Surprise! Nintendo Switch 2 Edition cartridges also work on Nintendo Switch 1

The confusion concerning the Nintendo Switch 2 continues because it seems some – if not all – Nintendo Swap 2 Version cartridges of present Swap video games will work on the unique 2017 console. 

In a press release from Marvelous Video games, as noticed by Does it Play, the bodily cartridge for Rune Manufacturing facility: Guardians of Azuma Swap 2 Version will work on each Swap console. 

Marvelous confirms that the brand new purple cartridges for the brand new console will be inserted into the previous console and play simply effective. Regardless of a brand new notch within the cartridge design, the brand new recreation cartridges aren’t restricted from enjoying on the previous {hardware} in the event that they maintain suitable software program. 

“The Nintendo Swap 2 Version is a purple 64GB recreation card that features, in full, the Nintendo Swap recreation and the Improve Pack,” the writer writes. “There’s no must obtain the total recreation: merely insert the cardboard into both a Nintendo Swap or Nintendo Swap 2 console, and the right model will launch mechanically.” 

Which means that Nintendo Swap 2 Editions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Pokemon Legends: Z-A and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond must also work in the identical manner. 

As the total recreation and the Improve Pack for the video games are each included on the cartridges of the brand new releases, which means the cartridges must also be cross-compatible. Nonetheless, that’s but to be confirmed by Nintendo in any official capability.  

The information that Swap 2 cartridges additionally work on the unique Swap consoles for suitable software program is one other stumble in Nintendo’s messaging for the brand new console. 

For extra protection of the upcoming console, examine how MicroSD Express cards are selling out worldwide in anticipation of the brand new launch. Moreover, examine how recreation developers are very happy with the power of the new console, describing it as a small “mid-range PC”.