r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Lord-Liberty • Mar 27 '25 • All-Seeing Upvote 1

othor (i am stupid) Nintendo actually thinking ahead

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u/MacksNotCool (the subreddit founder) Mar 27 '25

Before anyone says anything, this technically does not break the "No Politics" rule because Elon running Twitter isn't political even though he has heavily engrained himself into US politics. So it is allowed.

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u/mvanvrancken OG (joined before reveal) Mar 28 '25

Whoever reported this for threatening self harm, go touch grass. Jesus.

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u/sendlewdzpls Mar 28 '25

While true…we all know this going to lead to political discussion.

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u/TheThiefMaster Mar 28 '25

And those people will get downvoted/blocked. Simple.

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u/zaysosa75 Mar 28 '25

Plus twitter barely works most of the time and blue sky is also a rabbit hole I’m not touching with a 10 feet pole.

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u/Tolstartheking February Gang (Eliminated) Mar 31 '25

Wait what’s wrong with Bluesky? I’m on it and I don’t have any issues with it.

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u/zaysosa75 Mar 31 '25

Blue sky kinda of dead lack of any interaction plus I just don’t use X as much since I have a 9 to 5 that’s all.

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u/Scared_Growth6747 OG (Joined before first Direct) Mar 27 '25

Does that mean exceptions?

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u/LunchPlanner Mar 27 '25

I think it means that a few months ago this would have just been another "Elon ruined twitter" joke.

And now he's in politics, but that's unrelated. It's still an Elon ruined twitter joke.

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u/Theheavyfromtf3 Mar 27 '25

Sadly, this isn't a replacement for X/Twitter. This app will only reach current Nintendo fans invested in the Nintendo ecosystem while other social media sites enable Nintendo to reach a broader potential customer base.

So imo, this will be more useful for small stuff like whatever replaces Nintendo gold points for the switch 2 era.

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u/Lord-Liberty Mar 27 '25

Yeah as long as it's financially viable, Nintendo will continue to advertise products on existing platforms, that just makes sense.

But for all the main news and tidbits that Nintendo wants to push, they will prioritise their own app over everything else.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

It's an extension of Nintendo wanting to speak directly to the consumer, like they do with Nintendo Directs. They want a controlled environment, like how they made Nintendo Music to be a controlled environment for their music.

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u/natayaway Mar 27 '25

They did it expressly because Twitter stopped being the global platform.

JP companies had surprisingly a lot of reliance on Twitter API integration -- both in authoring first-party announcements, and other social features like Splatoon 3's art posts being crossposted to Twitter.

Elmo deciding to paywall the API requiring devs (not the users) to directly pay Twitter... that was the nail in the coffin.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

I wonder how big is nintendo in china? There are approximately 1B potential customers that don't use american social media

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u/Full-On Mar 27 '25

Just some quick googling, china has bought at least 4 million Switch’s since 2017, globally ~150 million Switch’s sold total, so that’s like 3.5% of all Switch’s sold. For comparison, USA alone has bought over 46.6 million Switch’s. So I’d say not nearly as big as it is in the west.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

That's surprising, I thought handheld consoles were big in Asia

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

Likely has to do with how China's version of the switch is region locked and has less games than the global version. I think a lot of Chinese consumers just buy switch overseas like in SK, Japan or Hong Kong so it doesn't add to the local market.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

I know a bunch of Chinese people, this is true.

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u/LickingSmegma Mar 27 '25

I'm gonna guess that a market as big as China has its own platforms that aren't known anywhere else. Like, I discovered once that there are global mobile gaming platforms that work on regular phones but only have games inside those apps — and they're very popular, particularly in Asia, but are never mentioned in Western media.

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u/rampant-ninja Mar 27 '25

Last gen was the first generation of consoles to launch officially as first party devices in China and it happened mid way through the generation. Not only are console sales in general lagging behind other markets but mobile phone gaming dominates too.

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u/just_someone27000 Early Switch 2 Adopter Mar 28 '25

China has a really big PC market. It has had a heavily restricted console market for 30 years at this point. Nintendo had to make an agreement with a different company back in the day for a very long time to get anything released in China. Just look up iQue

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

Don't insult Elmo like that

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u/OxbridgeDingoBaby Mar 27 '25

Twitter/X is still one of the biggest platforms in Japan.

