Nintendo Change Video games Will Be Playable on Change Successor, Nintendo Confirms

The successor to the Nintendo Change will assist backwards compatibility with the Change, Nintendo confirmed Wednesday. At an organization briefing, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa introduced that Nintendo Change software program can be playable on the Change 2. Whereas saying the corporate’s second quarter monetary outcomes for fiscal 12 months 2025, Furukawa additionally reiterated that the Nintendo Change successor can be introduced through the present fiscal 12 months, ending March 31, 2025.

Nintendo Change 2 Backwards Compatibility

Nintendo additionally confirmed that Nintendo Change On-line, the corporate’s subscription service for Change that gives entry to on-line multiplayer, cloud saves and a library of choose video games from older consoles, can be accessible on the Nintendo Change 2.

“That is Furukawa. At immediately’s Company Administration Coverage Briefing, we introduced that Nintendo Change software program may also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Change,” the Nintendo president mentioned in X publish despatched from the official deal with of the corporate. “Nintendo Change On-line can be accessible on the successor to Nintendo Change as nicely. Additional details about the successor to Nintendo Change, together with its compatibility with Nintendo Change, can be introduced at a later date.”

Whereas detailing Nintendo’s second quarter monetary outcomes for FY 2025, Furukawa mentioned it was necessary for the corporate to assist long-term relationships with its shoppers. “We consider that it will be important for Nintendo’s future to utilize Nintendo Account and carry over the nice relationship that we’ve constructed with the over 100 million annual enjoying customers on Nintendo Change to its successor,” he mentioned.

“Along with with the ability to play Nintendo Change software program they at present personal, shoppers will be capable to select their subsequent buy from a broad number of titles launched for Nintendo Change,” he added.

Furukawa didn’t present further particulars concerning the launch timeline of the Nintendo Change 2, however the console can be formally introduced earlier than the tip of the monetary 12 months 2025, Nintendo has confirmed.

Nintendo reported its monetary outcomes for the second quarter, ending September 30, 2024, Wednesday, confirming a YoY decline in each {hardware} and software program gross sales. The corporate offered 4.72 million models of the Nintendo Change within the quarter, a 31 p.c decline in quarterly gross sales in comparison with FY 2024. Consequently, the Japanese firm adjusted its FY 25 Change gross sales forecast to 12.5 million models, down from the earlier estimated gross sales of 13.5 million models. The corporate additionally confirmed that the cumulative gross sales for the Nintendo Change had reached 146 million models.