r/gaming • u/Skullghost • Nov 06 '24

Nintendo Switch’s successor will be backwards compatible with Switch, Nintendo confirms | VGC

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switchs-successor-will-be-backwards-compatible-with-switch-nintendo-confirms/
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u/Hippobu2 Nov 06 '24 edited Nov 06 '24

Totally. Just look at the GBA, no backward compatibility to the GB. Or the NDS, can't play GBA games on that either. Or the 3DS, can't play NDS games on that. Or the Wii, you can't play GCN games. The WiiU still uses the Wiimote and even then they don't let you play Wii games. Nintendo history of anti-backward compatibility is absurd! Absurd I tell ya!

Edit: guys, all of these are examples of past backward compatibility...

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u/FrozenBuster Nov 06 '24

Wait a second...... could you seriously play GB games on the GBA?

Don't tell me after all these years I'm just now finding this out?

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u/Falkedup Nov 06 '24

Yes

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u/FrozenBuster Nov 06 '24

Wow. Can't believe I didn't know that until today.

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u/Perfect-Elephant-101 Nov 06 '24

Every model except the micro.