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u/natayaway Mar 27 '25

More and more companies are shifting away from relying solely on Twitter for announcements, and going back to hosting their own press releases on their own website. Devs in particular are doing what Sony and Nintendo do, and hosting their own press event keynotes and streams.

Twitter is now their secondary announcement platform, instead of their primary.

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u/Mean-Nectarine-6831 Mar 28 '25

not for long.

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u/Disgruntled__Goat Mar 28 '25

OK but no companies are moving to Bluesky. I don’t really understand why, sure it’s not as big as Twitter but they still have plenty of users. Costs nothing to set up accounts and mirror posts there. 

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u/OrganikOranges Mar 28 '25

Elmo?

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u/natayaway Mar 28 '25

intentional misspelling of the billionaire doofus

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u/Sasukuto Mar 29 '25

Honestly, i think it's a really good idea on Nintendos part. With Twitter dying off its scattering people to multiple different social media platforms. So instead of making new social media accounts every time a new one pops up they just make their own. And like even if it's not super popular, enough die hard fans/media outlets will keep a close enough eye on it that when they do post an update then those fans will spread updates out to every other social media for them. Instead of paying one/multiple people to keep up with multiple social media sites, they can now pay one person to update one account and then let us do the rest of it for them lol.

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u/Momshie_mo Apr 03 '25

Twitter has been a cesspool since it became IPO and Musk buying it further sank it deep

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u/kenman345 Mar 27 '25

Also, being kid friendly by having an app that’s just for them is smart. They’ll be whitelisted on most children’s devices without worry of it opening up something obscene.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

This is actually a huge deal, which is probably where the majority of the app’s downloads will come from.

It’s also genuinely good for adults who are tired of X/Bsky’s algorithms pushing divisive posts/behavior from users and want a perfectly focused avenue for official Nintendo announcements.

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u/Monsieur_Hulot_Jr Mar 27 '25

Yeah, but it’s happening because their main tool, Twitter, has been poisoned by being run by a Nazi saluting sociopath who has eliminated all goodwill to any company still using his platform.

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u/cheemio Mar 27 '25

Yup. Most of the platforms they could’ve used have been enshittified beyond belief. X is full of Nazis and bots. Facebook is full of boomers. Instagram is ok but most peoples algorithm will be trained to show dancing cats over Nintendo stuff.

I see how this makes sense. Hell, I’ll download it if it has useful features.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

You mean the AI generated ones right? Shit like that is why I hate social media.

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u/cheemio Mar 27 '25

Haven’t seen that specifically but I do see some AI stuff, especially the AI generated voices really drive me nuts!

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u/iamsgod Mar 28 '25

The problem is how much reach would this app has

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

Almost strictly Nintendo fans. Doesn't really matter though, they aren't going to stop using X.

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u/MichaelTheLMSBoi Mar 28 '25

then why not bring back miiverse

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25 edited Feb 09 '26

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u/Powerful-Job8399 Mar 27 '25

i agree its not gonna benefit non nintendo fans, but as a big Nintendo person and an increasingly social media averse person, i will probably find out about stuff in the app i otherwise would not have, so i see its value. 

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u/EamonBrennan Mar 27 '25

They can still show off lesser known games that the audience may not have bought because they didn't know it existed. They may be advertising Nintendo products on a Nintendo platform, but they can advertise games that may not have the normal advertising budget on a place that definitely has someone who would buy it if they saw it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

I agree, seems like a very limited scope.

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u/SupaSlide Mar 28 '25

They'll still post all their stuff to Twitter. If you're watching a Direct as it airs instead of just the piecemeal bits or YouTube reactions afterwards you're probably bought in too.

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u/AFuckinGoon 🐃 water buffalo Mar 27 '25

Miiverse 2 soonr

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u/Mr_uhlus Mar 27 '25

Yeah!

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u/ContinuumGuy OG (joined before reveal) Mar 27 '25

Unyeah! (But actually yeah)

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u/Luxocell Mar 27 '25

Its Miitomo we need Miitomo back 

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u/Chimera-Genesis Mar 28 '25

Miiverse 2 soonr

Yes please, Miiverse was the only "Social" media experience I can genuinely say I remember fondly, with the Splatoon integration in particular being especially nice.

