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I’m counting both Pikmin ports, that’s 22.

You asked “has Nintendo even released a game?” and the answer to that question is “yes”. They released 22 of them. I don’t care where you wanna move the goalposts to, you can’t say 22 games is “not really”.

That is 22 first party releases. The answer to your question was “yes”, not “not really”.

Sort of, though Wii and Wii U are a bit more complicated than that so this somewhat of an oversimplification. The ELI5 answer is that some hardware components are directly upgraded and can run in a compatibility mode, other components are just the original hardware thrown in separately.

New3DS is the most recent and most notable exception. It’s directly upgraded 3DS hardware, but the CPU downclocks to run at 3DS specs on all legacy titles (and there are almost no native New3DS games so this upgrade was pretty pointless). Softmodding can unlock the full clockspeed, and most games do work fine this way but there are a few rare bugs.

I expect Switch 2 will just be the same architecture upgraded, because that’s a lot easier to do now, while the old style of true redundancy would inflate costs too much today. It’s also worth noting that Switch titles already expect variable performance in order to support handheld and docked modes, so I doubt much would break if allowed to overclock. But I could also see Nintendo not even trying to support it if even one bug might exist somewhere.

I wonder if that and/or Labo might be what they meant by the disclaimer that backwards compatibility might not support all titles. Since it’s built around old Joy-Cons, might not work with new ones, unless the Switch 2 can just use original Joy-Cons.

Could also be an excuse for Ring Fit 2 built around new Joy-Cons.

Assuming you mean Tears of the Kingdom (May 12 2023) and not Echoes of Wisdom just a few months ago? Sorting by release date on the eShop for first-party titles published by Nintendo since then:

• Pikmin 1/2 ports
• Everybody 1-2-Switch!
• Pikmin 4
• F-Zero 99
• Detective Pikachu Returns
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• WarioWare: Move It!
• Super Mario RPG remake
• Another Code: Recollection
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong remake
• Princess Peach: Showtime!
• Endless Ocean Luminous
• Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door HD
• Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD
• Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
• Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership
• Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer
• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD