to be fair most, if not all nintendo consoles (even their handhelds for the most part) have been physically backwards compatible with the previous generation.
Wii could play Gamecube, Wii U could play Wii/GC, etc. Switch not having a disc drive had to be the main reason behind Switch not at least being BC with Wii games.
to be fair most, if not all nintendo consoles (even their handhelds for the most part) have been physically backwards compatible with the previous generation.
I feel like Wii and WiiU being backwards compatible are exceptions to the rule for their home consoles.
You're right about the Gameboy and DS families, though!
Yeah none of they're systems were backward compatible, since they were all on proprietary carts. The Wii was the first to have backwards compatibility with GC because, and only its oringinal model
Idk. I feel like that would be an extremly weird call after the effort they've put into making such a massive library on Switch. I have my doubts they'll fuck this one up this time. But I guess it IS Nintendo.
Not having backwards compatibility is the one thing that would make me reconsider buying the Switch 2. I still have a huge backlog of Switch 1 game I want to play. Sony and M$ understand that new consoles have anemic launch libraries, and so you need backwards compatibility so that people will unhook their old console from the TV and plug in the new shiny.
Hoping they take a page from Sony and make it backwards compatible.
and miss out on re-selling their ancient games for 10.99 to people who already own them on 5 different systems?
to be fair most, if not all nintendo consoles (even their handhelds for the most part) have been physically backwards compatible with the previous generation.
Wii could play Gamecube, Wii U could play Wii/GC, etc. Switch not having a disc drive had to be the main reason behind Switch not at least being BC with Wii games.
I feel like Wii and WiiU being backwards compatible are exceptions to the rule for their home consoles.
You're right about the Gameboy and DS families, though!
Yeah none of they're systems were backward compatible, since they were all on proprietary carts. The Wii was the first to have backwards compatibility with GC because, and only its oringinal model
Watch them not let you transfer your digital switch games for some reason
Idk. I feel like that would be an extremly weird call after the effort they've put into making such a massive library on Switch. I have my doubts they'll fuck this one up this time. But I guess it IS Nintendo.
Not having backwards compatibility is the one thing that would make me reconsider buying the Switch 2. I still have a huge backlog of Switch 1 game I want to play. Sony and M$ understand that new consoles have anemic launch libraries, and so you need backwards compatibility so that people will unhook their old console from the TV and plug in the new shiny.