The best consoles that are backwards compatible

Summary

• Nintendo Switch 2 will have backward compatibility, which means that games from the original console can be played on the new one.

• Former Nintendo consoles such as Gamecube, Wii and 3DS also had backward compatibility features for older games, which extended their life.

• Other companies such as Sony and Microsoft have also implemented backwards compatibility in their consoles, which allows players to enjoy older games.

Nintendo Switch 2 is on the way and has several upgrades, from 4K resolution to a larger screen to play games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong: Bananza. However, a feature that has many people exciting is that games from the original Nintendo Switch is backward compatible With Nintendo Switch 2.

Switch 2 is not the first console with backward compatibility. Other Nintendo consoles have been doing the same for several years, as well as consoles from other companies. This means that games may have extended service life rather than being locked in a specific console that future generations of players may not have access to.

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Gamecube

Handheld games could be played on TV sets

• Launched: September 14, 2001
• Canceled: June 15, 2009

Home for classic titles like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Resident evil remake, Nintendo Gamecube was the company's first CD-based console that left behind cartridges. As a result, the Nintendo 64 game could not be played, but there was another option through the peripheral called Game Boy Player.

Game Boy Player fits Flush and blends into the console, allowing Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance Games Like The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap to be played on large screens. For the period 2003, that type of backward compatibility had rarely seen before a similar unit for Nintendo 64.

6

Wii

No accessories were needed for gamecube games

• Launched: November 19, 2006
• Canceled: October 21, 2013

For each generation of CD-based consoles, Nintendo remained loyal to their fans by allowing the former console's game to be backward with the latest system. Every owner of Nintendo Wii can enjoy titles like Wii sports and Mario Party 8With the large gimmick that movement controls together with traditional control -based alternatives.

Fortunately, Gamecube owners were not forced to leave their favorite games behind, even though their consoles had either stopped working or sold. Without any kind of peripheral, they were able to insert a gamecube disk and controller into Wii and play their favorite games in that generation.

5

Wii u

Wii -games felt even better at wii u

• Launched: November 18, 2012
• Canceled: January 31, 2017

On the one hand, Wii u was considered an unfortunate console when it came out because of its confidence in the gamepad, which eventually developed into the switch. Fans considered it more of an updated version of Wii who happened to have some strong titles that found new homes on the next generation console.

On the other hand, Wii U gave even better ways to play Wii titles and thanks to Wii U as Nintendo's first HD console they looked and played a little better. As such, a player can go from playing Super Mario 3D World to Super Mario Galaxy For double 3D Mario adventure, all on the same console.

4

3DS

Nintendo DS games were still viable on the handheld console

• Launched: February 26, 2011
• Canceled: September 17, 2020

Probably helped backward compatibility to retain Nintendo 3DS Living, as it was a console that almost failed at launch due to lack of games. Later titles like Luigis Herrgård 2: Dark Moon and The Legend of Zelda: OCARINA OF TIME 3D Breathe new life in the handheld console, so that it can also thrive into Nintendo Switch's era.

Fortunately, similar to the most important consoles, the PDAs maintained a way for previous generation games to be played. Since the original Nintendo DS had hundreds of titles, many players were grateful that they could visit them on 3DS, which offered a larger screen and improved checks thanks to an analog stick instead of a D-Pad.

3

PlayStation 5

Sony's fifth console replaced completely fourth

• Launched: November 12, 2020
• Still in production

Times have changed and Sony PlayStation 5 Now has a massive gaming library, but when the console was launched in 2020, the games were as scarce as the consoles themselves. Fortunately, Playstation 5 has one of the best upgrades, with the ability to play almost all Playstation 4 titles from the beginning and with better loading times and much quieter cooling fans.

When the time has passed, several Playstation 4 titles have received PS5 upgrades -some free, others at a price. Combined with newer titles such as Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Good of War: RagnarokThere was little or no reason to even keep old PS4 consoles around, especially when that console had zero back compatibility outside digital games.

2

Xbox one

Old games were playable through records and Xbox Game Pass

• Launched: November 22, 2013
• Canceled: November 10, 2020

Microsoft has gone beyond to let its players continue to play their old games, and the best example was with Xbox one. Players could not only play newer titles like Dead Rising 3 and Halo 5: Guardians, But Xbox 360 and original Xbox titles could be inserted into the system for nostalgic players.

Although not every title was playable, it was still a feasible option as there are games stuck on Xbox and Xbox 360 that are still without remaster or gates, like Batman: Arkham Originsfor example. The Xbox Game Pass would also be a feasible way to play older titles digitally, but physical collectors are thankfully not strange.

1

Playstation 3

Sony created the perfect triple threat console

• Launched: November 11, 2006
• Canceled: May 29, 2017

As Xbox One, Sony's original Playstation 3 Console allowed three generations of games to be played. One minute could players take in Good of war 3 To enjoy the hack-and-slash act, next, they could go back one generation to collect power cells in JAK & DAXTER: Progressand then enjoy Naughty Dog's second mascot character with Crash bandicoot for PS1.

All three models in Playstation 3 could play original Playstation titles, but strange it was only the original model that could play Playstation 2 games. Having all three options was perfect for collectors, because not everyone wants to get rid of their old games, and some older games are hard to find, even in retro gaming stores and peasant shops.