Nintendo will also sell a camera accessory that lets you chat face-to-face overlay yourself on your stream. You could see some of this during the Treehouse livestream last week th

Nintendo Switch 2’s C button activates a suite of social features called GameChat, but requires a Nintendo Switch Online subscription starting in April 2026. Nintendo risks confusion and backlash from players and parents when the C button stops working for everyone without an NSO subscription.

Now that Nintendo has finally given us the rundown on the Switch 2, we can finally answer one of the biggest questions we had about the new console: “what’s the deal with that ‘C’ button?” The button,