The Nintendo Swap’s successor will reportedly help backwards compatibility. A dependable video games trade insider claimed earlier this week that the Swap 2 would play video games launched on the earlier technology console. Nintendo confirmed earlier this 12 months that the Swap 2 could be introduced subsequent 12 months. The corporate has not but supplied any official particulars in regards to the upcoming console or attainable backwards compatibility help.
Nintendo Swap 2 Backwards Compatibility
The data comes from tipster Nate the Hate (as noticed by VGC), who has a observe report of leaking correct details about video games and consoles. In a reply to a Reddit publish in regards to the Nintendo Swap 2, the tipster claimed: “It has backwards compatibility help.”
The tipster’s declare falls in keeping with earlier stories that stated the Swap would arrive with backwards compatibility. A 3rd-party Swap peripherals producer had stated again in April that the Nintendo Swap 2 could be backwards appropriate with each bodily and digital video games.
The newest Reddit publish talked about rumours about an replace on the Swap 2 that will arrive in September. The Reddit publish was based mostly on trade analyst David Gibson’s X publish from Wednesday, that claimed the Nintendo Swap 2 was doubtless in manufacturing and an replace on the upcoming console was anticipated this month.
“No-one appears to have seen the Nintendo assembler- Hosiden is spending ¥2bn on manufacturing gear and ¥1bn on automation in FY3/25 for its main buyer in amusement (Nintendo). I nonetheless anticipate Sept information and March 2025 launch for subsequent gadget,” Gibson stated in his publish.
In Could, Nintendo confirmed it might announce the Nintendo Swap successor in the course of the monetary 12 months ending March 2025. The corporate additionally stated it anticipated to promote 13.5 million Swap items within the present monetary 12 months. Nintendo has already introduced new video games for the Nintendo Swap as the long-lasting console enters its last lap. A brand new The Legend of Zelda title, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge, is about launch on the Swap later this 12 months.
Final month, GamesIndustry.biz claimed that builders had been instructed to not anticipate the Nintendo Swap 2 to reach within the present monetary 12 months. In line with the report, builders have been anticipating the console to reach in April or Could 2025.
