{"id":824866,"date":"2026-03-14T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/824866\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T08:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:30:17","slug":"nintendo-shows-off-icon-design-proposals-for-switch-2s-c-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/824866\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Shows Off Icon Design Proposals For Switch 2’s ‘C’ Button"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Switch<\/a>The final design of the C Button \u2014 Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n

In the end, the ‘C’ button on Switch 2’s Joy-Con was revealed as a way of communicating and chatting with friends and family members.<\/p>\n

Now, in a newly translated article via Nintendo Everything, Nintendo has apparently explained why it gave this function a “dedicated button”. It was to make communication as simple as possible, and a dedicated button meant only a “single action” was required to start a conversation.<\/p>\n

As for the icon and the final name of this button, apart from being associated with words such as “chat”, “communication” and “conversation”, the ‘C’ was selected to harmonise with the “existing A and B button layout”. Nintendo has even shared a look at some of the other icons it considered before the ‘C’ button was selected:<\/p>\n

\"GameChat\"\/<\/a>Icon design proposals in place of the C Button \u2014 Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n

To make use of the Game Chat feature on the Switch 2, you’ll need to have an active Switch Online subscription. In saying this, Nintendo is currently running a “GameChat Welcome Offer”, so until 31st March 2026<\/strong>, you can use GameChat features for free.<\/p>\n

Have you made use of this button and feature on the Switch 2 yet? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source nintendo.co.jp<\/a>, via nintendoeverything.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final design of the C Button \u2014 Image: Nintendo In the end, the ‘C’ button on Switch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[68330,270,53,16,15],"class_list":["post-824866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gamechat","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116226597148088105","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}