Josh Cotts is a Senior Contributor at Game Rant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2019 with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Media Studies and has been commended since ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 started making news even before its official release, as Nintendo was quick to confirm that the console would include backwards compatibility with the original console’s games.

Melody MacReady is a writer and transwoman (she/her), passionate about all things pop culture-related. From movies to shows to games to comic books, there is not much that she does not enjoy or ...

With Nintendo’s new console on the horizon, fans and tech enthusiasts have endlessly speculated what the gaming giant’s latest endeavor could bring to the market. While the console has yet to receive ...

Nintendo stated that the Switch 2 will not solely rely on hardware-level solutions for backward compatibility. Past consoles like the 3DS and Wii U relied on hardware to read DS and Wii game data.

A brace of news reports this week highlighted an interesting scenario in console world (and arguably for PCs as well, though I'll address that separately). First, Sony executive Jim Ryan was openly ...

Nintendo has now officially confirmed that the Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with current Switch games, and it sounds like investors are seeing this as a good sign of things to come. This ...

One of the Xbox platform's biggest selling points is its deep backwards compatibility library, allowing you to natively play hundreds of titles dating all the way back to the original Xbox. Whether ...

There’s a cloud of uncertainty on what the next generation of Xbox consoles will even be. We have a reassuring rumor about what’s coming next for Xbox. A lot of Microsoft Gaming’s future plans ...

The man, the myth, the legend himself Shigeru Miyamoto recently spoke about how backwards compatibility is much easier now, though it doesn't seem to be something Nintendo is that interested in. In a ...

Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.