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Switch 2's magic C Button shows Nintendo is still in the business of doing things its own way


The Nintendo Switch 2's GameChat and C Button are pure Gen Z on the surface - but there's more to it than that.

Best bury this stuff a little, before it serves as a reminder that Nintendo's no longer the only bunch out there that have the full video game experience you can enjoy while sat on the bus. I'm not sure that I personally would have understood the area they are working in if I didn't have an eleven-year-old child, because I'm 46 and, like many people post-Covid, deeply eager to never log onto another video conference ever again. When I heard that you'd be able to go off road and explore in Mario Kart World, I thought: fun, but a bit weird.

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