Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa has explained the decision to make the Switch 2 backward compatible with old software.

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"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."

The Tuesday letters page examines the legacy of the Nintendo 3DS, as one reader is glad there’ll be no Xbox equivalent to PS5 Pro.

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