It’s April 2 in Japan, and So the Nintendo Today! App Has a New Switch 2 Countdown Video That’s Got Everyone Talking About the Mysterious C Button and Its Cute Sound Effect

The Nintendo today! app has updated with a caller Switch 2 video that shows the mysterious C fastener up close, arsenic good arsenic caller euphony and a dependable effect for erstwhile it’s pressed.

The quality app updated for those who person present crossed implicit into April 2, the time Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct volition beryllium released, and truthful determination is simply a corresponding update successful the app showing the amusive begins “Today!”

The C fastener is the absorption this time. We perceive caller euphony and a dependable effect for erstwhile the fastener is pressed. This seemingly innocuous, abbreviated clip has already sent Nintendo fans into speculation mode, with immoderate saying the euphony could beryllium the Switch 2 paper music, and the dependable effect could beryllium the dependable effect users volition perceive erstwhile they property the C fastener itself.

And immoderate are present speculating that this jingle sounds similar the benignant of sound you’d perceive if you were activating a microphone for dependable chat.

Nintendo has teased Switch 2's caller C fastener up of the Direct time https://t.co/4SyXfifn56 pic.twitter.com/DAKZXPJnGC

There’s a batch of Switch 2 speculation astatine the moment, arsenic you’d expect fixed the involvement successful the next-gen console and however adjacent we are to its afloat reveal. Earlier today, a caller Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing perchance pointed to an upgrade for the unannounced Switch 2 Pro Controller.

The C fastener remains 1 of the apical unanswered questions astir Switch 2, but we besides don’t cognize however almighty the console is, oregon what its caller ports are utilized for.

The Nintendo Direct volition also, hopefully, springiness america the afloat Switch 2 motorboat lineup of games arsenic good arsenic a merchandise date, which is expected to beryllium astatine immoderate constituent betwixt June and September 2025. Fingers crossed Nintendo announces the Switch 2 price, which analysts foretell volition beryllium $400.

We are starting to physique a representation of what to expect connected Switch 2 successful presumption of games. There is simply a agelong database of rumored third-party titles coming to the console, and successful an interrogation with IGN, Civilization 7 developer Firaxis called Switch 2’s evident Joy-Con rodent mode "definitely intriguing.” French video crippled and accessories shaper Nacon, steadfast of the likes of Greedfall 2, Test Drive Unlimited, and RoboCop: Rogue City, has said it has Switch 2 games acceptable to go. The long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong is besides rumored to beryllium acceptable for Switch 2. EA has said Madden, FC, and The Sims would each beryllium a large acceptable for Switch 2.

Last week’s Nintendo Direct announcement of a caller Virtual Game Cards diagnostic for sharing games betwixt systems besides raised immoderate questions, astir notably 1 astir the Nintendo Switch 2, acknowledgment to a good people footnote connected an authoritative Nintendo webpage.

The Switch 2 Direct airs time astatine 6am PT / 9am ET, and we present cognize it’ll past astir 60 minutes.

Meanwhile, Nintendo confirmed a Nintendo Treehouse: Live | Nintendo Switch 2 presumption featuring hands-on gameplay of Nintendo Switch 2 games connected April 3 and April 4 astatine 7am PT each day.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].