Important information about compatibility of Nintendo Switch games with Nintendo Switch 2
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TL;DR there seem to be some games that are not compatible including the Nintendo Labo VR kit. 99% of games seem fine.
Interesting to see reasons for where compatibility is physically impossible:
- The console is a different shape and can't fit the LABO frames
- The Joy-Con 2 are a different shape and can't fit the Ring-Con or Leg Strap.
- The Jon-Con 2 don't have the IR Motion Camera
- The Jon-Con 2 rumble is weaker than Joy Con
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Interesting to see reasons for where compatibility is physically impossible:
- The console is a different shape and can't fit the LABO frames
- The Joy-Con 2 are a different shape and can't fit the Ring-Con or Leg Strap.
- The Jon-Con 2 don't have the IR Motion Camera
- The Jon-Con 2 rumble is weaker than Joy Con
Even then, it's not a full stop on incompatibility, it just means that you need to own Switch 1 joycons to pair to the system instead of using the new ones. So you can play Ringfit on Switch 2, if you have the old joycons and a way to charge them.
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I didn't know the switch 2 was compatible with the switch 1 joycons, that fixes a lot of issues with the party games that specifically need the switch 1 joycon.
It also makes upgrading cheaper, though your little brother playing as Player 2 will have to suffer through having an inferior controller. (As is tradition.)
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I didn't know the switch 2 was compatible with the switch 1 joycons, that fixes a lot of issues with the party games that specifically need the switch 1 joycon.
How will those old joycons charge? Is the Switch 2 able to have S1 joycons slide in without using the magnet?
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TL;DR there seem to be some games that are not compatible including the Nintendo Labo VR kit. 99% of games seem fine.
The ones that require you to insert the switch into them make sense. There are no excuses for the remainder.
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How will those old joycons charge? Is the Switch 2 able to have S1 joycons slide in without using the magnet?
Some of the old joycon grips has a charging port in the top
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Interesting to see reasons for where compatibility is physically impossible:
- The console is a different shape and can't fit the LABO frames
- The Joy-Con 2 are a different shape and can't fit the Ring-Con or Leg Strap.
- The Jon-Con 2 don't have the IR Motion Camera
- The Jon-Con 2 rumble is weaker than Joy Con
Sounds like they should be selling an adapter of sorts for the RingCon and Leg Strap
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How will those old joycons charge? Is the Switch 2 able to have S1 joycons slide in without using the magnet?
In addition to the joycons mentioned, they sell a standalone charger stand.
So they could sit next to the switch 2, on a dedicated stand.
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Even then, it's not a full stop on incompatibility, it just means that you need to own Switch 1 joycons to pair to the system instead of using the new ones. So you can play Ringfit on Switch 2, if you have the old joycons and a way to charge them.
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Some of the old joycon grips has a charging port in the top
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The ones that require you to insert the switch into them make sense. There are no excuses for the remainder.
They are investigating those issues though so I assume they intend to fix them.
I would be extremely surprised if every single game just worked on the first try.
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The ones that require you to insert the switch into them make sense. There are no excuses for the remainder.
It’s only a relative handful of games with issues and only one is a Nintendo game. And many with issues are from the same developers. Looks to me that those developers didn’t use the NDK properly. It is a software side issue so could be fixed before the launch if those publishers care enough.
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