The original model Switch was integrated with an IR sensor on the right controller, located at the bottom of the Joy-Con. Nintendo dubbed it the ‘IR motion camera’ where it was utilized in ...

(The leaks do seemingly line up otherwise with Thursday’s reveal.) Polygon has reached out to Nintendo for more information on both IR functionality and NFC sensors in the Switch 2 Joy-Cons.

With the Nintendo Switch 2 officially revealed, we've tried our best to bring some light to some of its biggest remaining questions.

or that relied on certain IR camera functionality. This would potentially affect games like Nintendo Labo, 1/2 Switch, and reload functionality in Resident Evil Revelations. The size difference ...

The Nintendo Switch, which will celebrate its eighth ... The current-gen Switch had its own surprises baked in, like its infrared camera on one of the Joy-Cons that can measure heart rate and ...

That’s not clear and Nintendo won’t be revealing it until a later date. Our best guess is that the caveat impacts games that utilized the original Switch’s rarely used IR sensors ...