Nintendo Confirms Backward Compatibility for New Console

Less than half an hour ago, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa tweeted about today’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, where he announced that the successor to the Nintendo Switch will support backward compatibility and include Nintendo Switch Online.

Full statement below:

This is Furukawa. At today’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well. Further information about the successor to Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with Nintendo Switch, will be announced at a later date.

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