The Nintendo Change’s successor will reportedly assist backwards compatibility. A dependable video games trade insider claimed earlier this week that the Change 2 would play video games launched on the earlier technology console. Nintendo confirmed earlier this yr that the Change 2 could be introduced subsequent yr. The corporate has not but supplied any official particulars concerning the upcoming console or attainable backwards compatibility assist.
Nintendo Change 2 Backwards Compatibility
The data comes from tipster Nate the Hate (as noticed by VGC), who has a monitor report of leaking correct details about video games and consoles. In a reply to a Reddit publish concerning the Nintendo Change 2, the tipster claimed: “It has backwards compatibility assist.”
The tipster’s declare falls according to earlier reviews that mentioned the Change would arrive with backwards compatibility. A 3rd-party Change peripherals producer had mentioned again in April that the Nintendo Change 2 could be backwards appropriate with each bodily and digital video games.
The most recent Reddit publish talked about rumours about an replace on the Change 2 that will arrive in September. The Reddit publish was primarily based on trade analyst David Gibson’s X publish from Wednesday, that claimed the Nintendo Change 2 was seemingly 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 gadget,” Gibson mentioned in his publish.
In Might, Nintendo confirmed it might announce the Nintendo Change successor throughout the monetary yr ending March 2025. The corporate additionally mentioned it anticipated to promote 13.5 million Change models within the present monetary yr. Nintendo has already introduced new video games for the Nintendo Change as the enduring console enters its remaining lap. A brand new The Legend of Zelda title, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge, is ready launch on the Change later this yr.
Final month, GamesIndustry.biz claimed that builders had been informed to not anticipate the Nintendo Change 2 to reach within the present monetary yr. In response to the report, builders had been anticipating the console to reach in April or Might 2025.