These Switch 1 RPGs have compatibility issues on the Nintendo Switch 2 at launch
Nintendo has confirmed that the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 will be backward-compatible with almost all games released for the original 2017 Switch. However, the company noted that a minority of the games will still have compatibility issues when the new console launches on June 5. Nintendo has published the list of affected titles, and we have also noticed that some of the RPGs we covered in the past are included there.
The only game that is completely unplayable on Switch 2 is Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit because the Switch 2 does not fit inside the Toy-Con VR Goggles, but that should not be an issue for RPG players. The PDF files on the official English webpage, however, list games that have compatibility issues during or not long after start-up. We have spotted titles like the Pixel Remaster of the first Final Fantasy, Koei Tecmo's Nights of Azure 2, Nihon Falcom's Tokyo Xanadu eX+, and Compile Heart's Super Neptunia RPG and Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars to name a few.
In almost all entries on the Japanese list, Nintendo noted that they are investigating with the games' respective developers. The only entry with a different description is Fortnite, which is slated to have a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition released, but is not an RPG either.
You can check out our truncated lists for RPGs with Switch 2 compatibility issues right below.
List of Nintendo Switch 1 RPGs with start-up issues in Switch 2
- Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
- Final Fantasy (The Pixel Remaster of the series' inaugural entry)
- Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
- Onigo Hunter
- Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles
- Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole
- Super Neptunia RPG
- Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
- KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! -The Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathered Adventurers- Plus
- Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon
- Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
- Tokyo Xanadu eX+
List of Nintendo Switch 1 RPGs that are launchable with other compatibility issues in Switch 2
Ring Fit Adventure compatibility status in Nintendo Switch 2
There is another special case for the first-party Nintendo game we covered previously: Ring Fit Adventure. The game is still playable on the Switch 2, but it will not be compatible with the Joy-Con 2 sticks. Players will instead have to connect the Joy-Cons from the original Switch 1 to the Switch 2 in order to play it on the newer console.