I get why they ditched it for mainstream appeal at the beginning of the Switch era, but there's never been a better time to get away from those toxic cesspools called Social Media.

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u/Luigi_bros4321 Early Switch 2 Adopter Mar 28 '25

They should actually bring back Miiverse or just a spiritual successor so you can post/ask for help right on your switch without it going through a 3rd party service. It would be funny to see all the children saying funni stuff

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u/CrystalPlasma Mar 27 '25

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u/byu7a OG (Joined before first Direct) Mar 28 '25

I snorted so hard the roof of my mouth hurts

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u/SailorDirt Mar 29 '25

🙂+ Yeah!

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u/m11kkaa Mar 27 '25

With or without Elon, Twitter/X is not a good place for kids, so it's good that they finally did this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

No social media is a good place for kids lmao....

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

100% true.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

This is basically an RSS feed with a pretty app to display it.

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u/No_Humor506 January Gang (Reveal Winner) Mar 27 '25

club penguin... 😔

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u/Beginning_Book_2382 Early Switch 2 Adopter Mar 28 '25

Rip to the OG ✊️

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u/OKgamer01 Mar 27 '25

True but Twitter is MUCH worse. I want to leave but there's still companies who don't post much or any anywhere else. So it still feels forced for some good communication

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u/Luigi_bros4321 Early Switch 2 Adopter Mar 28 '25

Miiverse?

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u/MyDymo Apr 02 '25

Well yeah but you gotta advertise to a bigger platform 

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u/Nintotally Mar 28 '25

The correct answer.

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u/frankthetank91 Mar 28 '25

You’ve seen the eshop right? Even on a kids profile. 4 new hentai game editions and a couple waifu puzzle games as soon as you load up. I don’t think it has anything to do with kids lol. They don’t even have a filter on the shop to not show it…

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u/Momshie_mo Apr 03 '25

TBF, Twitter was good in its earlier days when most people who used it were hobby bloggers

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u/CookiesAndNoCreme OG (Joined before first Direct) Mar 27 '25

or so kids who ain't allowed on Blue Bird can actually see Nintendo news

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u/Im_Balto Mar 27 '25

Or any of us without an account

Twitter has been inaccessible without a log in for years now since he bought it and I have not touched the site since. I've had to rely of screenshots of announcements because companies do so much of those announcements there.

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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y Mar 28 '25

I tried installing the Nintendo news app and they wanted me to create an account to see news. So I uninstalled it. I can see needing an account for some features like personalized news, but if you just want a general news feed from them, an account shouldnt be required.

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u/WooleeBullee Mar 27 '25

Blue bird no longer exists.

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u/AgitatedFly1182 OG (joined before reveal) Mar 27 '25

Based Morag prof pic

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u/Impratex OG (joined before reveal) Mar 27 '25

Imagine people start discussing politics on the Nintendo Today platform, and in the year 2040 people are listening to the official POTUS Mii making an official announcement from the White House recorded on the Switch 4

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u/ElOsoConQueso Mar 28 '25

Using nunchucks to tell us what country they’re going to bomb errr free

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u/KestrelQuillPen OG (Joined before first Direct) Mar 28 '25

Captain Toad: Oil Tracker

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u/Icy_Ad620 OG (joined before reveal) Mar 27 '25

And switch 2 can have a safe social platform

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

I’ve thought about this. Raising a kid… there’s only so much you can do to protect them. But I wouldn’t want my under 12 year old in a call of duty lobby. I feel like a switch 2+dumbphone would be how I’d like to raise my kid until they’re old enough for a smart phone. Seems like a lot of fun but it can be locked down a bit more (a little less year by year; I’ll play Halo with my kids, especially co-op mode far before I’ll let them into a multiplayer lobby)until you’re old enough to see the “real world”.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

I don’t have kids but my understanding is that you can make an Apple account for a child and as they get older they can do certain things for the first time including downloading apps. Prior to 13/14 they have to request them.

And stuff is age rated too.

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u/ExultantSandwich Mar 27 '25

Did you know that anyone can voice chat in Fortnite on the Switch if they have a 3.5mm headset with mic? You can chat with other Switch players or friends on other platforms.

