Nintendo Switch 2 Filings Reveal NFC Support, Suggesting Amiibo Will Work With It

Nintendo Switch 2 filings person revealed Near Field Communication (NFC) support, which means Amiibo volition astir apt enactment with the next-gen console.

As spotted by The Verge, Federal Communication Commission (FCC) filings corroborate the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) diagnostic is located successful the Switch 2’s close Joy-Con, arsenic with the archetypal Switch. The question is, volition Switch 2 enactment existing Amiibo that already unlock in-game content?

Elsewhere, the filings corroborate you tin complaint the Switch 2 from either its bottommost USB-C larboard oregon the caller apical one, functionality fans expected pursuing the console’s authoritative reveal. Switch 2 volition besides enactment Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) networks with up to 80MHz of bandwidth, up from Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) connected the archetypal Switch. There’s nary notation successful the filings of Wi-Fi 7 oregon Wi-Fi 6E, The Verge pointed out.

And finally, Switch 2 is inactive rated for a maximum of 15V, but the filings notation an AC adapter that goes up to 20V, leaving existent charging velocity unknown.

Last month, a Nintendo patent suggested Switch 2’s Joy-Con controllers could beryllium attached upside down. It seems the Switch 2 operates with gyro mechanics successful a akin mode to however phones enactment without surface lock. Unlike the archetypal Nintendo Switch, which had rails for the Joy-Cons to connect and fastener into place, the caller controllers diagnostic magnets that presumably let them to beryllium attached connected either side.

While this won't marque overmuch of a quality connected the hardware front, it volition let players to fundamentally take wherever they'd similar definite buttons, the headphone port, and truthful on. If it makes it into the last product, the flipping quality whitethorn spark absorbing gameplay mechanics, too.

If the Nintendo Switch 2 volition enactment arsenic the patent suggests, Nintendo volition apt outline the diagnostic afloat astatine the peculiar Nintendo Direct event. This volition instrumentality spot astatine 6am Pacific / 9am Eastern / 2pm UK clip connected April 2.

The Nintendo Switch 2 apt isn't acold from merchandise either, arsenic portion Nintendo hasn't confirmed immoderate model yet, immoderate suggest it volition beryllium betwixt June and September. This is due to the fact that hands connected events are taking spot up until June and Greedfall 2 steadfast Nacon said the console volition beryllium retired earlier September.

The Nintendo Switch 2 was revealed earlier successful January with a little trailer that confirmed backwards compatibility features and the summation of a 2nd USB-C port. Most details, specified arsenic its different games and what the heck the mysterious caller Joy-Con fastener does, were near out, though the Joy-Con rodent mentation did summation a traction.

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