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.world
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    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 =/

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      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.

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        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.

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          1 year ago

          As of today, they have a habit of creating a brand new store with every new console, whit no port of your old game to the new one. So I won’t count on that. Still would be nice of them if they do.

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      1 year ago

      This is Nintendo… They’ll make you rebuy everything if you want to play it on the new console.