In the most on-brand way for Nintendo, the video game company revealed massive news for the upcoming Nintendo Switch successor console through its investor briefing and a text post on X (formerly Twitter). Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa posted on the social media service that the Switch successor will be backward compatible, letting people play their Nintendo Switch games and use Nintendo Switch Online on the new, still not formally announced, console.
In the briefing, Nintendo confirmed that “a broad selection of titles released for Nintendo Switch” will be available on the Switch successor, likely with the base Switch games needing updates to work 100% on the successor console. Nintendo also noted that more information will be announced in the future.
The Nintendo Switch successor was confirmed by Nintendo in May 2024, and a reveal is scheduled for this Japanese fiscal year ending March 2025. Since then, only a tickle of news about the console has been dripping out of Nintendo, including today’s news. The only confirmed game for the Switch successor at this time is the Yooka-Laylee remaster Yooka-Replaylee.
Sources: Nintendo on x (formerly Twitter), Nintendo IR
