Playtonic Games has once again teased that the upcoming Yooka-Replaylee will be coming to the Switch 2 console. Yooka-Replaylee, for the uninitiated, is an extensive remaster of 2017's Yooka-Laylee, itself a spiritual successor to Rare's beloved Banjo-Kazooie franchise.

"At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch," Nintendo posted in a social media update attributed to company president Shintaro Furukawa. "Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well."

Nintendo hasn’t announced its Switch successor yet, but we do know one thing for sure: it will be able to play current Switch games and have carryover for your Nintendo Switch Online services and account. The news was announced during Nintendo’s midyear policy briefing, with further information promised “at a later date.”

The Nintendo Switch 2 may have some kind of performance mode for handheld ... players are rarely given many options to customize how Nintendo games look and play. E.g., it's a rarity to even see something as simple as a VFX or music volume slider in ...

Nintendo has announced that the Switch 2 will play games made for the original console. Even though the company still hasn’t officially announced the device, it’s been dropping hints about what the successor to the Switch will have to offer for nearly a year now.

In a corporate briefing, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 will be backward compatible with games made for the original Switch.

There's good news if you've got a huge Switch library, as the Nintendo Switch 2 will officially be backwards compatible with old games.

Nintendo confirms that its next console will be backward compatible with current Switch games, answering one of players' most urgent questions before the console's release.

While the Switch 2 may be backwards compatible, Nintendo would not confirm whether we'll still be able to use our old cartridges.

Backwards compatibility between the Nintendo Switch 2 and its predecessor has been confirmed.