{"id":136685,"date":"2026-04-02T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-199411"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:35:00","slug":"nintendo-really-wants-you-to-press-switch-2s-gamechat-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/02\/nintendo-really-wants-you-to-press-switch-2s-gamechat-button\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Really Wants You To Press Switch 2&#8217;s GameChat Button"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/76b6a04f53da4\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/76b6a04f53da4\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"76b6a04f53da4\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Switch 2 GameChat\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/76b6a04f53da4\/switch-2-gamechat.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/76b6a04f53da4\/switch-2-gamechat.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Switch 2 GameChat\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re not joking about this, but just days after Nintendo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/psa-switch-2s-gamechat-welcome-offer-ends-this-month-try-it-out-for-free-while-you-still-can\">ended its GameChat &#8220;Welcome Offer&#8221; promo<\/a>, it&#8217;s now running a new &#8220;Missions &amp; Rewards&#8221; event, encouraging Switch 2 users to make use of the system&#8217;s voice chat and video features.<\/p>\n<p>This &#8220;limited time&#8221; offer allows you to unlock GameChat themed user icons when you open GameChat and complete the setup process. To get started, you need to press the C Button on your right Joy-Con 2 controller.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you&#8217;ll now need to pay to access this feature. Here&#8217;s the official description, along with a look:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You can start GameChat by tapping the icon on the HOME Menu on your Nintendo Switch 2 system or by pressing the C Button on your Joy-Con\u2122 2 (R) controller. If you haven\u2019t completed the initial setup for GameChat yet, you\u2019ll need to do so before you can get your reward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"b7f179570eba8\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Switch 2 NSO Icons\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b7f179570eba8\/switch-2-nso-icons.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b7f179570eba8\/switch-2-nso-icons.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Switch 2 NSO Icons\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When you&#8217;ve fulfilled the requirements, you&#8217;ll then be able to purchase these icons for <strong>10 Platinum Points<\/strong> each. These icons will be available until <strong>22nd April 2026<\/strong>. During this period, Switch Online members who follow these steps will also earn <strong>100 My Nintendo Points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you did miss it, Nintendo was previously running a promotion for Switch 2 owners, where they could test out all the GameChat features for free. Now that this promotion has ended, you&#8217;ll need to have an active Switch Online membership to access these features.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:198944 @ 1775106427 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Have you tried out GameChat on the Switch 2 yet? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo We&#8217;re not joking about this, but just days after Nintendo ended its GameChat &#8220;Welcome Offer&#8221; promo, it&#8217;s now running a new &#8220;Missions &amp; Rewards&#8221; event, encouraging Switch 2 users to make use of the system&#8217;s voice chat and video features. This &#8220;limited time&#8221; offer allows you to unlock GameChat themed user icons when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}