The Nintendo Switch 2 will be announced during the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2025.

TOKYO :Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said on Wednesday that software for the company's Switch console would be playable on the successor device.The Kyoto-based gaming company has said it plans to make an announcement about a successor device during the financial year ending March 2025 but has not provi

Nintendo will allow current Switch games to be played on the hit console's successor, as it looks to drum up excitement among its current user base.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video game maker Nintendo’s chief said Wednesday that Switch console sales were still going strong, while he promised its successor is coming.“The momentum of the Nintendo Switch hasn’t stopped,” President Shuntaro Furukawa told reporters.His comments come a day after Nintendo reported a 60% drop in its fiscal first half profit, largely because of declining sales of the Switch, which now is in its eighth year, as well as Switch games. Furukawa did not give details on the greatly anticipated upcoming machine but stressed all current game software will be playable on the next Switch.People may want to keep playing the offerings from the rich lineup already on sale, as well as the games they own, he added, insisting the Kyoto-based maker behind the Super Mario franchise wasn’t hemmed in by the idea of a console’s “life cycle.”Nintendo is investing in both hardware and software development research, as well as movies, merchandising, amusement parks and music, Furukawa said. Another Mario movie…