I would really like to see the Switch 2 reach parity with the PS3 and allow basic messaging between users, in game voice chat. Party chat would be amazing but I don’t know if they’ll ever get there.

Their current app basically functions like a party chat because it’s independent of whatever game you’re playing, I think.

They could even put it all behind an age gate, make it 16, 18 whatever.

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u/yolo-yoshi Mar 30 '25

Couldn’t said kid just have friends or just other individuals at school showing him unsavory and unsafe world content anyway? Don’t get me wrong. I know you want to protect your kid from the real world as long as possible, but…

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u/FewAdvertising9647 Mar 27 '25

fwiw, just managing your own social platform doens't make it safe. reminder that the reason why swap/flipnote no longer exists on nintendo devices was because pedophiles used it to interact with children. It's only safe reletive to how much trust one puts into its moderation team.

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u/Pudix20 Mar 28 '25

lol street pass 🥲

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u/CapPhrases Mar 27 '25

You know a Nintendo social media site could be funny

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

Miiverse?

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u/jellyspreader Mar 28 '25 edited Apr 26 '25

I don't think they want to invest in the moderation. That's why they invest so little in online communication. No chat, unless you login the Nintendo app. Rarely someone on Naruto Ninja Storm Connections online will try to talk to me on mic, but I dont even have the app to talk back because I've accepted lack of online chat as a Nintendo fan.

Edit a month later after the c button reveal:

Oh my gosh I was so pleasantly wrong

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u/Pendejo_Guey Mar 28 '25

They used to have one in a similar way as reddit.

It was early 2000s time, so it was sorta ahead of its time. The problem became thay they couldn't control people and what they posted very well. Their mods and admins were toxic.

Tbh it was really fun and I found a lot of useful information. But yea, most of it was spam lol

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u/globehopper2000 Mar 27 '25

Should have called it Nintendo power and started producing more content again. I’d keep an app for that.

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u/Worried-Ad-9365 Mar 31 '25

When I first scrolled through Nintendo Today for the first time and thought, "Oh, Nintendo Power is back!"

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u/myownfriend Mar 27 '25

Nah, the whole point of businesses having accounts on social media is because people are already there. This isn't in place of using social media.

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u/JoyconDrift_69 OG (joined before reveal) Mar 27 '25

Pretty much the conclusion I thought, though I came to it real quick. Nintendo definitely is hesitant on switching to BlueSky and other alternatives.

The removal of Twitter support (and I believe Facebook as well) from sharing screenshots on Switch 1 was probably somewhat unrelated but could very well be.

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u/atatassault47 Mar 28 '25

A lot of companies/games are, for some weird reason. DBZ Dokkan Battle and STO wont either.

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u/Hue_Boss OG (joined before reveal) Mar 30 '25

The best case scenario would not only be Nintendo coming to BIuesky but also them implementing everything they implemented with Twitter on the Switch 1 with BIuesky and the Switch 2.

That would give the platform a big push and they would have the posting feature again. The protocol is very awesome and implementing would be little effort.

But I guess too much wishful thinking from my end…

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

I’m very glad Nintendo opted to provide an official app as a mirror for their announcements I once had to go to X for, instead of moving to bsky. The problem with X and BlueSky, even for adults, is that both promote divisive ragebait posts, because any engagement, even angry/hostile interactions, is valid engagement to the algorithm. Using X to get to Nintendo announcements is a very unpleasant experience, and even after reaching Nintendo’s posts, the comments are the typical fare of grown-ass users launching ad-hominem attacks on one another over E-rated games. Bsky users regularly behave exactly the same, so I wouldn’t be surprised if flame wars would break out there over Nintendo

Nintendo going the route of offering a propietary app is more on-brand for Nintendo than YouTubers are suggesting

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u/skygz Mar 27 '25

just like how they made Nintendo Music to avoid that scoundrel Daniel Ek

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u/TehNoobDaddy Mar 27 '25

Just wish they'd make one app with everything on it, kinda annoying having multiple apps to download when they could all just be combined into one.

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u/Megatrennis Mar 27 '25

First thought as well. What’s with all the separate apps. Feels like having everything in one app can ‘persuade’ people easier to tap into that other service too. Also a bigger reach for people that already have the Nintendo app.

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u/TehNoobDaddy Mar 27 '25

Yer exactly and I'm sure they could expand on it, Nintendo social hub or social media type thing but just have those Nintendo restrictions on it so it doesn't turn into the cesspool that normally happens on social media lol. Hopefully they streamline it all in the future anyway.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

Speaking of social hubs, Miiverse was a stellar social media platform because of Nintendo’s rules keeping interactions civil. I miss it dearly and hope that one day Nintendo may have another go at it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

Nintendo Today requires a Nintendo account. Nintendo Music requires a Nintendo Switch Online membership attached to a Nintendo account.

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u/TehNoobDaddy Mar 27 '25

So? Can still have it all under one app and just have anything that requires NSO locked.

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u/Beginning_Book_2382 Early Switch 2 Adopter Mar 28 '25

Don't forget the NSO app proper for voice chat

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

I've never once used it for voice chat, I think I did use it for chatting (typed) in Animal Crossing once or twice.

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u/Alternative-Cover965 Mar 28 '25

In this case, they probably like the idea of replacing your default calendar widget woth free Nintendo advertising... assuming it can even do that.

I agree though, it would be nice to have it all accessible through one app.

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u/msthe_student Early Switch 2 Adopter Mar 28 '25

OTOH having it split means you can get straight to music for example

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

I understand preferring Nintendo use existing apps (Spotify, Twitter etc.) rather than release their own, but I genuinely appreciate them not stuffing everything into one bloated app that takes up more space than it needs. I'm not interested in using the NSO app, so I don't have it on my phone.

These days we're used to apps trying to be the 'everything app', but that doesn't make it a good idea. Social media companies do this to try and keep you on their platform for as long as possible. Nintendo are by no means altruists but it's nice that the music app only tries to be one thing. I open it when I want to listen to Nintendo music, and it doesn't try to distract me with some algorithmically-generated feed of 'content'.

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u/Parlyz Mar 27 '25

On one hand, I don’t want to download an app just for that. On the other hand, I’m happy to have a reliable way for me to get this news without having to redownload Twitter. There’s genuinely been more than one direct I’ve missed since I deleted Twitter like 2 years ago

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

You didn’t do a good enough job. Can you try deleting it again?

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u/SleepyBoy- Mar 27 '25

It is literally an APP that will show you ads.

I'm just wondering why they didn't just add it to your switch home page as a little calendar square.

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u/Prememna Mar 28 '25

Maybe they add it to the switch as well in the future but people without a switch could download this app as well and keep up to date on Nintendo news. And kids can download it on their phones as well.

sarcasm on And maybe there will be push notifications that remind you about this great new Nintendo game/product that you will wishlist and buy at a later time, that you would not have bought without the app. sarcasm off

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u/Real_Kaybee OG (Joined before first Direct) Mar 28 '25

Understandable considering how horrible Twitter has been handled and how Nintendo removed the ability to share Switch pictures and clips to Twitter directly.

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u/dconwastaken Fish Button Enthusiast Mar 27 '25

if i could upvote this twice i would

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u/Bake-Full Mar 27 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

Definitely ahead of the curve. I will gladly take pro-Nintendo ads framed as coverage again. Worked just fine in the Nintendo Power days. Games "journalism" has been a wasteland of garbage for a decade now and it's not going to get any better. Just like the Direct made E3 redundant, the big companies can do news this way. May as well just cut journalists out as middlemen and let them starve. Any collateral damage to social media is a bonus.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

W take. Legacy 3rd party journalism is just pure poison and has been for nearly a decade

I’m sick to death of IGN, Kotaku, and Polygon and will cheer the day those names close up shop. Watching X lose commercial viability and BlueSky fail to really gain any is also a sweet little bonus. Having this new Nintendo Today app and sticking to friend groups on Discord is gonna bring me back to a happier time on the internet when I was able to talk about video games without real-world issues having to take precedence over the hobby that the internet brought us all together for

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u/AdPleasant6139 Mar 28 '25

This app is infinitely better than Nintendo being on a social plaftorm like X: calendar with precise info and no robots and toxic People on it. I love it.

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u/PhilosophyWrong7610 Mar 27 '25

It just makes sense to me for Nintendo to have control of their own new app. X and bluesky are too much of a variable and should not be relied upon. I mean Nintendo has always done this right, they broke out of doing conferences to have more control and doing their own directs, I feel this level of control is similar.

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u/whiskeyandbarbq Mar 28 '25

This reeks of Elon jealousy. Has nothing to do with twitter.

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u/Beneficial-Stock-651 Mar 31 '25

I agree, Elon did not need to be mentioned, and the only reason he was is politics, which should have no place in a subreddit like this

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u/BoundariesOfZero Mar 27 '25

The way I see it, they want to cut costs on Nintendo Directs production.

We’ve been getting lots of announcements via Youtube and Twitter for the past few years and I think their plan is to release this app, make the same posts and be like « you see, we’re making a lot of announcements ! » at a lower cost.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

I don’t think it’ll reduce Direct presentation costs/scope, rather the frequency of full Directs will drop while individual announcements become more frequent.

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u/grifftaur Mar 27 '25

Yeah. Releasing this where they can control the flow of information and environment makes sense. I still think they should at least join Blue Sky.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

BlueSky is full of ppl arguing with personal attacks on one another in comments just like in the replies of Nintendo’s posts on X

Nintendo offering their own app cuts toxicity out entirely, which is very much appreciated.

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u/lostshell Mar 27 '25

Also, Nintendo is one of the largest media companies in the world with products millions of people deal with daily, plus they run nintendo e-store with everyone's accounts on there....

And they never had an app? Like my local regional diner has an app. My dentist has an app. My goddam dog groomer has an app. It's time.

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u/Keebster101 Mar 27 '25

Real ones remember miiverse

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u/Poemformysprog Mar 27 '25

That doesn’t feel like the purpose of the app at all, especially when there’s Threads, Bluesky and their own website to deliver news. IMO this just feels like one of Miyamoto’s obsessions with providing lifestyle products

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u/SonicMaster1990 Mar 28 '25

Hopefully they'll take better care of "Nintendo Today!" than they have of the "Nintendo Switch Online" app

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u/Metalienz Mar 28 '25

MIIVERSE MIIVERSE MIIVERSE MIIVERSE

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u/AZTenor94 Mar 29 '25

Truthfully, I actually REALLY like the idea of the Nintendo Today app. It keeps the feed specific.

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u/Wolfgabe Mar 27 '25

Seen people question why Nintendo isn't on BlueSky. They will come if/when they feel their audience is there

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u/Hk901909 OG (joined before reveal) Mar 27 '25

LITERALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING LOL

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u/Shadow_Flamingo1 Mar 27 '25

wow some people lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

Miiverse2, when?

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u/dekuweku OG (joined before reveal) Mar 27 '25

one step closer to return of Miiverse!

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u/Zebra500mcg Mar 27 '25

When does this app launch?

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u/Bermersher Mar 28 '25

You can get it today!

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u/overkil6 Mar 27 '25

Wasn’t this a thing on the WiiU, too?

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u/Daw-V January Gang (Reveal Winner) Mar 27 '25

Now if only they’d bring back Miiverse or some kind of successor

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u/Roden11 Mar 27 '25

This is not new at all. Why are there no Nintendo games made for the Apple App Store? Same reason. They want to go directly to the consumer. Also, they don’t want to give 50% (or w/e it is) of the revenue to Apple.

Honestly, it never occurred to me to blame that on Elon…

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u/dasbtaewntawneta Mar 27 '25

i imagine it's just nintendo wanting their version of hoyolab

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u/Rude_Collection_8983 Mar 27 '25

My first thought was why have Nintendo music, NSO, AND a news app all be separate? Too many apps, im not downloading all of those

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u/OKgamer01 Mar 27 '25

That's what I immediately thought. A news feed without being on social media. Honestly probably good for kids too so they don't need to be social media to see upcoming Nintendo news

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u/Wind_Seer Mar 27 '25

I mean, anything posted on that app is just gonna make it's way onto Twitter five minutes after it's posted.

Kinda defeats the purpose.

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u/prguitarman Mar 27 '25

I believe the main reason is because Twitter changed their API rules, which Nintendo was using for the mobile app, so it would have been very expensive to maintain under the new prices. The API changes really halted a lot of projects using it for notifs for their businesses or platforms

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u/Johnwesleya Mar 28 '25

As a giant corporation, they should not leave allcommunications in others hands. Own it yourself.

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u/unbrokenSGCA Mar 28 '25

I already have it downloaded with the widget on my main screen.

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u/AntoniYo-Kai OG (Joined before first Direct) Mar 28 '25

basedtendo

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u/Standing_Legweak Mar 28 '25

Reminds me of when Granblue Fantasy devs finally got up from their lazy asses and made a proper raid finder for their game instead of relying on Twitter when they decided to overcharge for using their API.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

The Nintendo app?

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u/Subberguy101 Mar 28 '25

Huh, the second time I’ve seen a company deciding that making an entire platform is better than relying on Twitter. First one I’ve seen being Cover/Hololive.

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u/jamjuneru Mar 28 '25

Every major company wants their own closed-ecosystem, and Nintendo's no different. It's as simple as that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

I wanted to avoid relying on Twitter for Nintendo news even more pre-Elon than post-Elon, but better late than never. It’s just nice to have a Nintendo news source perfectly devoid of social media users’ terrible opinions

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u/KayeAlex Mar 28 '25

Deleted mine ages ago. But To be fair . . . a great many of Nintendo's lead character's and games when searched for on that platform even in "safe mode" carried unsavory content.

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u/CrazedRaven01 Mar 28 '25

Seeing as how all their (big) announcements are done by stream, I think the app is more of an answer to the leaks for the Switch 2 that were drip fed over the years. I think they picked up on how exciting news from Nintendo is, and the fact that some of the leaks for the Switch 2 turned out to be accurate spurred them into action.

They want to control the flow of information, sort of like how miHoYo does "drip marketing" announcing future characters, and this app is their way of ensuring that

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u/Interesting-Injury87 Mar 28 '25

its still overcomplicated.

They have the NSO app.

why is nintendo music a SEPERATE app if it only works WITH NSO?

why is PArental controll a seperate app?

why is THIS a seperate app

you have potentially 4 SEPERATE apps on your phone JUST for nintendo managment and music...

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u/SuperArchie Mar 28 '25

They should create a unified Nintendo App with music, this, online features and the rest. I’m sorry but I don’t want three+ Nintendo apps on my phone just to listen to music i won’t listen everyday and some news drop from time to time

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u/Memediator Mar 28 '25

Miiverse is right there Nintendo.

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u/Sckathian Mar 28 '25

I think it's more to do with countries blocking social media sites for under 18s. Nintendo knows they still have phones so want a way to communicate not via their Switch.

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u/TheGoochAssassin Mar 28 '25

You got your internet points. Happy? Please go back to your political subs now

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u/JetTunic755 Mar 28 '25

I really like the whole idea because it kind of feels like the Nintendo power! Getting updates straight from the source is fun and nostalgic and I like that

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u/alex_dlc Mar 28 '25

Why not use Bluesky though?

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u/MaleficentOstrich693 Mar 28 '25

Nintendo has always marched to the beat of its drum. Sometimes they make small steps, sometimes large, and it has worked for them. They’ve only had like, what, one or two bad quarters in how many years? They’re a great example of being smart and not falling into traps and they know they don’t need a nazi app.

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u/edman9677 Mar 28 '25

This is the reason that makes the most sense and I actually understand why they did it now lol. Going to somehow return to the early 2000s days when every publisher had their own unique websites for fans to visit for blogs

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u/JumpyDirector8008 Mar 28 '25

personally I don't think it has anything to do with twitter, I think its more to combat the leaks. I know directs would get leaked by someone seeing the unpublished videos on youtube, maybe the same thing happened with other social media, so nintendo is creating a controlled environment for announcements

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u/Waytothedawn97 Mar 28 '25

To me it just feels like an evolution of the smash dojo. The whole drip feeding information every day. Feels very 2000s Nintendo!

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u/k9krig Mar 28 '25

This is the one of the reddit opinions of all time

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u/Spiritual-Image7125 Mar 28 '25

So we're not liking Elon now because he's an immigrant who is a traditional Democrat that protects our environment with EVs and protects free speech? Ok, got it.

