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 doable backwards compatibility assist.
Nintendo Change 2 Backwards Compatibility
The data comes from tipster Nate the Hate (as noticed by VGC), who has a observe document of leaking correct details about video games and consoles. In a reply to a Reddit put up concerning the Nintendo Change 2, the tipster claimed: “It has backwards compatibility assist.”
The tipster’s declare falls in keeping with earlier stories that stated the Change would arrive with backwards compatibility. A 3rd-party Change peripherals producer had stated again in April that the Nintendo Change 2 could be backwards appropriate with each bodily and digital video games.
The newest Reddit put up talked about rumours about an replace on the Change 2 which will arrive in September. The Reddit put up was based mostly on trade analyst David Gibson’s X put up from Wednesday, that claimed the Nintendo Change 2 was doubtless in manufacturing and an replace on the upcoming console was anticipated this month.
“No-one appears to have observed 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 count on Sept information and March 2025 launch for subsequent machine,” Gibson stated in his put up.
In Could, Nintendo confirmed it might announce the Nintendo Change successor through the monetary yr ending March 2025. The corporate additionally stated it anticipated to promote 13.5 million Change items within the present monetary yr. Nintendo has already introduced new video games for the Nintendo Change as the enduring console enters its closing 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 advised to not count on the Nintendo Change 2 to reach within the present monetary yr. In accordance with the report, builders have been anticipating the console to reach in April or Could 2025.