Them announcing Switch 2 being backwards compatible also helps the current switch. They have so many big Switch games coming out in the next year, but some people might have held off on buying them if they thought they would be obsolete in the next year. So if people know that the games they buy now will be playable on they next system they wouldn't wait.
@GeertSawek unfortunately not just the US, every single incumbent party has lost elections to people who all want reciprocal tariffs as well, many people will be impacted Global inflation hit hard and instead of staying the course people chose 200% tariffs over eggs that cost 15 cents more than usual
Yeah. And I've been holding off on playing Tears of the Kingdom in the hopes it will run better on the Super Nintento Switch. (I'm still holding out hope that they use that name...) Now I'm really glad I did.
But what about downloaded games? I've had Doom Eternal sitting essentially unplayable on my switch for a couple of years because once I archived it, the switch told me there wasn't enough space on the system to redownload it, period. Even archiving every game I had and deleting all screenshots wouldn't be enough So I've been hoping it will work on the switch 2 but idk
@diggsj0536 what's crazy about this is that I have a micro sd card, and STILL do not have enough space, u generally only have a few games downloaded at a time and I'm always archiving and redownloading games just to play them again
I hope that it's not just cartridge compatible, but also all our e-shop purchases. If they make it so that anything you've bought including NSO then that would be major and so nice.
Well they they said all swich "software" would be backward compatible, so eshop would have to be included. I'm worried about the reverse, with cartridges not being backward compatible
I am one of those people where the backwards compatibility was 100% a determining factor. Now that the switch 2 has it, I will eventually grab it. If it would have come without it, I would have skipped it entirely. (Or at least, that was the plan). After buying basically my entire WiiU library a second time I just refused to lose access (on the current console) to those games again.
@@OriginalChrizum i have a higher paying job than you ever will Why would you want to pay 200% more for goods when you were complaining about eggs being 20 cents more expensive because of a bird flu epidemic not caused by tariffs / bad policy ?
@OriginalChrizum pull yourself up from your own bootstraps, poor red states shouldn't get any disaster funding from blue states, you don't deserve our money
I hate that. I get sick super rarely, maybe once every 2-3 years, but when it happens Im just half dead for 14 days not being able to do anything. i hate it 😂
There was a brief period of time where companies were fighting hard to kill this feature. For a while, Xbox was the only brand that championed it and used it as a means to get back some of the consumer trust they lost at the beginning of the 8th console gen. These days all three major players have backwards compatibility on their machines, and I couldn't be happier.
I don't think companies realize how big of a deal this is among parents. If you own the previous console, it means you can sell it to help pay for the next console (I know game collectors just winced but bear with me), and if you don't own the previous console, it means double the library, some of which may be flooding bargain bins and second-hand sellers soon.
I find this a strange thing to say for Nintendo, who have been doing backwards compatibility since the GBA supplanted the GB/GBC while being able to play all those games. The Switch (aside their old cartridge based consoles) is the exception and that's more due to the fact they're using cartridges for its games while the Wii U uses discs. Unless they sold an accessory disk drive to plug into the base, there wasn't a practical way for backwards compat. to exist between the Wii U and the Switch. It would've been nice to have said option but alas, we didn't get it. The Switch and Switch sequel? Easy- it's likely to be how they did it with the DS and 3DS. Just add a little notch to the new console's cartridges and there you go.
@@i-Sparki Also the switch isn’t a 1-to-1 with the WiiU. For a console to be backwards compatible it has to work for ALL the games right? And while it may have been possible that the Switch could’ve been backwards compatible with some or _maybe_ even a lot of games I highly doubt it could’ve handled all of them. The Switch and WiiU are different enough formats that I don’t think it would’ve worked. Like look at the history of Nintendo’s backwards compatible consoles for example: GameBoy to GameBoy Advance, literally a more powerful GameBoy so no problems. GameBoy Advance to DS, same thing it was a more powerful GBA with a bonus second screen. DS to 3DS, second verse same as the first. Wii to WiiU, literally used the controllers of the Wii officially! It’s no wonder, with this trend in mind, that the Switch was not compatible with the WiiU but the Switch 2 will be compatible with the Switch. They could add something to the Switch 2 but as long as they don’t take anything away that would make backwards compatibility with the original Switch difficult then it makes sense.
@@i-Sparki It had more to do with the fact that the Wii U and Switch use completely different system architectures (PowerPC vs ARM) which makes them technically incompatible without some kind of emulation or virtualization, which would make the Wii U games run like crap. That's why Switch playing digital copies of Wii U games isn't a thing even in the homebrew scene, it's just not technically feasible. It's also why all the "Deluxe" editions released for Switch required development and couldn't just be moved over.
You're all forgetting the biggest reason: The WiiU needs 2 screens. Even with a disk drive and some sort of emulation or such, you just can't play a lot of the games without the second screen gamepad. Good luck trying to play ZombiU for example, without an inventory or lockpicking.
Sorry to hear you're under the weather Arlo, but glad to hear from you again! Hope you feel better soon man. I'm really excited about Switch 2 being backwards compatible too! It's about time Nintendo made the next-gen transition to their next system smart and smooth for once. It'll be so nice not having to start everything from scratch anymore and hopefully the transition works and that sticks from now on.
My Switch's screen LCD has been really fuzzy for a long time so whenever I play new games I have to play it docked so I have a clear image. Having the Switch 2 being backwards compatible kills two birds with one stone for me and that makes me very happy.
Ever since last November, my switch wouldn’t keep a charge and now I can’t hold it out of the dock for more than three minutes before it just dies and it will not stop vibrating the HD rumble still happens even when it’s in the dock, but it’s super weak, super faint and really quiet
@@NIX-FLIX I guess that makes me lucky, who knows if the Switch breaking down is an overuse thing or not. My 3DS I've had for 7 years and the only issue I have is the broken mic, and my Wii, DSi and even my Uncle's game boy with Super Mario Land all run mostly fine (The DSi has like 5 dead pixels on the touch screen and the Game Boy needs headphones for audio, but still) Hopefully the Switch 2 has better storage and is more durable than the Switch 1.
