Summary
SomeNintendo Switch Onlinemembers have recently taken to social media to call for changes to the way the service distributes profile icons, arguing that the current system is needlessly restrictive. Their frustrations largely stem from the somewhat convoluted manner in whichNintendo Switch Onlinelimits icon availability and usage.
Nintendo Switch Online Members Want Profile Icon Restrictions Lifted
NSO Subscriber Labels Profile Icon Restrictions ‘Anti-Consumer’
Some people who chimed in on the ensuing discussion have also used it as an opportunity to call for more freedom in how individual icon elements can be mixed and matched. According to these opinions, the inability to combine icons from different games while designing a custom profile image is needlessly restrictive.
This is one of the worst systems I think the Switch has ever had. This is completely anti-consumer.
The chances of Nintendo acting on these complaints directly are slim at best, as the company has a long-standing reputation for kind of doing its own thing, quirks and all. But that’s not to say that NSO won’t be seeing any changes in the foreseeable future, not least because the service could indeed be getting a revamp to accompany the Switch successor. According to recent reports, theNintendo Switch 2 could finally be revealed as early as October 2024.
Nintendo Switch Lite
The Nintendo Switch Lite was released in 2019 as a low-cost, handheld-only game system. It’s designed specifically for handheld play, offering a lightweight design as part of its portable offerings. The controllers are built into the system for handheld play, unlike the larger Switch models. The console itself retains full functionality as a standard Switch, but it does not support docked mode.
