The potential end of an era.

With a Switch 2 looming, Nintendo is sending out the original with a bang::With the launch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder on the Switch, Nintendo is capping off an excellent 2023 for the console, just ahead of the rumored launch of the Switch 2.

  • GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.worldEnglish
    531·
    1 year ago

    The Switch 2 will be a day 1 buy if it keeps the hybrid design and has full Switch backward compatibility…

    Not holding my breath for the latter, though =/

    • Zoldyck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      That will make it or break it for me. If I won’t be able to play my library of games on the Switch 2, I’m not going to bother. I’ll just wait for a new version of the Steam Deck in that case.

      • TheMurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        I will take a chance here and say that the Switch 2 will 100% have backward compatability.

        Many games are sold through the Nintendo Online Store, and they will work.

        And they won’t kill the physical “discs”, but the uncertainty comes with keeping them the same size.

        Nintendo has made a winner with the Switch. I think the Switch 2 will mostly be a massive upgrade of what it already does perfectly.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      Not holding my breath for the latter, though =/

      For all Nintendo’s faults (and boy do they have them in spades), Nintendo are pretty good for this.

      Gameboy Colour could play Gameboy games

      Gameboy Advance could play GB/CBC

      DS/DS Lite could play GBA

      3DS could play DS

      Wii could play GameCube

      Wii U could play Wii

      To me it’d be very surprising if the Switch 2 couldn’t play Switch games.

      Generally unless they want a serious form factor or major architectural change, Nintendo retains backwards compatibility.

    • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Gameboy Color was backwards compatible with Gameboy cartridges. Gameboy Advance could play Gameboy Color games. The DS was backwards compatible with Gameboy Advance. The 3DS could play DS games.

      Wii was backwards compatible with GameCube discs. And Wii U was backwards compatible with the Wii discs. The switch form factor didn’t make sense to be backwards compatible with Wii U, and also Wii U was a commercial failure and didn’t sell well, so less people who would be buying a Switch probably didn’t have a Wii U.

      I think that if Nintendo has a successful platform, they do try to have the games released on the platform last for about 10 years, so Switch games should hopefully be playable on whatever Nintendo’s current console is in 2027 (10 years after switch launch)