@@EudaemonTH-cam I remember when I was a kid rage quitting in Splatoon and I threw my game pad up in the air. It landed on the ground and I had done this before and nothing bad happened but this one time I heard a crack and now I have to keep it at least, 3 feet away from the console otherwise the gamepad says it’s too far away and won’t work
I was already certain it would be, but it's nice to get confirmation. The switch was really their one big exception and the jump from discs back to cartridges really didn't make it feasible with the wii u > switch. But we had GC > Wii, Wii > Wii U. And on the handheld side, GB > GBC > GBA, GBA > DS, DS > 3DS.
It's probably easy to make performance patches. But there is one thing that sticks out: frame rate. A 30 fps game, made to run at 60, can start showing bugs and misbehaviors, depending on how the game logic was written. So everything needs to be retested and some stuff may need adjusting. That's the tricky part.
I don't think Nintendo can alter third party content without approval and most devs probably arent going to go go back to add these things - most of the time when you release it, its seen as done outside of urgent stuff vs "nice to have"
That's mostly how I am now. I used to be bad for buying games I'll never have time to play. So many old Gamecube, PS2, PS3, and Wii games in storage I'll never get to now. But now, I buy the game right before I plan to play it. And I make sure to finish it before starting a new one. Only exception is when I see a game that I know plan to play on sale. I'll buy it then and wait. Which still happens too often on Playstation but not too often with Nintendo. So I will have several games purchased I haven't played yet. lol But I'm pretty certain I will. And if I'm really not enjoying a game, then I'll stop. That's assuming "backlog" only refers to games purchased that haven't been played. When I refer to my backlog, I also include games I haven't purchased but still want to play. And that list is really big. So many great games I want to play but probably will never have time for.
this is the best way to play a game, coming back to a game you quit halfway through never feels the same because you don't feel like you're at the right progression stage whether or not you reset your progress
I wish I had that luxury. I feel very lucky when I can actually continue a game I enjoy to completion. But more often than not, some form of mental block gets in the way and I feel like playing something else instead, and it's usually the new hot thing coming around.
Hey Arlo! I don't have a backlog! I am verbatim what you described! "I get the game when it comes out, i play it and wait for the next one!" Lol, I can't buy Mario & Luigi Brothership yet because I'm still playing Zelda EoW!
I was the same way as you and still am when it comes to switch games, but steam sales are a whole different beast. I feel compelled to buy all the games ive wanted to try when theyre on sale but it takes me a while to finish games so now I have a huge collection of games ive never played😂
yea me too. I have never understood how anyone can start a game and NOT just finish it when they dont actually dislike it. Like... how? why? what? But then again, I dont have many outside responsibilities. I dont have to raise kids or anything, so I might have much more freetime than other people my age 😂
@@IAmNotASandwich453It usually happens with good sales. A game you want might have a great sale in a moment where you really don't have time to play that game so you wait a bit. This thing can happen multiple times a year. And sometimes you might have time to play, but your friend group asks you to play together a multiplayer game and so you have to split your free time with them
@@IAmNotASandwich453 For me it's a mentality of not wanting to play a game I'm enjoying it too much to not be burnt out by it, or thinking I'm not in the best mood or environment to truly enjoy it. It may sound dumb, but for me entertainment needs a certain mindset that I don't always have, because I want to enjoy them to the fullest and not think about other things that distract me from the experience (this goes for other things too like music and movies).
for the performance boost is dependant on how the games are optimized in the first place, for example the Sonic games that are locked at 30fps will just run at a better 30fps & would require a performance patch meanwhile something like Hyrule Warriors just runs at whatever framerate the Switch can offer so they could get a performance boost just from the better hardware
The thing is that Sega doesn't do next gen patches. Sega PS4 games don't have next gen patches, they release separate PS5 versions instead. Which means that Sega would most likely release separate Switch 2 versions instead, but you'll have to re-buy the games at (maybe) full price.
So I feel bad that you're sick, but your voice is just so calming and relaxed since you have to take it easy, and it's peaceful in a weird way. You may have to start another channel, only record content when you're sick, and call it ASM Arlo.
I kneeew Arlo must have been sick and to bed like almost every year, because I knew that in normal Arlo fashion, the video would've dropped barely hours after the statement release ! So good to see it! Recover fast Arlo ! :)
I was holding off on getting Switch, since i missed out on a LOT of Switch games, cause i thought Switch 2 would have backwards compatibility. Now will wait for Switch 2.
I know what you mean by "breathing a sigh of relief" so to speak regarding this news, that's how I feel about the backwards compatibility announcement. I was also so happy to hear you briefly mention (and feature footage of it as well) of the cute little pikmin data transfer scene from the wii to the wiiU. I remember that fondly for when I did that data transfer back in the day. It was such a fun little gimmick that probably a lot of people didn't care about but it was nice for nintendo to do anyways. Hope they do something similar for the Switch 2.
7:24 I’m one of those (apparently rare) people who almost never buys a new game until I’m finished playing my current game. The few times I have resulted in me rushing through one game to get to the next, which isn’t worth it.
I know nintendo is really not focused on graphics and performance, but it could be fun if they announced "next gen patches" for their first party switch games from time to time, as long as there is no ridiculous price to pay for them
Hey Arlo, I'm the person you were talking about in the video. I have no backlog on the Switch. I buy the game, play it, complete it and then wait for the next Nintendo title to release. In the rare case that a game isn't completed, it can only be because it unfortunately didn't click with me on some level and I would have no plan to ever go back to it.
To be honest I care more about backwards compatibility than I do anything else. I like that when I jump on the new system I can still play my library on it and not have to be swapping around two platforms. I love that about my PS5, I will love that about my Switch 2. I love classic games so much as is and this console generation has conditioned me to seldom care about the (pitiful stream) of new releases, so these machines to me are convenient ways to play the games I already love with the added bonus of new titles every once in a while, too. I got hundreds of unplayed classics on my backlog, I find chipping through that more satisfying than putting all my attention on whatever new titles are releasing that I (likely) don't care much about. That'll always be my main focus when I am playing video games, anything to make that process nicer is always welcome
i hope nintendo does hardware based backwards compatibility for the switch 2. because they did that previously on the gameboy advance, the ds and the 3ds. even though it's more expensive to put all of that old hardware in that newer hardware and the console would be more expensive to manufacture and to buy for consumers, it would be a better experience to play those same games instead of doing emulation
I'm ecstatic I've been really hoping for it to be backwards compatible this whole time, I still have so many Switch games that I would love to play on my new Switch 😄
I didn't think it would be possible for them to make a better library than the switch. But they did it. That will be the case as soon as there's a switch 2 exclusive game. Now we hope the hardware is good.
oh yeah my Switch backlog with Astral Chains, maybe some splatoons (didn't even really play one for myself), unfinished Origami King if just to fulfill my curiosity, the Super Mario RPG remake, finishing Echoes of Wisdom and Link's Re-Awakening, Princess Peach Showtime (which I tecnically prob played half of it by just letting my sister play it but then she comes asking for help) and more I'm probably forgetting.
