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Nintendo's announcement for the release date of the Nintendo Switch 2 has been seemingly confirmed by Walmart.

The announcement doesn't come as a surprise—especially in the wake of CES 2025, where several peripheral makers were bold enough to display replicas of the unrevealed hardware to showcase their Switch 2 accessories—but you might be shocked at just how closely the upcoming Switch 2 sticks to the form and function of its predecessor.

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In a sparse teaser, Nintendo announced the Switch 2, its first major console release since the original Switch released in 2017 to huge sales.

At the end of the announcement video, a slide confirms that the Switch 2 will be backward compatible with physical and digital Nintendo Switch games. However, there was a note tha

The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally official, and it's already boasting one of my favourite features I want to see in next-gen consoles: backwards compatability.

The Switch 2 will be no exception. In fact, this might be more true for the Switch 2 than many past Nintendo consoles, because the Switch 2 has no major new gimmick of its own, gi

Nintendo finally reveals the Switch 2, offering details on how the console’s backward compatibility works, though it comes with a catch.