{"id":291091,"date":"2024-11-07T02:12:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=343444"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:46:31","slug":"nintendo-confirms-what-we-all-wanted-to-know-about-the-nintendo-switch-2-its-backward-compatibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/nintendo-confirms-what-we-all-wanted-to-know-about-the-nintendo-switch-2-its-backward-compatibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo confirms the key feature we all wanted to know about the Nintendo Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have been waiting for more than five years for Nintendo to announce its next console, the successor to the current Nintendo Switch. Today, November 6, 2024, we have new information about the Nintendo Switch 2, and it&#8217;s good news.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/newsletter.png?GoogleAccessId=wp-stateless%40kubertonic.iam.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1792635741&Signature=nOsEHgd%2B%2FfPS0qV7lA4TdwKLJzGMYnNGtgrte8D92RYzsKoHiqlF9nGv7fcuwDtJMfiA5OPk76x1hgml519t15lQpVf21Xq84D%2Bdl18%2Bsb%2Bfo1E3BFHJGQB37dRj6FFRBP7t6P1k1uKlmBNRBHLLn6I3XbAxIEDjty2PkluYvwkSj6Nd1clduxUWP1cX%2BAiTzWDka6MNWAwcGGoWpm5iYWIyxLgDI6rO%2BlkB%2FkyL0kuTsmYFfUN9jhhy5r3VOE2xBE0yYdaKYGtOujY01cbuwKNxdnNjmDM0LGY5sDnG8NBD1ekcoCrzVyybvw1BlUm%2FQmY%2BQd%2FMsrFrYj3ohKqBdw%3D%3D\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Subscribe to the Softonic newsletter and get the latest in tech, gaming, entertainment and deals right in your inbox.<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/softonic.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Subscribe (it's FREE) \u25ba<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/softonic.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nintendo has not yet announced its successor to the Switch, but we know one thing for sure: <strong>it will be able to play current Switch games and will have transfer capabilities for your services and Nintendo Switch Online account.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news was announced during Nintendo&#8217;s mid-year policy briefing, with more information promised: &#8220;at a later date.&#8221; We don&#8217;t know what this later date is, as we have been waiting all year for Nintendo to give us more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is Furukawa. At today&#39;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\u2026<\/p>&mdash; \u4efb\u5929\u5802\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\uff08\u4f01\u696d\u5e83\u5831\u30fbIR\uff09 (@NintendoCoLtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoCoLtd\/status\/1853972163033968794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we know for sure about the Nintendo Switch 2 today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Nintendo, <strong>the Switch 2<\/strong> (or whatever it will actually be called) <strong>is still on track to be revealed during this fiscal year, which runs until the end of March 2025<\/strong>, without disrupting Nintendo&#8217;s existing connection with more than 100 million annual Switch players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conversation about backward compatibility is not only about player satisfaction, but also about the preservation of video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A report by the Video Game History Foundation found that more than 87% of games released before 2010 are &#8220;critically endangered&#8221;<\/strong> or unavailable for purchase. Although Nintendo has brought part of its old catalog to the Switch, there are still many inaccessible games. Nintendo also directly contributed to the growing scarcity of old games by closing the Wii U \/ 3DS digital store last year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch Online\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0d8aa053-f44a-4256-ab5f-47f15b065e51\/1332576485\/nintendo-switch-online-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Nintendo Switch Online<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news comes as Nintendo seemed determined to announce everything except giving us details about its next console. The last few weeks have included the opening of a museum, a test for a mysterious MMO, the unveiling of an alarm clock, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/30\/24284073\/nintendo-music-streaming-app-switch-online-subscribers\">the launch<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softonic.com\/articulos\/nintendo-seguira-sin-lanzar-su-musica-en-spotify-pero-te-dejara-escucharla-en-su-nueva-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/30\/24284073\/nintendo-music-streaming-app-switch-online-subscribers\">of a music streaming app<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been waiting for more than half a decade for Nintendo to announce its next console, the successor to the current Nintendo Switch. Today, November 6, 2024, we have new information about the Nintendo Switch 2, and it&#8217;s good news. Nintendo has not yet announced the successor to the Switch, but we know one thing for sure: it will be able to play current Switch games and will have transfer capabilities for its services and Nintendo Switch Online account. The news was announced during Nintendo&#8217;s mid-year policy briefing, with more information promised &#8220;at a later date.&#8221; This date [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":291098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1084,6141],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-291091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310913,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291091\/revisions\/310913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291091"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=291091"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=291091"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=291091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}