Nintendo goes in-depth on Switch 2 backward compatibility
Published on: 2025-05-18 06:00:40
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At numerous points during today’s Nintendo Switch 2 event stream, fine print at the bottom of the screen directed viewers to Nintendo’s website for the full details on which original Switch titles will be supported by the new console.
As it turns out, the company has put together a surprisingly detailed resource page that goes over all the titles it has tested thus far — both from Nintendo itself and third-party developers. And the below chart really tells the story: more often than not, last-gen games should run without any problems when the Switch 2 hits shelves on June 5th.
Nintendo has tested over 15,000 third-party games. Image: Nintendo
Even titles that we assumed might be fully incompatible — Ring Fit Adventure, 1-2-Switch, and the various Labo kit assembly games — are supported to so
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