After Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, we’ve got our first glimpse of how Nintendo may be using its new top-mounted USB-C port.
When Nintendo revealed the new Switch 2, the secondary USB-C port caught my attention. No, not because I want a more practical charging port to play in table space mode or because I use wired controllers and can’t bother to beat them again in Dock’s USB-C ports.
Instead, I was mostly excited about what this new gate could represent for Switch 2’s future accessories, and Nintendo delivered with his new Nintendo Switch 2 camera.
As part of its latest livestream, Nintendo Gamechat, which uses the new camera for video calls, scar features of the game and voices. It will be available at launch – June 5, 2025 – for $ 49.99 / £ 49.99.
From this writing we have not seen any single-player games use the camera, but over time you may be able to use it for movement-capture games as the good old heyday of Eyetoy and Kinect Gaming.
My hope, however, is that the camera is only the beginning. I would very much like to see like Super Scope 6, Game Boy Camera and Pocket Printer or even Wii’s Balance Board.
In an otherwise slightly on-over direct without a major first-party launch titles to capture my eye beyond Mario Kart World, this second USB-C port and its peripheral potential is still one of the most interesting developments in the console.
