One other Switch 2 C button tease has arrived courtesy of the Nintendo At present app, on the eve of the massive Switch 2 Direct. Whereas we nonetheless do not know what the thriller button does, we now know what sound it should make when it is pressed.
In a short clip shared on Nintendo At present, the C button–a mysterious enter that sits beneath the house button and is solely labelled “C”–is proven to make a cute noise when pressed. The clip is adopted by a reminder that the Switch 2 Direct is occurring as we speak (in a while zones), after we will presumably discover out for certain what the brand new button does.
The sound within the video is a traditional piece of quirky Nintendo sound design, with some evaluating it to the distinctive Mii sound results. The reveal has renewed hypothesis over the button’s perform, with the Mii comparability main some followers to guess that the C might stand for “join” or “group,” and would allow social options for the console.
One other in style guess is that the C button is a seize button, and the sound within the video is Nintendo’s tackle a screenshot sound impact. One other compelling possibility is “cursor,” tying into ongoing rumors that the Switch 2’s Pleasure-Cons will characteristic mouse performance, by which case the C button might be used to alter enter mode for the Pleasure-Cons.
The proven fact that Nintendo gave the button its personal teaser solely makes the thriller of the C button extra intriguing, however it will not be lengthy till we discover out definitively what it does through the Switch 2 Direct, occurring on Wednesday, April 2 at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET.