{"id":371321,"date":"2025-11-11T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/371321\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T10:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T10:30:32","slug":"nintendo-switch-2-and-switch-update-21-0-0-out-now-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/371321\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch update 21.0.0 out now, patch notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nintendo-Switch-2-update-21.1.0.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"656\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nintendo-Switch-2-update-21.1.0-656x364.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-image size-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch 2 update 21.1.0\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch firmware update was just released with version 21.0.0.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to some of the more recent patches, there\u2019s quite a bit here. There are subtle additions like software symbol icons on the home menu to designate between physical and digital software. Elsewhere, we see that new Nintendo Switch to Switch 2 transfers have been given options to disable downloading software and album transfers.<\/p>\n<p>The full rundown is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo Switch 2 \/ Switch update version 21.0.0 patch notes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added symbols above software icons displayed on the HOME Menu to indicate whether the software is a physical or a digital version.<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to download data for a virtual game card even if the \u201cUse Online License\u201d setting is turned off.\n<ul>\n<li>This option is available in the Options of a virtual game card when accessed via Virtual Game Cards from the HOME Menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The information regarding Save Data Cloud Backup that appears when launching certain software has been updated.<\/li>\n<li>The option \u201cPlatinum Point Notification Settings\u201d was renamed to \u201cNintendo Switch Online Notification Settings\u201d in the Notifications menu in System Settings.<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to disable the following options when performing a system transfer from a Nintendo Switch system to a Nintendo Switch\u00a02 system using System Transfer to Nintendo Switch\u00a02 in System Settings.\n<ul>\n<li>Redownload Software on Nintendo Switch\u00a02<\/li>\n<li>Transfer Album Data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to adjust the volume from the Quick Settings menu while in VR mode.<\/li>\n<li>General system stability improvements to enhance the user\u2019s experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is probably the biggest update for both Switch 2 and Switch since the launch of Nintendo\u2019s system. That was version 20.0.0, featuring Virtual Game Cards, system transfers, GameShare support, and more. You can catch up on those patch notes <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/nintendo-switch-20-0-0-update-out-now-patch-notes-virtual-game-cards-switch-2-transfers-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch firmware update was just released with version 21.0.0. Compared to some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":371322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[65781,158,1399,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-371321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-system-update","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-top","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115530604697278681","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}