The Nintendo Switch 2 development team explains how the console's backwards compatibility technology will improve the performance of Switch games.

Nintendo has offered an update on 2 games that were having issues with running on Switch 2, including a pretty big one!

In an update posted to Nintendo's official site, the company revealed that nearly 100 percent of first-party games remain ...

Backward compatibility is a must-have for most new consoles; it's been common for Nintendo since the very beginning, but the Switch 2 is different.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is backwards compatible ... and hardware compatibility," so don't expect the same backward compatibility we got on 3DS and Wii U There are over 10,000 Switch games to ...

an online Q&A revealed that the new system’s backward compatibility doesn’t work like prior Nintendo consoles. While the 3DS included DS hardware to play old games and the Wii U included Wii ...

we now have a bunch of details on how the system will handle backwards compatibility. Yes, the Nintendo Switch 2 can play digital and physical Switch 1 games. This means you can return to ...

That's what led to the company's hedging at the Nintendo Direct announcement. With past backwards-compatible systems, like the Game Boy Color and Advance, DS family, and Wii / Wii U, playing older ...

Kawamoto adds to that: "Simply put, those systems were compatible because Nintendo 3DS contained Nintendo DS hardware, and ...