I have a backlog in the sense that I still have a ton of games I haven't played but also haven't bought, unlike with Steam where I have a ton of games I or others bought and haven't played.
True but many Switch games don't go on sale as often or as deep. PC you will get better deals on the same games and it's easy to stockpile them for later 😂
I think the thing that put some legitimate doubt in people about the Switch 2 being backwards compatible was the rumors that a remaster of Breath of the Wild was in the works for the new console. I'm glad that Nintendo was able to assuage those doubts, but now I have a new concern. If Nintendo is truly working on a remaster of BoTW for the Switch 2, how will owners of the OG version be affected? Will they release the updates for the remaster for free and allow current owners to have all the benefits, or will they pull a Sony and force consumers to pay an additional fee to upgrade their already purchased copy of the game to the remastered version? It's something to think about at least.
I think the more likely answer is that there isn't a remaster of Breath of the wild. People have been wrong before about things Nintendo has been working on before.
Yeah I can definitely imagine being sick with that can make covering all of this rough, so it is good you are taking it slow, love you Arlo and hope you feel fully better soon! 💖
I always figured backwards compatibility was a given since the vast majority of nintendo systems and pretty much all the handhelds had it. My concern was that they might do what they did with virtual console, and not carry over anyone's digital purchases of games (even if every game that could be played on switch is available on switch 2). But hearing them announce this ahead of time gives me the confidence to say that this won't be the case.
I can't believe I forgot about the Pikmin save data transfer animation, I have such fond memories of watching that when I first got a WiiU as a kid. And that was before I even knew what Pikmin was, I just thought they made up these little flower guys for the animation!
I believe they mentioned it because there was a bit of a down trend in their stocks, though the reason for the downtrend is speculative, the subtle announcement for backwards compatibility bumped them back into an upwards trend again. That said, i am looking forward to it now that it's confirmed since i had the same feeling going from ds to 3ds, its just nice to have something more powerful to play your games on, even if there is no update to have them run beyond their usual 30fps. Everything else i believe is also carrying over from accounts, to purchases, to apps... It's pretty much just going to be the Switch environment but stronger (and hopefully more customizable).
My backlog has become massive at this point. So if the NS2 (or whatever it's called) has retrocompability with an increase in resolution and framerates for the original Switch games, it's already a buy from me.
How hard it is to patch depends entirely on the specific game in question. In some cases, it's literally as easy as changing a single variable. In others, you might have to redo the whole physics engine
Previous Nintendo consoles actually didn’t use emulation for backwards compatibility, but a different method called “virtualization”, which is a great deal easier than emulation. It basically just has the previous system built inside it to run games from there. Virtualization is how the Wii was able to perfectly run GameCube games, how the DS could run GBA games, etc. So I imagine that the Switch successor would be able to virtualize the Switch as well. I learned that from Tech Rules.
Yo, respiratory infection gang! *COUGH* Anyway, this greatly increases the chance that the new console will continue the Nintendo tradition of "put in game, play immediately." That's one of Nintendo's biggest advantages in my eyes. I don't have to wait for my game to install after getting it, and then have multi-gigabyte patches on Day 1.
YAYY topic Arlo is backkkkk 😊😊 I’m so addicted to these videos I went through like withdrawal of not living with one haha. Hope you recover soon tho. Don’t push yourself too hard 😅
This is great news, but sometimes early game releases are slow because of it. I hope the first year of Switch 2 is not just one launch title and nothing else.
I typically wait until I'm ready to play a game before I buy it these days... As for backwards compatibility, I wasn't actually that worried about it - Nitnendo hasn't been perfect when it comes to it, but it's only systems with radically different form factors from them since the Gamecube that haven't been backwards compatible with their prior systems in that form factor. Wii U was backwards compatible with the Wii was backwards compatible with the Gamecube was using discs rather than cartridges 3ds was backwards compatible with the DS was (prior to the new models at any rate) backwards compatible with the GBA was backwards compatible with the GBC was considered a hardware update rather than a new console by Nintendo. As such, as long as the Switch 2 was still using that specific form factor for cartridges, I figured it was going to be backwards compatible with the Switch. Switch 3 to Switch will be less certain.
All I want is a performance and resolution increase to at least 1080p. I love Xenoblade, and I'm comfortable with the performance, but I wish it wasn't below 720p half the time.
Hey Arlo. I feel one thing you should do is adding your videos to Spotify, Apple Music, and all that. Your videos are amazing to listen to. And especially since most of your videos are just b roll with you talking over it. I feel you adding that stuff to Spotify or Apple Music would be amazing. Like listening to “my big fat review of botw” downloaded on Apple Music on a car drive sounds amazing
I think we will see some games get specific patches, but a lot of them will just naturally work better and will likely profit from Nvidia's upscaling that surely will be employed. That way you can get something like Age of Calamity run at a fluid 1080p 60fps without needing to actually change anything in the code. But increasing the framerate from a 30fps lock to 60fps would definitely require a patch, that's likely to happen with BotW and TotK.
I Arlo, I am a non-backlog-having person. I kinda have a "default game" at all times, for a while it was Mario Maker 2 but it's also been MK8D and Animal Crossing. I'll boot up one of those when I want to unwind, and if I see a new game that looks interesting, I'll get it. I'm a simple man.
I could be wrong but I think that one rumor with the motherboard essentially confirmed that it will be a good deal stronger like PS4 pro level if I'm not mistaken,but I could be wrong.
Can you imagine if the switch 2 ISN'T more powerful? Like its just the switch 1 but with some other random gimmick? Like there's literally no chance that it isn't at least a little bit better.
@mrjack3855 people are conditioned to believe that Nintendo will stay on 7th generation level hardware forever and they can't imagine a world where a Nintendo console with more powerful hardware.
