Nintendo Switch: The handheld won’t support StreetPass or Miiverse

15 Jan 2017

Steve Wright

Nintendo has confirmed that the hybrid home-handheld Switch will not support StreetPass or Miiverse.

StreetPass, a popular staple of the handheld 3DS family of consoles, will not be continued with Switch, Nintendo’s David Yong confirmed with VentureBeat. Yong suggested that the Switch’s home console (half-) background means it wouldn’t suit.

“We’re not going to be using Miiverse for Nintendo Switch,” Yong added, saying that other social media platforms will be instead used to share screenshots and, eventually, videos recorded with the Joy-Con’s share button.

We previewed the Switch earlier today.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.