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Nintendo’s next generation is off to a great start
Backward compatibility is a positive sign.
During an investor presentation, the company said that the Switch’s “cumulative software sales have reached 1.3061 billion units, setting a new record for a Nintendo gaming platform. Ironically, the Switch was helped in a way by its lack of backward compatibility; Nintendo was able to keep up a steady stream of releases by putting out a number of Wii U ports. The first-party games that came out in 2024 — Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Princess Peach: Showtime, and The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom — will likely have a lifespan well beyond the final years of the Switch.
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