• samus12345@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d say there’s a good chance of BC since they’ve supported it for every handheld as well as 2 TV console gen switchovers (GC to Wii, Wii to Wii U).

    • shinjiikarus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I find it so comical, that is Nintendo fans are saying something so logical and uncontroversial, yet say it with a lot of doubt, since Nintendo could very well fuck us over for no gain at all.

        • • milan •@feddit.nl
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          1 year ago

          As long as the Switch’s successor is still ARM based there is no reasonable excuse to not make it backwards compatible

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            1 year ago

            Even stuff like the Steam Deck can play emulated Switch games, and that’s an x86 PC, a machine with a more similar architecture should absolutely have no problem with it.

            Doesn’t mean I’m banking on backwards compatibility though.

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              1 year ago

              With emulation, there will likely be cases where specific games don’t work properly. There are way too many games for a small indie company like Nintendo to test them. You’ll just have to buy them all again at full price on the new console.

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        1 year ago

        Iwata isn’t at the helm now. After he died, the monetization of Nintendo had gotten more heavy handed the biggest being Nintendo switch online expansion pass