Nintendo hasn’t really been doing much with the Switch’s firmware lately. The last few updates, including the version 16.0.0 and 17.0.0 ones, contained very little new additions. In fact, at least a third of the Switch updates that have been released in the past 9 months have been “rebootless” updates.
Well, Nintendo has released a new update just a bit ago. Once you update, the Switch’s firmware should now be at version 18.0.0. Despite the version number, the update doesn’t do a whole lot. Its main thing is an additional Sleep Mode Settings option related to auto-sleeping when playing on the TV. You can see the official patch notes in full down below.
- Added “15 Minutes” as an option for “Auto-sleep when playing on TV” in Sleep Mode Settings.
- Added Korean as a supported language for “Nintendo Switch Parental Controls” introductory video.
- When the console language is set to Korean, the video can be accessed from Settings > Parental Controls.
- General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.
Wow an update that actually adds something I guess….. Something besides removing indecent words that people tend to think is funny.
Me thinks it’s the vast amount of kids who play on the system and don’t want them to get exposed to such language. I think that’s a whole load of bullcrap given that kids these days use that vocab as much as we adults use, if not more. Censorship can still happen, but man, it’s getting alot tougher these days.
Probably a hidden stability update to try to crack down on piracy again in the background.
Man, when was the last update where they actually added new features to the system outside of like, language support options.
I mean, this is still a small update, but it’s still technically something
I honestly think the last major update the switch got was probably 2022 where we got folders and etc for sorting games
those were not folders but groups a minimalist feature hence why the 3ds is still the best as it actually had a better file management system and themes.