The patent, filed in the U.S. in February 2025, describes a proximity-based voice chat system, meaning voice communication would be tied to a player's in-game location. A Long-Requested Feature for Nintendo Fans Unlike competing platforms such as PC,

A recent patent filing (spotted by Wccftech) suggests that Nintendo Switch 2 may fix one of its predecessor’s major issues: Its highly restrictive voice chat. According to the patent, Switch 2 could offer proximity chat and the functionality would be accessible from the console's operating system.

One of the biggest problems with the Nintendo Switch was its overly complicated voice chat system. However, a new patent filed by Nintendo reveals that it might integrate voice chat into the Nintendo Switch 2 ’s operating system, so you won’t have to reach for your phone to chat with other Switch 2 users.

The Nintendo Switch Online service has removed its first retro game from its selection of SNES titles. While there are still hundreds of games to play on the NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, and Genesis libraries through Nintendo Switch Online, one specific game will be lost on March 28.

Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal in January showed very little in the way of games, except an untitled new Mario Kart. We’ll have to wait a few more weeks to get a closer look at the company’s software lineup for Switch 2 — but we might have some helpful indicators about which of Nintendo’s internal development teams have been making software for the next-gen console for the past few years.