The Nintendo Swap’s successor will reportedly help backwards compatibility. A dependable video games business insider claimed earlier this week that the Swap 2 would play video games launched on the earlier era console. Nintendo confirmed earlier this yr that the Swap 2 could be introduced subsequent yr. The corporate has not but offered any official particulars in regards to the upcoming console or potential backwards compatibility help.
Nintendo Swap 2 Backwards Compatibility
The knowledge comes from tipster Nate the Hate (as noticed by VGC), who has a observe file 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 step with earlier stories that mentioned the Swap would arrive with backwards compatibility. A 3rd-party Swap peripherals producer had said again in April that the Nintendo Swap 2 could be backwards suitable 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 primarily based on business analyst David Gibson’s X post 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 machine,” Gibson mentioned in his publish.
In Could, Nintendo confirmed it could announce the Nintendo Swap successor through the monetary yr ending March 2025. The corporate additionally mentioned it anticipated to promote 13.5 million Swap items within the present monetary yr. Nintendo has already introduced new video games for the Nintendo Swap as the enduring console enters its remaining lap. A brand new The Legend of Zelda title, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge, is about launch on the Swap later this yr.
Final month, GamesIndustry.biz claimed that builders had been informed to not anticipate the Nintendo Swap 2 to reach within the present monetary yr. In accordance with the report, builders had been anticipating the console to reach in April or Could 2025.