At first I didn’t mind if it was or was not backwards compatible, but I do see the advantage of having thousands of games at the ready _to buy time,_ to get your exclusive content ready. You don’t want yet another drought of content after spending ungodly sums of money on new hardware. Backwards Compatibility is a very nice change of pace! Great Stuff!
I must say I am really unsurprised. Just fingers crossed they do VRR 1-120hz as we are going to be playing this thing into the 2030s. Also really hope NSO drastically improves
@@grthjryrd7552 Bro I have been on PC since I was born. But I have also been on Nintendo since I was like 7. Back in the day the Nintendo DS had free online voice chat in Pokemon Platinum/Heart Gold/Soul Silver/White/Black. Nintendo Wii had massively better legacy services/channels and the Wii U had higher tickrate servers, lower latency, higher quality sensors, and free voice calls/chat despite the WiFi being free. It's entirely fair to say Nintendo has regressed in this aspect. For the display side VRR, that is easy if they do a large enough batch (which a console will be) they will basically just give it to them (the manufacturer to Nintendo). Valve wanted to add it to the SD OLED but just didn't get it in on time. I think it's fair to publicly ask for more from NSO and refresh rate if this thing is expected to hold people's attention against competitors
Backwards compatibility is one of the best aspects of being a PC gamer over a console one. I remembered Nintendo promising when they revealed/released the Switch that one of their goals was making their software forward-compatible, as it were, so I was expecting this the whole time. They would really be dropping the ball otherwise.
I worked out the other day I have about 30 Switch games and I’ve completed about 5 of them so I am glad about this! Either way I will be getting the next console on launch day because I’ve never been able to do that before
Honestly a big reason I bought the ps5 earlier this year was because of the backwards compatability, so the backwards compatability for the Switch 2 is 100 percent needed. also being able to easily 'switch' to the new console just fits the gimmick of the console so well. I definitely have atleast 4 or 5 games still unopened for the switch. (I work alot and dont have alot of free time to drop on a longer game)
Back Compatibility confirmed just makes me worry much less about the future console personally. With the Switch I HAD to get it day 1 for BOTW and any future games I wanted, but it was pretty difficult to get a Switch in those early launch months. It was made MUUCH better come the late summer and early fall/holiday season, to the point a lot of people forget the limited launch. With Backwards compatibility I not only don't need to worry about "leaving behind" (not really gonna lose my Switch games/switch but I would turn on the console a lot less) my old catalog but I can also choose to wait the console out a bit if I can't get it for whatever reason and still have a massive catalog at no extra cost. Hindsight it's pretty obvious we'd get backwards compatibility, but it being one of the only things we know for sure now has me very excited to see how the console will be revealed.
With how heavily most switch games use dynamic resolution scaling its already gonna feel like a nice upgrade to go up to 720p/1080p from the 360/480 nightmares we're used to
From what I've understand, they've announced it will be backwards compatible, but not necessarily that it will play Switch hardware. It could be backwards compatible but only for digital games. Hopefully they clarify it soon.
Them announcing Switch 2 being backwards compatible also helps the current switch. They have so many big Switch games coming out in the next year, but some people might have held off on buying them if they thought they would be obsolete in the next year. So if people know that the games they buy now will be playable on they next system they wouldn't wait.
Switch 2 being backwards compatible doesn't matter when nobody can afford a 200% tariff on it
@@Billy_SoulsUSA problems
@@Billy_Soulsunfortunately real
@@Billy_SoulsI’m so sorry you’re American 🫡
@GeertSawek unfortunately not just the US, every single incumbent party has lost elections to people who all want reciprocal tariffs as well, many people will be impacted
Global inflation hit hard and instead of staying the course people chose 200% tariffs over eggs that cost 15 cents more than usual
The year is 2029
the switch 2 Pro has released
Finally, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet run at a stable 30 frames
(Shrek closes the storybook) “LIKE THAT’S EVER GONNA HAPPEN!”
SOMEBODY TOLD ME
@@superc.jMan you didn't even get one lyric in without getting it wrong
@@superc.j THE WORLD ROLL ME
Bold take to assume there will be a Pro version of the Switch 2.
basically they're saying "don't worry about buying new switch games this holiday season, you can play it in the new console too"
I mean, pretty damn smart.
Yeah. And I've been holding off on playing Tears of the Kingdom in the hopes it will run better on the Super Nintento Switch. (I'm still holding out hope that they use that name...) Now I'm really glad I did.
But what about downloaded games? I've had Doom Eternal sitting essentially unplayable on my switch for a couple of years because once I archived it, the switch told me there wasn't enough space on the system to redownload it, period. Even archiving every game I had and deleting all screenshots wouldn't be enough
So I've been hoping it will work on the switch 2 but idk
@@Irish_EndermanI think you kinda just need to get a micro SD card either way so you can play stuff without archiving
@diggsj0536 what's crazy about this is that I have a micro sd card, and STILL do not have enough space, u generally only have a few games downloaded at a time and I'm always archiving and redownloading games just to play them again
I hope that it's not just cartridge compatible, but also all our e-shop purchases. If they make it so that anything you've bought including NSO then that would be major and so nice.
I’m pretty sure they said that NSO and eShop purchases will transfer to the new console
There's no reason to not use the same eshop format so I doubt they won't be redownloadable on the new system
@@gobbagoopreferably the new eshop doesn't lag and also has music
Well they they said all swich "software" would be backward compatible, so eshop would have to be included. I'm worried about the reverse, with cartridges not being backward compatible
@@1colonelsandersthat shouldn’t be a worry anymore, these cartridges are now so standardized that it doesn’t make sense to deviate.
I am one of those people where the backwards compatibility was 100% a determining factor. Now that the switch 2 has it, I will eventually grab it. If it would have come without it, I would have skipped it entirely. (Or at least, that was the plan).
After buying basically my entire WiiU library a second time I just refused to lose access (on the current console) to those games again.
Switch 2 being backwards compatible doesn't matter when nobody can afford a 200% tariff on it
@@Billy_SoulsI suggest you do what your parents did: get a job, sir
@@OriginalChrizum i have a higher paying job than you ever will
Why would you want to pay 200% more for goods when you were complaining about eggs being 20 cents more expensive because of a bird flu epidemic not caused by tariffs / bad policy ?
