We finally know about the C button on the Nintendo Switch 2 heres what it does

Date:
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:36:08 +0000

Description:
The Nintendo Switch 2's C button will be used to trigger the new Game Chat to let you talk with tour friends while playing.

FULL STORY ======================================================================The C button will trigger the new Game Chat mode This mode lets Switch 2 users have audio and video chats with each other And that means a Switch console will finally have built-in chat options; just be prepared to pay for it after a year

We just got a deeper look at the Nintendo Switch 2 and with that came an explanation of the mysterious C button . And the C basically stands for chat.

Thats because this new button on the right Joy-Con is designed to trigger the new Game Chat feature for the Switch 2. This is a form of chat thats not too far away from Discord , that allows users to chat with their friends via a built-in microphone in the Joy-Con.

Working in handheld and docked mode, Game Chat also lets you chat with
friends who may be playing different games. Hitting the C button basically triggers the Game Chat modes menu in-game for audio and video chat. And this will all work in tandem with the new Nintendo Switch 2 Camera, which will naturally provide the video feed for you to appear in Game Chat.

Now chatting in games with friends will be nothing new to PS5 or Xbox Series
X players, especially as the latter has Discord support, but for Nintendo,
its a whole new world.

The idea here is that the chats Switch players may have had when playing
local multiplayer - think yelling at each other over being piped to the post in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or being smug about Super Smash Bros Ultimate
victories - to take place online, with the video aspect helping get closer to replication of couch-based multiplayer.

For me, a 38-year-old gamer who grew up playing Goldeneye 64 , Super Smash Bros, and Mario Kart 64 multiplayer hunched around a CRT TV with neighbors
and my brother, I somewhat miss the couch-based multiplayer of my youth.

And while the current Switch does offer a pretty special in-person
multiplayer mode in that you can basically start a Mario Kart tournament in the pub, thanks to the stand and detachable Joy-Cons, remote multiplayer with friends isn't great due the lack of a built-in chat for the Switch.

Thatll all change with the Switch 2 and Game Chat. But theres a slight sting in the tail in that Game Chat will only be free to use for the first year of use, then Nintendo will want you to pay for it; what that price will be, so stay tuned and check out our Nintendo Switch 2 Direct live blog for a beat-by-beat account of what was announced at the latest Direct. You might also like The Nintendo Switch 2 release date is official and the console launches this June Mario Kart World officially revealed as a Nintendo Switch
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/we-finally-know-about-the-c-butto n-on-the-nintendo-switch-2-heres-what-it-does


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