After the Nintendo Direct yesterday, the Nintendo Switch 2 website is open for business, and it details some compatibility issues the successor has with the original Switch software.
Before yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, in November 2024, Nintendo had revealed that their planned successor console, the Nintendo Switch 2, would be backwards compatible with the original Switch software. At the time, Nintendo had confirmed basic backwards compatibility with the original Switch and confirmed Nintendo Switch Online would be coming to the Switch 2, but didn’t detail how far that backwards compatibility would reach.
Shortly after the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, Nintendo uncorked a list of over 100 titles that won’t work as intended at the launch of the successor console. While Joy-Cons for the original Switch have been confirmed to work on the Switch 2, not all software will. Titles that can work on the Switch 2, but only with original Joy-Cons are as follows: Ring Fit Adventure, 1-2-Switch, Everybody 1-2-Switch!, Game Builder Garage, Nintendo Switch Sports, WarioWare: Move It!, and Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 1-3 kits.
Nintendo is currently working its way through the Nintendo Switch library, conducting limited testing with each game to see ‘how compatible’ it is for the Switch 2. While not all games will be compatible, the list below is the confirmed titles that have “start-up issues” on the Switch 2.
Nintendo Switch Titles With Start-Up Issues on Nintendo Switch 2
- 112 Operator
- A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection
- Abyss Memory Fallen Angel and the Path of Magic
- Aeterna Noctis
- Aca Neogeo Art of Fighting 2
- Aca Neogeo Samurai Shodown Ii
- Ca Neogeo the King of Fighters ’95
- Aca Neogeo the King of Fighters ’96
- Airhead
- Alchemy Garden
- Another Crab’s Treasure
- Arcade Archives Burger Time
- Arcade Archives Crime City
- Arcade Archives Dig Dug
- Arcade Archives Gradius Iii
- Arcade Archives New Rally-x
- Arcade Archives Pac-land
- Arcade Archives Xevious
- Astral Flux
- Baseball Club
- Baron: Fur Is Gonna Fly
- Batman: The Enemy Within
- Beyond the Ice Palace II
- Boot Hill Bounties
- Boot Hill Heroes
- Botany Manor
- Bus Simulator 2023: City Driver
- Cats Hidden in Italy
- Crazy Strike Bowling Ex
- Chronicles of 2 Heroes: Amaterasu’s Wrath
- Clock Tower: Rewind
- Dadish 2
- Darksiders Genesis
- Dead by Daylight
- Death Coming
- Doom: Eternal
- Eggy Party
- Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
- Everdream Valley
- Everspace
- Fables Mosaic: Snow White
- Felix the Cat
- Fig.
- Final Fantasy
- Flan
- Fitness Boxing
- Floor Kids
- Fortnite
- Framed Collection
- Gal Guardians: Demon Purge
- Gang Beasts
- Gas Guzzlers Extreme
- Grid Autosport
- Guns Gore and Cannoli
- I Got Isekai’D Into a Shmup
- House Builder
- Inferno 2
- In My Shadow
- Island Flight Simulator
- Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection
- Kids Vs Parents
- Kill La Kill – if
- Killing Time: Resurrected
- Kosmokrats
- Laboratory Rat Escape Simulator Pro
- Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
- Library of Ruina
- Little Nightmares Complete Edition
- Manticore – Galaxy on Fire
- Mexican Train Dominoes Gold
- Monster Loves You Too!
- Model Debut #Nicola
- Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame
- Nascar Rivals
- Nba 2K18
- Nelly Cootalot: the Fowl Fleet
- Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
- Nobody Saves the World
- NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition
- Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon
- Nova-111
- Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath
- Ok K.O.! Let S Play Heroes
- Onigo Hunter
- Palia
- Pineview Drive
- Pizza Tower
- Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
- Raiden III X Mikado Maniax
- Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles
- Rims Racing
- River City Girls Zero
- Rocket League
- Roller Champions
- Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited
- SENRAN KAGURA Reflexions
- Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-a-fide Edition
- Soul Dog TD
- South of the Circle
- South Park: The Fractured but Whole
- Sportitions’24
- Star Wars Episode I: Racer
- Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
- Strania -the Stella Machina- Ex
- Super Neptunia RPG
- Taiko No Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival
- Taito Milestones
- The Jackbox Party Pack
- The Jackbox Party Pack 2
- The Journey Down Trilogy
- The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition
- Touhou Gouyoku Ibun ～ Sunken Fossil World
- Tricky Towers
- Trip World Dx
- Trove
- Trover Saves the Universe
- TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 3
- Under Night In-birth Exe: Late[Cl-r]
- Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
- V-Rally 4
- Warface: Clutch
- Warframe
- Warp Shift
- What the Dub?!
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Where the Bees Make Honey
- WRC 9 The Official Game
- Wolfenstein Ii: the New Colossus
- Tokyo Xanadu Ex+
Aside from the titles with start-up issues, there’s yet another list of titles that have “in-game” issues when played on the Nintendo Switch 2.
Nintendo Switch Titles With In-Game Issues on Nintendo Switch 2
- Alan Wake Remastered
- Alien: Isolation
- Arcade Archives Ordyne
- Arcade Archives Phelios
- Arcade Archives Tetris the Absolute the Grand Master 2 Plus
- Arcade Archives Tetris the Grand Master
- Asphalt Legends Unite
- Dadish
- Dex
- Dust: an Elysian Tail
- Elderand
- Factorio
- Fall Guys
- Family Chess
- Games Advent Calendar 25 Days 25 Surprises
- Godlike Burger
- HARVESTELLA
- Hitman 3 – Cloud Version
- Hot Wheels Unleashed
- Just Dance 2019
- Klondike Solitaire
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
- Matchpoint Tennis Championships
- Mega Man Legacy Collection
- MotoGP 21
- My Brother Rabbit
- Neptunia X SENRAN KAGURA: Ninja Wars
- Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
- Overcooked! All You Can Eat
- Pilot Sports
- Pocoyo Party
- Port Royale 4
- Raiden IV×mikado Remix
- Real Car Driving Simulator & Parking 2022 Games
- S.N.I.P.E.R. – Hunter Scope
- Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
- SmileBASIC 4
- Steven Universe: Save the Light
- Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
- Stumble Guys
- Failure to Adapt Effectively to Market Trends’
Nintendo has detailed that they’re actively testing Nintendo Switch games to determine further issues with compatibility, so it’s possible this list could increase. The Nintendo Switch 2 notably announced Nintendo Switch 2 Edition titles (which act as upscaled versions of previous Switch titles) that include extra features not available on original hardware.
[UPDATE: May 28]: More Nintendo Switch 2 Software With Issues Has Been Revealed
The previous information provided by Nintendo was incomplete. Nintendo has said that they will be “actively testing” Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games to determine issues with compatibility before launch, and now that the Switch 2 is one week away from take-off, Nintendo has revealed more titles that will have issues on the Switch 2.
The lists above have been updated as of May 27, giving fans further warnings on compatibility for when the Nintendo Switch 2 launches. It’s worth mentioning some titles like Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes have been added to the “games with issues that are planned to be addressed by launch or shortly after” list, so Nintendo’s working on it.
For more information, fans can visit the official Nintendo Switch 2 website. The Nintendo Switch 2 launches on June 5.