@OriginalChrizum pull yourself up from your own bootstraps, poor red states shouldn't get any disaster funding from blue states, you don't deserve our money
@@OriginalChrizum the poorest people are in red states 🤣 a higher percentage of people in red states are on welfare than blue
When I’m sick I know that horrible feeling when u can’t even play games in bed. Just surviving & suffering.
I hate that. I get sick super rarely, maybe once every 2-3 years, but when it happens Im just half dead for 14 days not being able to do anything. i hate it 😂
I'm sick right now and currently not gaming as much. Cold and Flu season is bad this year!
Absolutely I had food poisoning for 8 days last month. Would’ve loved to game but I could only manage trying to sleep (and failing)
There was a brief period of time where companies were fighting hard to kill this feature. For a while, Xbox was the only brand that championed it and used it as a means to get back some of the consumer trust they lost at the beginning of the 8th console gen. These days all three major players have backwards compatibility on their machines, and I couldn't be happier.
I don't think companies realize how big of a deal this is among parents. If you own the previous console, it means you can sell it to help pay for the next console (I know game collectors just winced but bear with me), and if you don't own the previous console, it means double the library, some of which may be flooding bargain bins and second-hand sellers soon.
I find this a strange thing to say for Nintendo, who have been doing backwards compatibility since the GBA supplanted the GB/GBC while being able to play all those games. The Switch (aside their old cartridge based consoles) is the exception and that's more due to the fact they're using cartridges for its games while the Wii U uses discs. Unless they sold an accessory disk drive to plug into the base, there wasn't a practical way for backwards compat. to exist between the Wii U and the Switch. It would've been nice to have said option but alas, we didn't get it.
The Switch and Switch sequel? Easy- it's likely to be how they did it with the DS and 3DS. Just add a little notch to the new console's cartridges and there you go.
@@i-Sparki Also the switch isn’t a 1-to-1 with the WiiU. For a console to be backwards compatible it has to work for ALL the games right? And while it may have been possible that the Switch could’ve been backwards compatible with some or _maybe_ even a lot of games I highly doubt it could’ve handled all of them. The Switch and WiiU are different enough formats that I don’t think it would’ve worked.
Like look at the history of Nintendo’s backwards compatible consoles for example: GameBoy to GameBoy Advance, literally a more powerful GameBoy so no problems. GameBoy Advance to DS, same thing it was a more powerful GBA with a bonus second screen. DS to 3DS, second verse same as the first. Wii to WiiU, literally used the controllers of the Wii officially! It’s no wonder, with this trend in mind, that the Switch was not compatible with the WiiU but the Switch 2 will be compatible with the Switch. They could add something to the Switch 2 but as long as they don’t take anything away that would make backwards compatibility with the original Switch difficult then it makes sense.
@@i-Sparki It had more to do with the fact that the Wii U and Switch use completely different system architectures (PowerPC vs ARM) which makes them technically incompatible without some kind of emulation or virtualization, which would make the Wii U games run like crap. That's why Switch playing digital copies of Wii U games isn't a thing even in the homebrew scene, it's just not technically feasible. It's also why all the "Deluxe" editions released for Switch required development and couldn't just be moved over.
You're all forgetting the biggest reason: The WiiU needs 2 screens.
Even with a disk drive and some sort of emulation or such, you just can't play a lot of the games without the second screen gamepad.
Good luck trying to play ZombiU for example, without an inventory or lockpicking.
Sorry to hear you're under the weather Arlo, but glad to hear from you again! Hope you feel better soon man. I'm really excited about Switch 2 being backwards compatible too! It's about time Nintendo made the next-gen transition to their next system smart and smooth for once. It'll be so nice not having to start everything from scratch anymore and hopefully the transition works and that sticks from now on.
My Switch's screen LCD has been really fuzzy for a long time so whenever I play new games I have to play it docked so I have a clear image. Having the Switch 2 being backwards compatible kills two birds with one stone for me and that makes me very happy.
Ever since last November, my switch wouldn’t keep a charge and now I can’t hold it out of the dock for more than three minutes before it just dies and it will not stop vibrating the HD rumble still happens even when it’s in the dock, but it’s super weak, super faint and really quiet
@@NIX-FLIX I guess that makes me lucky, who knows if the Switch breaking down is an overuse thing or not. My 3DS I've had for 7 years and the only issue I have is the broken mic, and my Wii, DSi and even my Uncle's game boy with Super Mario Land all run mostly fine (The DSi has like 5 dead pixels on the touch screen and the Game Boy needs headphones for audio, but still) Hopefully the Switch 2 has better storage and is more durable than the Switch 1.
I don't know if I'm lucky or if I just don't use my Switch enough, but my 2017 Switch is still going strong.
@@EudaemonTH-cam I remember when I was a kid rage quitting in Splatoon and I threw my game pad up in the air. It landed on the ground and I had done this before and nothing bad happened but this one time I heard a crack and now I have to keep it at least, 3 feet away from the console otherwise the gamepad says it’s too far away and won’t work
Switch 2 being backwards compatible doesn't matter when nobody can afford a 200% tariff on it
*This makes my Best Friend and I so Happy. Adding longevity to our current Switch Collection* ❤
So Glad 💙
I was already certain it would be, but it's nice to get confirmation. The switch was really their one big exception and the jump from discs back to cartridges really didn't make it feasible with the wii u > switch. But we had GC > Wii, Wii > Wii U. And on the handheld side, GB > GBC > GBA, GBA > DS, DS > 3DS.
It's probably easy to make performance patches. But there is one thing that sticks out: frame rate. A 30 fps game, made to run at 60, can start showing bugs and misbehaviors, depending on how the game logic was written. So everything needs to be retested and some stuff may need adjusting. That's the tricky part.
I don't think Nintendo can alter third party content without approval and most devs probably arent going to go go back to add these things - most of the time when you release it, its seen as done outside of urgent stuff vs "nice to have"
Most games that are cross platform are frame independent so there will be no bugs there. The problem only lies on switch exclusive games
Stable 30 fps with no drops is good enough imo
I don’t have a backlog. I’m very selective with the games I buy, but I always commit to those that I do and beat them before moving on to the next.
That's mostly how I am now. I used to be bad for buying games I'll never have time to play. So many old Gamecube, PS2, PS3, and Wii games in storage I'll never get to now. But now, I buy the game right before I plan to play it. And I make sure to finish it before starting a new one. Only exception is when I see a game that I know plan to play on sale. I'll buy it then and wait. Which still happens too often on Playstation but not too often with Nintendo. So I will have several games purchased I haven't played yet. lol But I'm pretty certain I will. And if I'm really not enjoying a game, then I'll stop.
