The Nintendo today! app has updated with a new Switch 2 video that shows the mysterious C button up close, as well as new music and a sound effect for when it’s pressed.
The news app updated for those who have now crossed over into April 2, the day Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct will be released, and so there is a corresponding update in the app showing the fun begins “Today!”
The C button is the focus this time. We hear new music and a sound effect for when the button is pressed. This seemingly innocuous, short clip has already sent Nintendo fans into speculation mode, with some saying the music could be the Switch 2 menu music, and the sound effect could be the sound effect users will hear when they press the C button itself.
And some are now speculating that this jingle sounds like the kind of noise you’d hear if you were activating a microphone for voice chat.
Nintendo has teased Switch 2’s new C button ahead of the Direct tomorrow https://t.co/4SyXfifn56 pic.twitter.com/DAKZXPJnGC
— Nintendo Everything (@NinEverything) April 1, 2025
Here’s a really fun piece of speculation based on the video. Redditor ‘get_homebrewed’ thinks the music in the video is similar to the music that played in the Wii U chat. And, well, yeah, it sort of matches!
There’s a lot of Switch 2 speculation at the moment, as you’d expect given the interest in the next-gen console and how close we are to its full reveal. Earlier today, a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing potentially pointed to an upgrade for the unannounced Switch 2 Pro Controller.
The C button remains one of the top unanswered questions about Switch 2, but we also don’t know how powerful the console is, or what its new ports are used for.
The Nintendo Direct will also, hopefully, give us the full Switch 2 launch lineup of games as well as a release date, which is expected to be at some point between June and September 2025. Fingers crossed Nintendo announces the Switch 2 price, which analysts predict will be $400.
We are starting to build a picture of what to expect on Switch 2 in terms of games. There is a long list of rumored third-party titles coming to the console, and in an interview with IGN, Civilization 7 developer Firaxis called Switch 2’s apparent Joy-Con mouse mode “definitely intriguing.” French video game and accessories maker Nacon, publisher of the likes of Greedfall 2, Test Drive Unlimited, and RoboCop: Rogue City, has said it has Switch 2 games ready to go. The long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong is also rumored to be set for Switch 2. EA has said Madden, FC, and The Sims would all be a great fit for Switch 2.
Last week’s Nintendo Direct announcement of a new Virtual Game Cards feature for sharing games between systems also raised some questions, most notably one about the Nintendo Switch 2, thanks to a fine print footnote on an official Nintendo webpage.
The Switch 2 Direct airs tomorrow at 6am PT / 9am ET, and we now know it’ll last around 60 minutes.
Meanwhile, Nintendo confirmed a Nintendo Treehouse: Live | Nintendo Switch 2 presentation featuring hands-on gameplay of Nintendo Switch 2 games on April 3 and April 4 at 7am PT each day.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
