't necessarily mean your digital eShop purchases though, right? I read that as the online subscription service carries over, e.g. they're not starting from scratch again like with the Wii, Wii U, and then Switch.
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www.nintendo.com

Digital Game Purchases on Nintendo Switch

Information: Once you have created a Nintendo Account , you can use your Nintendo Account to purchase downloadable software for Nintendo Switch from Nintendo eShop.
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It'll work with the Switch 2. Cheers!
 
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Thats awesome! Lets hope its actually 100% BC with no caveats. If it enhances games performance like the PS5 does PS4, then it will fly off the shelves (who am i kidding, it will fly regardless).
 
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best said:
But I also guess it's good to have confirmation.
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Yeah, it is. But as you mention it was both expected and heavily rumored.

The entire statement reads very much like they felt the need to give us some news on the Switch successor that essentially reveals nothing about it that wasn't already (basically) known beforehand.
 
Bernoulli said:
They are too expensive, and you are limited in reading speed if you want to keep costs down
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I believe they could keep the same form factor but add extra pins on Switch 2 carts exclusive titles for faster storage access. It will probably be similar to how SD cards have handled backwards compatibility.
 
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