A new leak reveals what the mysterious “C” button on the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons might do.
Nintendo fans are counting down the days until next week’s highly anticipated Nintendo Direct, set for Wednesday, April 2, 2025. All eyes are on the next big console, the Nintendo Switch 2, and the excitement is only growing as we get closer to its official reveal.
With rumors building for months, this Direct is expected to finally answer questions about specs, features, games, and what makes this next-gen hybrid different from the original Switch.
But as always, the internet has been one step ahead, with leaks giving us a sneak peek at what could be coming. We’ve heard whispers of an upgraded screen, new Mario Kart, and even titles like Final Fantasy VII Remake and Call of Duty coming to the system.
But one of the biggest mysteries has been the strange new “C button” spotted on the new Joy-Con controller, a button Nintendo kept hidden in earlier images. Until now.
What Is the Nintendo Switch 2’s “C Button”?
Today, known insider and YouTuber eXtas1s shared new details about the C button in a new video. According to him, this button has a real function that could totally change how local multiplayer works on the Switch 2.
First off, the C button’s existence is now officially confirmed. Yesterday, a screenshot from Nintendo’s Nintendo Today app showed the C button clearly visible on the right Joy-Con controller, putting all the previous speculation to rest. But what exactly does it do?
According to eXtas1s, the C button is designed to let the Switch 2 connect with a Switch 1, and not in a basic way. Imagine this: You’re playing a co-op game on your brand new Switch 2. A friend comes over, but they don’t have the game. No problem. They grab your old Switch 1, press the C button on the new Joy-Cons, and suddenly their device becomes a second screen and a controller, letting them play with you without needing their own copy of the game.
“[The C Button] will let the Switch 2 connect to a Switch 1,” said eXtas1s. “I don’t know whether it’ll use Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, infrared, or the cloud—no idea how they’ll manage it—but the point is: it allows the Switch 2 to link with the Switch 1.”
“Instead of using split-screen, each person has their own screen, their own game view, but playing together — we could call it local multiplayer — all with just one copy of the game. You don’t need to own two copies.” (machine translated)
It’s not totally clear how this works technically. Will it be through Wi-Fi? Bluetooth? Something cloud-based? That part’s still up in the air. But the feature sounds like a clever way to make older Switch hardware useful even after the Switch 2 comes out.
Of course, as exciting as this sounds, it’s still a rumor, so take everything with a grain of salt. Nintendo hasn’t officially explained the function of the C button beyond that one visual confirmation.
Nintendo Switch 2 Rumored Specs
This new leak joins a long list of rumors we’ve seen over the past few months. Reports suggest the Switch 2 will be powered by an Nvidia T239 chip, come with 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and feature an 8-inch screen with HDR, VRR, and a 120Hz LCD panel.
Below is the full list of rumored specs for the Switch 2:
- CPU: Arm Cortex-A78C
- 8 cores
- Unknown L1/L2/L3 cache sizes
- GPU: Nvidia T239 Ampere
- 1 Graphics Processing Cluster (GPC)
- 12 Streaming Multiprocessors (SM)
- 1534 CUDA cores
- 6 Texture Processing Clusters (TPC)
- 48 Gen 3 Tensor cores
- 2 RTX ray-tracing cores
- RAM: 12 GB LPDDR5
Handheld Mode:
- CPU: 998.4 MHz
- GPU: 561 MHz (~1.72 TFLOPS)
- Memory Frequency: 4266 MHz
- Memory Bandwidth: 68.256 GB/s
Docked Mode:
- CPU: 1100.8 MHz
- GPU: 1007.25 MHz (~3.09 TFLOPS)
- Memory Frequency: 6400 MHz
- Memory Bandwidth: 102.4 GB/s
Nintendo Switch 2 Leaked Games and Price
The Switch 2 is also expected to launch with games like Final Fantasy VII Remake, Call of Duty, Elden Ring, and a brand-new Mario Kart. Pricing is rumored to land between $400 to $499, which makes sense given the cost of the upgraded hardware.
List of games expected to launch on Nintendo Switch 2:
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
- Elden Ring
- Tekken 8
- Call of Duty (rumored to be either Black Ops 6 or Warzone)
- Fallout 4
- Starfield
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
On top of that, Nintendo quietly confirmed that some existing Switch games will be getting upgraded to “Nintendo Switch 2 Editions,” improved versions that only run on the new system. So older titles might not just carry over; they could look and run better than ever before.
What do you think about the C button and its potential function? Would this be a feature you’d actually use? Or does it feel like something most people might ignore? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
