Nintendo has big plans for the Switch 2—and Bill Trinen wants you to know this isn’t just another iterative upgrade.

For two decades, Nintendo’s flirted with voice and video communication with Wii Speak, the Wii U Chat channel, and Nintendo Switch Online.

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct has just revealed that the new C button on the Joy Con 2 controller is a built-in chat function – I was right.

During today's Direct covering all things Nintendo Switch 2, it was demonstrated that for the first time ever, the console will have a built-in voice chat feature thanks to its infamous C button.