QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoNintendo of America President On the Future of the Switch, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Morewww.inverse.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.world
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkNintendo of America President On the Future of the Switch, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Morewww.inverse.comQuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.world
minus-squareWagesOf@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhy would Nintendo do anything as customer friendly as back compatibility? It’s just not who they are.
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBecause they’ve done it many times in the past? Wii, WiiU, Gameboy series, DS series all had backwards compatibility.
minus-squarealgorithmae@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBecause the GBA never played Gameboy games, and the Wii never played GameCube games, and the Wii U never played Wii games, right?
minus-squareram@bookwormstory.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLike others have said, but I will repeat: GB->GBC->GBA->DS->DSi->3DS->n3DS GCN->Wii->Wii U It’s very much something they have a strong history of doing where it can work.
Why would Nintendo do anything as customer friendly as back compatibility? It’s just not who they are.
Because they’ve done it many times in the past? Wii, WiiU, Gameboy series, DS series all had backwards compatibility.
Because the GBA never played Gameboy games, and the Wii never played GameCube games, and the Wii U never played Wii games, right?
Like others have said, but I will repeat:
It’s very much something they have a strong history of doing where it can work.