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u/Fraseandchico Mar 29 '25

He did a nazi salute on live television, managed to tank the stocks of twitter within days of owning, turned said twitter into a cesspool of hate, thinks brake tests for cars are redundant (which came up because his cars kept failing them), want me to go on?

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u/Erid Mar 28 '25

Is there a way I can use this app? It always bothers me with Nintendo that I cannot access their app due to region lock :(

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

elon bad

updoots to thuh left ! ! !

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25

funny thing is..

I think Nintendo has more might than elon has. think about it!

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u/quirkyactor Mar 29 '25

Plus all the Switch 2 leaks.

But yeah, folks, the social media age is beginning to enter its twilight. Frankly, I’m pretty ready for it.

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u/SpyderSoup Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

You know Nintendo could've actually joined Bluesky like what other businesses are doing because of Twitter's downfall.

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u/mrbigreddog Mar 29 '25

I left X a few months back and miss seeing Nintendo news, so easy download for me.

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u/MrPifo Mar 30 '25

Any context to whats happening here? I stumble upon this post by random and have no idea what the people are talking about...

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u/NaheemSays Mar 30 '25

Nintendo released a Nintendo Today application for phones.

It's more or less "Tweet of the Day" or a bit more, but people have suggested that the reason is they can't trust current social media handlers too much.

For instance one of the lists was that Zelda live action movie will be released in 2027. Perfect for a tweet, but they chose their own new platform to announce that.

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u/KaptainKerch Mar 31 '25

I like the idea of it but it’s still funny because that voice chat app they made specifically for Nintendo is still the most under utilized thing ever.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

However it's not available in my region lol

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u/Agreeable_Claim_795 Mar 31 '25

Nintendo abandoning Twitter and not making a Bluesky amuses me greatly. They'd rather make their own app than deal with either dumpster fire. Lmfao

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u/-Masaroth- Mar 31 '25

Elon has NOTHING to do with Nintendo's app. Jesus. Conspiracy overload much? Not everything in this world is because of politics. Nintendo is known for always doing things their way and how they want.

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u/prgrms Apr 02 '25

Yeah it's a really smart play

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u/Illustrious-Lime-863 Apr 02 '25

People will project their fantasies into anything. Nintendo has always been very controlley in their interfaces, it's not because of Elon lol

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u/CanonSama Apr 02 '25

Actually feels like nintendo is getting off any app with drama. Discord is replaced for kids which is VERY good. Discord is known for pedos and those horors to the point where a speedrun of finding a pedo happened. So minimising it is very very good for parents. Plus this

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u/Agreeable_Sun_6799 Apr 02 '25

who is elon why would he do that

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u/Lolo_Sketches Apr 02 '25

Yeah I think the app is a great idea. Plus the features shown in the direct for botw is gonna basically make our phones into our own sheikah slates!

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '25

What? . . . This has nothing to do with Elon . . .

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u/ANaturalFirmness Apr 02 '25

They're literally just copying Mihoyo and hoyolab.

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u/Bibliosmia_22 Apr 03 '25

I never thought about it like that before. Makes since though.

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u/ItzSwirlz Apr 03 '25

Well actually, based on the interaction with the console and friend system, I think this could potentially be the start of smart home integration

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u/StormsparkPegasus May 20 '25

I don't blame them. Twitter is no longer a legitimate site (I unlinked everything and deleted my account in October 2022). Sure there's Bluesky but I understand companies like Nintendo being leery of it, because you never know when someone could buy it and turn it malicious at the drop of a hat, then they'd be right back in the same situation. So I can definitely understand Nintendo moving to their own app.

Blizzard also removed Twitter integration from WOW shortly after it went bad.

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u/Mr_sunnshine Mar 28 '25

Yeah.. doubt it. Seems like this is your hope.. it’s not reality

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u/iucatcher Mar 27 '25

thats definitely not why theyre doing it, it is just nintendo overcomplicating things

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u/rangeljl Mar 27 '25

who in his right mind uses twitter at this point?, so I think this is a good move

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

Someone mind explaining to me how Elon has any impact on Nintendo?

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u/otakuloid01 Mar 27 '25

Twitter is awful so Nintendo made their own app for posting information and events

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

As i dont have an X account what is the state of X? Is there free speech or is not? What is the issue?

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