That's assuming "backlog" only refers to games purchased that haven't been played. When I refer to my backlog, I also include games I haven't purchased but still want to play. And that list is really big. So many great games I want to play but probably will never have time for.
I salute you and your mental fortitude.
I’m assuming by backlog he means games you’ve beaten, but you feel like you’re definitely going to play it again one day
this is the best way to play a game, coming back to a game you quit halfway through never feels the same because you don't feel like you're at the right progression stage whether or not you reset your progress
I wish I had that luxury. I feel very lucky when I can actually continue a game I enjoy to completion. But more often than not, some form of mental block gets in the way and I feel like playing something else instead, and it's usually the new hot thing coming around.
Feel better soon! Love that there will be backwards compatibility
1:30 dang, arlo casually locking in
That's Yoshiller, the editor. Not Arlo
Bruh I've been dealing with pneumonia for the past 2 weeks. I feel your anguish.
Hey Arlo! I don't have a backlog! I am verbatim what you described! "I get the game when it comes out, i play it and wait for the next one!" Lol, I can't buy Mario & Luigi Brothership yet because I'm still playing Zelda EoW!
I was the same way as you and still am when it comes to switch games, but steam sales are a whole different beast. I feel compelled to buy all the games ive wanted to try when theyre on sale but it takes me a while to finish games so now I have a huge collection of games ive never played😂
yea me too. I have never understood how anyone can start a game and NOT just finish it when they dont actually dislike it. Like... how? why? what? But then again, I dont have many outside responsibilities. I dont have to raise kids or anything, so I might have much more freetime than other people my age 😂
@@IAmNotASandwich453It usually happens with good sales. A game you want might have a great sale in a moment where you really don't have time to play that game so you wait a bit. This thing can happen multiple times a year. And sometimes you might have time to play, but your friend group asks you to play together a multiplayer game and so you have to split your free time with them
@@IAmNotASandwich453that said I too don't have a backlog of games in the switch, they are just too expensive to let them sit on a virtual shelf
@@IAmNotASandwich453 For me it's a mentality of not wanting to play a game I'm enjoying it too much to not be burnt out by it, or thinking I'm not in the best mood or environment to truly enjoy it.
It may sound dumb, but for me entertainment needs a certain mindset that I don't always have, because I want to enjoy them to the fullest and not think about other things that distract me from the experience (this goes for other things too like music and movies).
It's refreshing because switch is the largest physical library I own!
for the performance boost is dependant on how the games are optimized in the first place, for example the Sonic games that are locked at 30fps will just run at a better 30fps & would require a performance patch
meanwhile something like Hyrule Warriors just runs at whatever framerate the Switch can offer so they could get a performance boost just from the better hardware
The thing is that Sega doesn't do next gen patches. Sega PS4 games don't have next gen patches, they release separate PS5 versions instead. Which means that Sega would most likely release separate Switch 2 versions instead, but you'll have to re-buy the games at (maybe) full price.
@@lol-ih1tl that's probably what most companies will do
@@lol-ih1tl ok now you are lost in the sauce. Missing the point for the Example
they really needed to do that. They sold 150M switches. Not making the next console Backwards Compatable would be stupid AF
So I feel bad that you're sick, but your voice is just so calming and relaxed since you have to take it easy, and it's peaceful in a weird way. You may have to start another channel, only record content when you're sick, and call it ASM Arlo.
I kneeew Arlo must have been sick and to bed like almost every year, because I knew that in normal Arlo fashion, the video would've dropped barely hours after the statement release ! So good to see it! Recover fast Arlo ! :)
I was holding off on getting Switch, since i missed out on a LOT of Switch games, cause i thought Switch 2 would have backwards compatibility. Now will wait for Switch 2.
I know what you mean by "breathing a sigh of relief" so to speak regarding this news, that's how I feel about the backwards compatibility announcement. I was also so happy to hear you briefly mention (and feature footage of it as well) of the cute little pikmin data transfer scene from the wii to the wiiU. I remember that fondly for when I did that data transfer back in the day. It was such a fun little gimmick that probably a lot of people didn't care about but it was nice for nintendo to do anyways. Hope they do something similar for the Switch 2.
I can't wait to purchase the New Nintendo Switch-i XL Plus featuring Funky Mode
Speaking about backlogs: Did you EVER play Super Mario RPG? That seemed like something you'd enjoy, but we haven't heard your thoughts about it yet.
Hope you get to feeling better Arlo! Take the time you need to recover - we'll be here when you're better and back in the studio again!
Hopefully this can get Thousand Year Door numbers up this holiday, fingers crossed we hit 5 million.
7:24 I’m one of those (apparently rare) people who almost never buys a new game until I’m finished playing my current game. The few times I have resulted in me rushing through one game to get to the next, which isn’t worth it.
This definitely cemented my decision in getting this console day 1.
Eat the slop nintendie
buying consoles day 1 is not recommended because there's a high chance of getting a defective unit.
@@lol-ih1tlcitation required
Nah I actually am that guy that buys one game at a time, finishes it, and just waits for the next game I don't have a backlog.
I know nintendo is really not focused on graphics and performance, but it could be fun if they announced "next gen patches" for their first party switch games from time to time, as long as there is no ridiculous price to pay for them
Hey Arlo, I'm the person you were talking about in the video. I have no backlog on the Switch. I buy the game, play it, complete it and then wait for the next Nintendo title to release. In the rare case that a game isn't completed, it can only be because it unfortunately didn't click with me on some level and I would have no plan to ever go back to it.
Switch 2 is the best console ever by default now
To be honest I care more about backwards compatibility than I do anything else. I like that when I jump on the new system I can still play my library on it and not have to be swapping around two platforms. I love that about my PS5, I will love that about my Switch 2. I love classic games so much as is and this console generation has conditioned me to seldom care about the (pitiful stream) of new releases, so these machines to me are convenient ways to play the games I already love with the added bonus of new titles every once in a while, too.
