Nintendo Reveals GameChat Was Planned for Switch 2 as Early as 2020 and Tested on a Special Switch 1 Prototype

Nintendo has revealed new details about the development of GameChat, the communication feature introduced with Nintendo Switch 2. According to a new developer feature published by Nintendo, work on features for Nintendo Switch 2 began around 2020, years before the console was released in 2025. The revelation is particularly interesting because Nintendo did not initially develop GameChat directly on Switch 2 hardware. The company first experimented with the concept on PC before creating a special prototype based on the original…