Important information about compatibility of Nintendo Switch games with Nintendo Switch 2 (www.nintendo.com)
from simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 16:28
https://lemm.ee/post/60186274

TL;DR there seem to be some games that are not compatible including the Nintendo Labo VR kit. 99% of games seem fine.

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Tim_Bisley@piefed.social on 02 Apr 17:04 next collapse

Lots of games on the issues list. Hopefully they can fix them.

VivianRixia@piefed.social on 02 Apr 17:27 next collapse

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.

mercano@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 17:53 next collapse

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.)

Katana314@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 20:44 collapse

How will those old joycons charge? Is the Switch 2 able to have S1 joycons slide in without using the magnet?

arudesalad@sh.itjust.works on 02 Apr 21:02 next collapse

Some of the old joycon grips has a charging port in the top <img alt="" src="https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/reviews/04K3Bmj4wKvl87h9HyTCxNU-1.fit_lim.size_740x416.v_1569469990.jpg">

EowynCarter@lemm.ee on 03 Apr 05:30 collapse

And probably some third party similar stuff.

Personally, I’ll keep my switch.

Khanzarate@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 02:48 collapse

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.

Kelly@programming.dev on 02 Apr 17:27 next collapse

Interesting to see reasons for where compatibility is physically impossible:

  1. The console is a different shape and can’t fit the LABO frames
  2. The Joy-Con 2 are a different shape and can’t fit the Ring-Con or Leg Strap.
  3. The Jon-Con 2 don’t have the IR Motion Camera
  4. The Jon-Con 2 rumble is weaker than Joy Con
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 17:32 next collapse

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.

EowynCarter@lemm.ee on 03 Apr 05:27 collapse

Can you connect joycon 1 to switch 2?

Edit : nevermind, someone answered in the comment just under this.

LiveLM@lemmy.zip on 02 Apr 23:31 collapse

Sounds like they should be selling an adapter of sorts for the RingCon and Leg Strap

magic_lobster_party@fedia.io on 02 Apr 18:51 next collapse

Funny how Fortnite is among the incompatible games, and is the only game with a fix: ”A Switch 2 version is planned”

Great that they’re open about which games are incompatible, and that they seem to have made an effort to try all games on Switch.

stoly@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 20:46 collapse

The ones that require you to insert the switch into them make sense. There are no excuses for the remainder.

lud@lemm.ee on 03 Apr 05:39 next collapse

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.

SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 11:29 collapse

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 SDK properly. It is a software side issue so could be fixed before the launch if those publishers care enough.