I got hundreds of unplayed classics on my backlog, I find chipping through that more satisfying than putting all my attention on whatever new titles are releasing that I (likely) don't care much about. That'll always be my main focus when I am playing video games, anything to make that process nicer is always welcome
I'm sorry to hear you've been unwell. Sincerely wishing you a swift recovery Arlo.
i hope nintendo does hardware based backwards compatibility for the switch 2. because they did that previously on the gameboy advance, the ds and the 3ds. even though it's more expensive to put all of that old hardware in that newer hardware and the console would be more expensive to
manufacture and to buy for consumers, it would be a better experience to play those same games instead of doing emulation
I'm ecstatic
I've been really hoping for it to be backwards compatible this whole time, I still have so many Switch games that I would love to play on my new Switch 😄
lol I'm definitely a "buy the game I want to play on the day I want to play it" type gamer.
I didn't think it would be possible for them to make a better library than the switch. But they did it. That will be the case as soon as there's a switch 2 exclusive game. Now we hope the hardware is good.
oh yeah my Switch backlog with Astral Chains, maybe some splatoons (didn't even really play one for myself), unfinished Origami King if just to fulfill my curiosity, the Super Mario RPG remake, finishing Echoes of Wisdom and Link's Re-Awakening, Princess Peach Showtime (which I tecnically prob played half of it by just letting my sister play it but then she comes asking for help) and more I'm probably forgetting.
I have a backlog in the sense that I still have a ton of games I haven't played but also haven't bought, unlike with Steam where I have a ton of games I or others bought and haven't played.
Up to this day I have not bough mario odyssey
True but many Switch games don't go on sale as often or as deep. PC you will get better deals on the same games and it's easy to stockpile them for later 😂
I dont have a switch backlog but i have a huuuuuge retro backlog
As someone with a very broken switch and many games I want to play again, this is incredible.
This news isn’t surprising at all but it’s really great to get it officially confirmed
I think the thing that put some legitimate doubt in people about the Switch 2 being backwards compatible was the rumors that a remaster of Breath of the Wild was in the works for the new console. I'm glad that Nintendo was able to assuage those doubts, but now I have a new concern. If Nintendo is truly working on a remaster of BoTW for the Switch 2, how will owners of the OG version be affected? Will they release the updates for the remaster for free and allow current owners to have all the benefits, or will they pull a Sony and force consumers to pay an additional fee to upgrade their already purchased copy of the game to the remastered version? It's something to think about at least.
I think the more likely answer is that there isn't a remaster of Breath of the wild. People have been wrong before about things Nintendo has been working on before.
There is a remaster botw. We know it exists but we don't know if its just a tech demo or an actual game yet.
Yeah I can definitely imagine being sick with that can make covering all of this rough, so it is good you are taking it slow, love you Arlo and hope you feel fully better soon! 💖
Glad you are feeling better and thank you for sharing this!
Never apologize for being fashionably late to the topic arlo. We’re just happy your here
I always figured backwards compatibility was a given since the vast majority of nintendo systems and pretty much all the handhelds had it. My concern was that they might do what they did with virtual console, and not carry over anyone's digital purchases of games (even if every game that could be played on switch is available on switch 2). But hearing them announce this ahead of time gives me the confidence to say that this won't be the case.
I can't believe I forgot about the Pikmin save data transfer animation, I have such fond memories of watching that when I first got a WiiU as a kid. And that was before I even knew what Pikmin was, I just thought they made up these little flower guys for the animation!
I believe they mentioned it because there was a bit of a down trend in their stocks, though the reason for the downtrend is speculative, the subtle announcement for backwards compatibility bumped them back into an upwards trend again. That said, i am looking forward to it now that it's confirmed since i had the same feeling going from ds to 3ds, its just nice to have something more powerful to play your games on, even if there is no update to have them run beyond their usual 30fps. Everything else i believe is also carrying over from accounts, to purchases, to apps... It's pretty much just going to be the Switch environment but stronger (and hopefully more customizable).
Welcome back Arlo! I’ve also been terribly sick, hope we can all recover
My backlog has become massive at this point. So if the NS2 (or whatever it's called) has retrocompability with an increase in resolution and framerates for the original Switch games, it's already a buy from me.
These are the kinds of videos that 2x speed was made for.
How hard it is to patch depends entirely on the specific game in question. In some cases, it's literally as easy as changing a single variable. In others, you might have to redo the whole physics engine
Hey Arlo hope you get better soon. I got with hit with the flu aswell, definitely sucks :-(
Previous Nintendo consoles actually didn’t use emulation for backwards compatibility, but a different method called “virtualization”, which is a great deal easier than emulation. It basically just has the previous system built inside it to run games from there. Virtualization is how the Wii was able to perfectly run GameCube games, how the DS could run GBA games, etc. So I imagine that the Switch successor would be able to virtualize the Switch as well.
I learned that from Tech Rules.
Ever since 2020, I get sick ALL the TIME. It's crazy. Get better soon
Yo, respiratory infection gang! *COUGH*
Anyway, this greatly increases the chance that the new console will continue the Nintendo tradition of "put in game, play immediately." That's one of Nintendo's biggest advantages in my eyes. I don't have to wait for my game to install after getting it, and then have multi-gigabyte patches on Day 1.
YAYY topic Arlo is backkkkk 😊😊
I’m so addicted to these videos I went through like withdrawal of not living with one haha. Hope you recover soon tho. Don’t push yourself too hard 😅
This is great news, but sometimes early game releases are slow because of it.
I hope the first year of Switch 2 is not just one launch title and nothing else.
I have been checking every day to see you talk about this!!
Arlo is one of the few things getting me thru these unprecedented times
We missed you Arlo! Hope you feel better soon!
It is super nice to know this for sure, I’d love to be able to play some games on it and (hopefully) will run at least somewhat better on it
I typically wait until I'm ready to play a game before I buy it these days...
As for backwards compatibility, I wasn't actually that worried about it - Nitnendo hasn't been perfect when it comes to it, but it's only systems with radically different form factors from them since the Gamecube that haven't been backwards compatible with their prior systems in that form factor.
Wii U was backwards compatible with the Wii was backwards compatible with the Gamecube was using discs rather than cartridges
3ds was backwards compatible with the DS was (prior to the new models at any rate) backwards compatible with the GBA was backwards compatible with the GBC was considered a hardware update rather than a new console by Nintendo.
As such, as long as the Switch 2 was still using that specific form factor for cartridges, I figured it was going to be backwards compatible with the Switch. Switch 3 to Switch will be less certain.
