Source: https://x.com/NintendoCoLtd/status/1853972163033968794

This is Furukawa. At today’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well. Further information about the successor to Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with Nintendo Switch, will be announced at a later date.

Also, what a day to be casually posting this haha

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
    144·
    7 hours ago

    But don’t worry; well make you buy those legacy games in the shop again because fuck you pay me for the 4th time for a game from the 80s/90s. ~ abe Nintendo, probably

  • Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.caEnglish
    2710·
    8 hours ago

    Guess what Nintendo? Backwards compatibility has been confirmed using this EMULATOR, but it won’t be played on your hardware anymore.

    • flicker@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      31 minutes ago

      Oh my God I want it so bad.

      I never owned my own copy of Wind Waker. I borrowed it when I was a kid from a friend and then later I played the Wii-U version from a different friend. Now that I’m like, an adult (more or less) with my own console, I want a copy for myself. And also I want to play it again. Man! Love that game!

  • john117@lemmy.jmsquared.netEnglish
    911·
    5 hours ago

    damn, why so much hate for Nintendo around here? they make legitimately good games…

    I’ve been having an absolute blast playing the newest Mario party with my family, among the other games they offer.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      50 minutes ago

      My final straw was giving takedowns to assets used in Garry’s Mod. Those uses are generally associated to pro-Nintendo artistic messaging, and don’t go towards any game piracy.

      I decided from there I was done with Nintendo, haven’t given them a dime since. They need to downsize their law department before I consider them again.

    • MagnyusG@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 hours ago

      No one is complaining about Nintendo’s developers, they’re complaining about Nintendo the company.

      The company is garbage. Anti-consumer as hell, proactively fighting against video game preservation, bullying fans out of making passion projects, the list goes on.

      Literally no one is mad at Nintendo for the games they make, they’re infuriated because they make great games while the company shits on its own legacy.

      • john117@lemmy.jmsquared.netEnglish
        27·
        3 hours ago

        sorry, but I just will never buy into Nintendo, the company, being shitty when I feel they are trying to protect their IP.

    • agelord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      162·
      5 hours ago

      Because it’s a shit company which seems to employ more lawyers than devs. Their lawyers routinely go after emulators, which hurts game preservation. They also go after fan projects a lot, which hurts the community.

      • john117@lemmy.jmsquared.netEnglish
        45·
        4 hours ago

        as a major fan of classic video game emulation, I understand the conversation surrounding game preservation… but I draw the line at emulation of current gen games that are still actively being sold with hardware that you’re still easily able to purchase.

        I can understand why nintendo may want to destroy and threaten anything that hosts software through unauthorized channels as well, as the biggest source of their income is gaming hardware and software. anything that threatens their main source of income will have the book thrown at them, wouldnt you do the same?

        Check this quote out. if you were running a business, do you not see where they are coming from? I feel like their hands are tied:

        You Can Lose Your IP Rights if Not Enforced If you don’t take adequate or sufficient, reasonable means to protect and enforce your IP, then you run the risk of losing your IP rights. What is sufficient and reasonable action is not always clear; it depends on the situation. But, suffice it to say, if you know someone is using your IP without your authorization, you should promptly look into it to determine what, if anything, should and needs to be done so that you don’t lose one of your most important business assets – your valuable intellectual property.

        https://www.varnumlaw.com/insights/enforce-your-intellectual-property-or-risk-losing-it/#:~:text=You Can Lose Your IP,of losing your IP rights.

  • MrGerrit@feddit.nlEnglish
    49·
    8 hours ago

    Greatest of timing to publish this during a major election. 😂👌🏻