Rumor: Switch ‘Successor’ Will Be Backwards Compatible, Claims Say

One question everyone wants to know is whether Nintendo’s next-generation hardware will include Backward compatibility support. Previous hardware releases from the Japanese company have supported this feature, so will the successor to the Switch support it?

After the latest round of The industry is whispering about this much anticipated device.“Industry insider” Nate the Hate is now claiming that the new device “has backward compatibility support.” This latest update (via VGC) followed Similar backward compatibility claims from the Mobapad peripheral manufacturer earlier this year.

Nintendo officially addresses this The new device is the “Switch successor”This suggests there may be some kind of connection to existing hardware.

The latest rumor follows speculation about A possible ‘Switch 2’ reveal could happen as early as this month. David Gibson, Senior Analyst at MST Financial, also provided an update on a development that “seems to have gone unnoticed.” It appears that Nintendo assembler Hosiden has been spending a lot of money on its major client (Nintendo):

“Nintendo assembler Hosiden is spending 2 billion yen on production equipment and 1 billion yen on automation in fiscal 3/25 for a major entertainment client (Nintendo). I still expect news in September and a March 2025 release for the next device.”

Nintendo has mentioned in previous statements how they are looking transfer of some systems (including accounts) to the next generation of hardware, so backward compatibility makes a lot of sense.

Japanese company will announce Next Model Conversion in Current “Financial Year”so before the end March 2025.