I praying for you... and healing process to you
🙏🙏🙏
I'm all backlog, baby
All I want is a performance and resolution increase to at least 1080p.
I love Xenoblade, and I'm comfortable with the performance, but I wish it wasn't below 720p half the time.
Hey Arlo. I feel one thing you should do is adding your videos to Spotify, Apple Music, and all that. Your videos are amazing to listen to. And especially since most of your videos are just b roll with you talking over it. I feel you adding that stuff to Spotify or Apple Music would be amazing. Like listening to “my big fat review of botw” downloaded on Apple Music on a car drive sounds amazing
I think we will see some games get specific patches, but a lot of them will just naturally work better and will likely profit from Nvidia's upscaling that surely will be employed. That way you can get something like Age of Calamity run at a fluid 1080p 60fps without needing to actually change anything in the code.
But increasing the framerate from a 30fps lock to 60fps would definitely require a patch, that's likely to happen with BotW and TotK.
Man, that Nintendo Land jazz music makes me want to pull out my Wii U
You have no idea how big of a sigh of relief i had when i heard this news
I Arlo, I am a non-backlog-having person. I kinda have a "default game" at all times, for a while it was Mario Maker 2 but it's also been MK8D and Animal Crossing. I'll boot up one of those when I want to unwind, and if I see a new game that looks interesting, I'll get it. I'm a simple man.
Forreal. My backlog is my own doing, but I’m so grateful I’ll be able to play it on switch 2.
Get well soon, Arlo!
My switch backlog is enormous, bigger then any system ever lol. Backwards compatibility was a must and I am SO happy its been confirmed.
My only two hopes for the Switch 2 system-wise were backwards compatibility, and more powerful hardware.
1 down, 1 to go.
I could be wrong but I think that one rumor with the motherboard essentially confirmed that it will be a good deal stronger like PS4 pro level if I'm not mistaken,but I could be wrong.
Can you imagine if the switch 2 ISN'T more powerful? Like its just the switch 1 but with some other random gimmick? Like there's literally no chance that it isn't at least a little bit better.
@@duce.2805 it'll be above PS4 level in docked mode. Which would make it over 6x more powerful than Switch 1 in docked mode.
2 down, it what world would it not be more powerful?
@mrjack3855 people are conditioned to believe that Nintendo will stay on 7th generation level hardware forever and they can't imagine a world where a Nintendo console with more powerful hardware.
Feel better soon 🙂.
My Backlog is so large that It has gained sentience, earned It's name being capitalized and is plotting to absorb the universe.
At first I didn’t mind if it was or was not backwards compatible, but I do see the advantage of having thousands of games at the ready _to buy time,_ to get your exclusive content ready.
You don’t want yet another drought of content after spending ungodly sums of money on new hardware. Backwards Compatibility is a very nice change of pace!
Great Stuff!
I must say I am really unsurprised. Just fingers crossed they do VRR 1-120hz as we are going to be playing this thing into the 2030s. Also really hope NSO drastically improves
Thats major copium. Nintendo also has never done online services correct, just move on to pc bro
@@grthjryrd7552 Bro I have been on PC since I was born. But I have also been on Nintendo since I was like 7. Back in the day the Nintendo DS had free online voice chat in Pokemon Platinum/Heart Gold/Soul Silver/White/Black. Nintendo Wii had massively better legacy services/channels and the Wii U had higher tickrate servers, lower latency, higher quality sensors, and free voice calls/chat despite the WiFi being free. It's entirely fair to say Nintendo has regressed in this aspect.
For the display side VRR, that is easy if they do a large enough batch (which a console will be) they will basically just give it to them (the manufacturer to Nintendo). Valve wanted to add it to the SD OLED but just didn't get it in on time. I think it's fair to publicly ask for more from NSO and refresh rate if this thing is expected to hold people's attention against competitors
@@grthjryrd7552cool pc copium
get well soon Arlo! 🫶
My #1 concern was backwards compatibility and they are friggin' doing it man! YEAH!
Keep resting and get better 🍊
Backwards compatibility is one of the best aspects of being a PC gamer over a console one. I remembered Nintendo promising when they revealed/released the Switch that one of their goals was making their software forward-compatible, as it were, so I was expecting this the whole time. They would really be dropping the ball otherwise.
I worked out the other day I have about 30 Switch games and I’ve completed about 5 of them so I am glad about this! Either way I will be getting the next console on launch day because I’ve never been able to do that before
Honestly a big reason I bought the ps5 earlier this year was because of the backwards compatability, so the backwards compatability for the Switch 2 is 100 percent needed. also being able to easily 'switch' to the new console just fits the gimmick of the console so well. I definitely have atleast 4 or 5 games still unopened for the switch. (I work alot and dont have alot of free time to drop on a longer game)
Glad youre ok Arlo!
Hope you get well soon Arlo
That's nice and all, but I think the most important announcement they could give would be a spec reveal for the new thing.
Get well soon!
Is this background track a comfy jazz rendition of the Nintendo Land theme music? The best part about getting a Wii U, that Nintendo Land? Yooo
Back Compatibility confirmed just makes me worry much less about the future console personally. With the Switch I HAD to get it day 1 for BOTW and any future games I wanted, but it was pretty difficult to get a Switch in those early launch months. It was made MUUCH better come the late summer and early fall/holiday season, to the point a lot of people forget the limited launch. With Backwards compatibility I not only don't need to worry about "leaving behind" (not really gonna lose my Switch games/switch but I would turn on the console a lot less) my old catalog but I can also choose to wait the console out a bit if I can't get it for whatever reason and still have a massive catalog at no extra cost.
Hindsight it's pretty obvious we'd get backwards compatibility, but it being one of the only things we know for sure now has me very excited to see how the console will be revealed.
With how heavily most switch games use dynamic resolution scaling its already gonna feel like a nice upgrade to go up to 720p/1080p from the 360/480 nightmares we're used to
From what I've understand, they've announced it will be backwards compatible, but not necessarily that it will play Switch hardware. It could be backwards compatible but only for digital games. Hopefully they clarify it soon.
We missed you, hope your health improves quickly.
Man, the Switch 2 will set us up well into the 30' with all these great games. 15 years or more of continuity.
Take my money, Nintendo!
Let’s be real if the switch 2 gets backward compatibility with the original switch i’ll 100% take it