X marks the spot.
Having hit us with the good news of a Switch successor reveal taking place sometime before March 2025, stating a Nintendo Direct will be taking place next month, and announcing Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, Nintendo’s latest move is their most confusing one so far.
With no rhyme or reason given, Nintendo has announced that they will be ending X (formerly Twitter), support on June 10, 2024, just one month and one day away. Moreover, when X support does cease, preventing players from sharing their screenshots and videos from their Nintendo Switch to X, the friend suggestions feature on Switch will be affected as well.
This is due to the social media integration no longer being supported, resulting in players being able to add friends from X in the future. Yet, while X support is ending, Facebook is continuing until notified any different. In the meantime, here is the complete announcement detailing the full extent of everything affected:
Discontinuation of X (formerly Twitter) Integration and Social Media Integration for the Friend Suggestions Feature on Nintendo Switch
*Applies to: Nintendo Switch Family, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, Nintendo Switch – OLED Model
On June 10, 2024, we will discontinue integration for X (formerly Twitter) as well as the ability to send friend requests to friends on social media (social media integration) from within the Nintendo Switch friend suggestions feature.
This impacts the following services:
- The feature for posting screenshots and videos to X (formerly Twitter) from the Album in the Nintendo Switch HOME Menu will become unavailable.
- While posting screenshots and videos to Facebook will continue to be available, this service may also be discontinued at a later date.
- The ability to post Super Smash Bros. Ultimate screenshots from the Album in the Nintendo Switch HOME Menu to Smash World, in the Nintendo Switch Online smart device app, will also become unavailable.
- Posting features in the Nintendo Switch title Splatoon 3 will be adjusted.
- When posting from the mailbox in Splatsville, Inkopolis Plaza, or Inkopolis Square, you will no longer be able to post to X (formerly Twitter) or Facebook; the data will be sent directly to Nintendo servers. This change will allow users to make posts without one of these social media accounts, but images posted by players younger than 13 will not be visible to other players.
- The image created for the post will be copied to the Album in the Nintendo Switch HOME Menu. Images in the Album can be transferred to a smart device wirelessly or to a PC via USB cable.
- Posting features in the Nintendo Switch title Splatoon 2 will be adjusted.
- You will no longer be able to post to X (formerly Twitter) from the mailbox in Inkopolis Square.
- The characters that appear and posts that are displayed in the Square will be replaced by data already prepared within the game software.
- The feature for sending friend requests to social media friends via the Friend Suggestions menu on My Page, in the Nintendo Switch HOME Menu, will no longer be available.
- You can continue to use the friend suggestions feature from smart devices, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U.
We sincerely thank players for using this feature over the years.
Source: Nintendo
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