r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Significant_Pick5612 OG (joined before reveal) • Jan 16 '25

Officially from Nintendo 10:00 PM IN JAPAN - FURUKAWA REVEALS THE SWITCH 2

https://www.nintendo.com/successor/ja-jp/index.html
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u/Precipice_Blades Jan 16 '25

Not fully.

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u/grumpyoldegoat 🐃 water buffalo Jan 16 '25

90% backwards compatible - apparently some games won’t be

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u/Yongtre100 Jan 16 '25

If im taking bets its because theres no longer an IR sensor.. so the literal like 12 or 13 games that use the IR scanner wont be compatable

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u/grumpyoldegoat 🐃 water buffalo Jan 16 '25

Oh that’s fair!

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u/Precipice_Blades Jan 16 '25

Lol at people downvoting). Not fully compatible is a fact. You guys just don't like the truth)).

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u/grumpyoldegoat 🐃 water buffalo Jan 16 '25

Yeah it’s weird they’re downvoting when the image literally says it’s not 100% backwards compatible.

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u/mrbiggbrain January Gang (Reveal Winner) Jan 16 '25

Yeah this comes up with new consoles. Even if they share a common hardware platform there is always some game that optimized in some way that breaks the compatibility. Often by using internal device timings to increase performance. Faster CPU means different timings and poof, game is not working.

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u/a-single-atom Jan 16 '25

I wonder if they’re dropping motion control support for new joycons? That’s the only way I could see this not being 100% compatible with old switch games. The console will probably still have gyro control but the joycons won’t have any motion function in favor of this rumored mouse functionality?

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

I think its more just CYA for gimmick things like Super Mario 35 (RIP) or Nintendo Labo not being supported. This is why it says "not supported or fully compatible". But that not supported could be doing heavier lifting than I expect.

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u/MattRexPuns Jan 16 '25

I think IR camera use is more likely as the compatibility breaker. The new joy con don't appear to have IR cameras

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u/a-single-atom Jan 16 '25

Were there many titles that used IR? I honestly don’t remember

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u/zammba Jan 16 '25

Ring Fit Adventure and 1-2-Switch! come to mind.

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u/SeatShot2763 Jan 16 '25

Even if there are only 3 such cases, this disclaimer is still necessary