Nintendo has usually been good at providing backwards compatibility on its new systems so that we don't need to abandon our collections or keep old hardware, and it's tested over 10,000 Switch games to ensure they're good to go on the Switch 2.
"There are some games that ran well due to the Switch system's hardware configuration," explains Tetsuya Sasaki, general manager of Nintendo's technology development division in an Ask the Developer blog post. "Switch 2, on the other hand, has increased processing capabilities and an expanded memory capacity, which could theoretically cause some of those games to stop working. We weren't so confident at first, but as we tested games one by one, we found out that some issues could be solved by making improvements. This process helped us build confidence that, while we might not be able to solve everything, we can work it out for many games."
"We assume players will think it’s natural for Switch games to run on Switch 2, and of course, we thought that it should be that way too," says Takuhiro Dohta, senior director of the entertainment, planning, and development department. "So, in order to achieve this somehow, we challenged ourselves to implement a new solution."
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