Nintendo introduced Tuesday that Nintendo Change software program “will even be playable on the successor to Nintendo Change,” in accordance with a submit from Nintendo’s company X account. The submit, attributed to Shuntaro Furukawa, president of Nintendo, additionally confirmed that Nintendo Change On-line might be supplied on the brand new console.
The official Nintendo account confirmed that many Change equipment might be suitable with the Change 2, together with authentic Pleasure-Con controllers. Nevertheless, for the reason that Change 2’s Pleasure-Cons connect magnetically somewhat than utilizing the Change’s rail clip, traditional Pleasure-Cons can’t be hooked up to the brand new machine or charged immediately from it, and may solely be used as secondary controllers. Nonetheless, it is going to be helpful for when you may have associates round to play Mario Kart or Smash Bros.
The submit stated Nintendo introduced the Change 2’s backward compatibility at its Company Administration Coverage Briefing, a semiannual investor assembly the place the corporate studies its gross sales and roadmaps.
The presentation, which is publicly obtainable, additionally addresses whether or not gamers’ Nintendo Accounts will operate on the brand new console: “We imagine that it is crucial for Nintendo’s future to utilize Nintendo Account and carry over the great relationship that we now have constructed with the over 100 million annual enjoying customers on Nintendo Change to its successor.” The report additional clarifies that, “along with with the ability to play Nintendo Change software program they presently personal, shoppers will be capable of select their subsequent buy from a broad choice of titles launched for Nintendo Change.”
In response to an earlier leak, the Change 2 reportedly has a card slot. Nevertheless, the message doesn’t affirm the brand new Change will be capable of play bodily Change video games. The message from Nintendo says, “Additional details about the successor to Nintendo Change, together with its compatibility with Nintendo Change, might be introduced at a later date.”
Backward compatibility was thought-about a make-or-break function for the Change 2. Though strongly rumored, there remained doubts that Nintendo would be capable of pull it off if the brand new machine’s chip structure was very totally different, or if third-party publishers objected. The Change itself was not backward suitable with any earlier Nintendo consoles, and Nintendo made a mint from Change rereleases of earlier video games, such because the promoting 63 million copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
However client expectations round backward compatibility have modified since Steam normalized the thought of a persistent digital library of video games that works throughout a number of gadgets. Particularly, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X are each absolutely backward suitable with their predecessors — one thing that might not be claimed for PS4 and Xbox One. On this panorama, a console with out backward compatibility would have been a troublesome promote for Nintendo, particularly contemplating that it has offered over 140 million Switches.
Different notable revelations in Tuesday’s presentation embrace the report that the Pikmin, Kirby, Metroid, and Xenoblade Chronicles franchises have seen “dramatic gross sales progress on Nintendo Change” in comparison with gross sales for these collection’ titles on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
