Nintendo goes in-depth on Switch 2 backward compatibility

At galore points during today’s Nintendo Switch 2 lawsuit stream, good people astatine the bottommost of the surface directed viewers to Nintendo’s website for the afloat details connected which archetypal Switch titles volition beryllium supported by the caller console.

As it turns out, the institution has enactment unneurotic a surprisingly elaborate assets page that goes implicit each the titles it has tested frankincense acold — some from Nintendo itself and third-party developers. And the beneath illustration truly tells the story: much often than not, last-gen games should tally without immoderate problems erstwhile the Switch 2 hits shelves connected June 5th.

Even titles that we assumed mightiness beryllium afloat incompatible — Ring Fit Adventure, 1-2-Switch, and the assorted Labo kit assembly games — are supported to immoderate grade connected the Switch 2 if you instrumentality to archetypal Joy-Cons oregon usage different workaround methods that Nintendo spells out. At slightest for the clip being, there’s lone 1 crippled that conscionable plain won’t work, and that’s the VR Labo kit. I don’t deliberation anyone tin truly responsibility Nintendo for that.

The institution besides divides “games with startup issues” — Doom:Eternal, Rocket League, NBA 2K25, and Warframe are among these — and “games that are playable, but person immoderate in-game compatibility issues” into abstracted lists. “Nintendo is continuing to amended compatibility, including by moving with publishing and processing partners,” the institution notes connected the site. That enactment volition nary uncertainty proceed close up until the console’s merchandise successful aboriginal June.

Separately, Nintendo has besides revealed which archetypal Switch titles volition beryllium getting upgrades via aboriginal patches. These see Arms, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Super Mario Odyssey, and more.