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This is actually still in concept phase, so we haven't designed any games particularly for the Nintendo Wii U yet, but it will be able to be backwards-compatible with any Nintendo game for the Wii or GameCube, Pawlik said.
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The console will be backwards-compatible with older DS and DSi machines.
Nintendo 3DS to hit Europe on March 25 Ben Rooney 2011
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This is actually still in concept phase, so we haven't designed any games particularly for the Nintendo Wii U yet, but it will be able to be backwards-compatible with any Nintendo game for the Wii or GameCube, Pawlik said.
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Neither is backwards-compatible and neither is supported in IE 6/7.
Web Teacher › Report from WDN 09: Educating the Next Generation of Web Professionals, II 2009
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The only thing that could have persuaded me otherwise was if they had announced that the Slim would be backwards-compatible.
So, PS3 Slim Is Officially Here... SVGL 2009
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Even “universal” formats, like pdf, are not fully backwards-compatible meaning that consumers who get a current-version pdf file cannot open it with an old version of the Reader.
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It's also backwards-compatible with USB 2.0, so you don't have to throw out your current USB peripherals.
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Carrying on after reading Bruce's comment, I believe an even simpler fix would be to make windows backwards-compatible, like Playstation.
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But one that a more advanced module system can be backwards-compatible with.
Snell-Pym » R7RS 2009
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Hrmph. Do I compromise with the ugly blog, or wait it out and hope they make widgets backwards-compatible?
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