Nintendo Switch System Update 20.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

The Change 2 arrives this June, and as a part of this, Nintendo has some issues it wants to organize earlier than the brand new system’s arrival.

This contains the discharge of a brand new firmware replace for the unique Change as we speak, which bumps the gadget as much as Model 20.0.0 and provides new options to the HOME Menu together with Digital Sport Card, GameShare, and extra. Nintendo has even made some adjustments to the system’s icons.

Aside from this, the power to “System Switch to Nintendo Change 2” has additionally been added beneath System Settings > System. Listed below are the complete patch notes for this newest replace courtesy of Nintendo’s official help web page:

Ver. 20.0.0 (Launched April 29, 2025)

• The next icons for brand new options have been added to the HOME Menu:
  • Digital Sport Card
    • Bought Nintendo Change digital software program, DLC, and a few free software program, at the moment are digital recreation playing cards and displayed in a listing on this menu.
    • You’ll be able to just about load and eject digital recreation playing cards between as much as two Nintendo Change techniques.
    • Digital recreation playing cards will be lent to others in the identical Nintendo Account household group. For extra info, see Digital Sport Card Information.
  • GameShare
    • Suitable software program will be shared from a Nintendo Change 2 system to different close by system(s) to play collectively.
      • You’ll be able to solely play collectively through native wi-fi, and the Nintendo Change 2 system should provoke GameShare.
      • This function can’t be used between two Nintendo Change, Nintendo Change – OLED Mannequin and/or Nintendo Change Lite techniques.
• Person-Verification Settings has been added beneath Person > Person Settings.
  • You’ll be able to prohibit entry to the Digital Sport Card menu by requiring entry of a PIN or signing in to your Nintendo Account.
• On-line License Settings has been added.
  • When turned on, you possibly can play downloaded software program or DLC you’ve got bought whereas the system is related to the web, even when you do not have the digital recreation card loaded.
  • For extra info, please check with the main points concerning the choice on the System Settings display.
• The Nintendo eShop and Nintendo Change Information icon colours on the HOME Menu have been modified.
• A number of save information will be chosen and transferred without delay in “Switch Your Save Information” menu.
• System Switch to Nintendo Change 2 has been added beneath System Settings > System.
  • You’ll be able to carry out a system switch out of your Nintendo Change to Nintendo Change 2 utilizing native communication.
    • For customers that can lose entry to their Nintendo Change earlier than receiving their Nintendo Change 2, there may be an choice to add system switch information to a devoted server which may then be retrieved on their Nintendo Change 2. After you add your system switch information to the devoted server, the Nintendo Change system can be initialized to manufacturing facility settings, so solely carry out this switch should you’ll be capable of full the switch on Nintendo Change 2.
    • If you wish to proceed utilizing your Nintendo Change till you could have a Nintendo Change 2, we suggest finishing the system switch utilizing native communication after you could have acquired a Nintendo Change 2 system.
  • An web connection and Nintendo Account is required to finish each native and the server-based system switch service.
  • For extra info, see System Switch from Nintendo Change to Nintendo Change 2.
• The looks of some consumer icons have been up to date.

For detailed info on Nintendo Change 2, see the Nintendo web site.

Notice that the usage of “Main Console” has been deprecated with the transition to digital recreation playing cards, and “Cross-enabled console” can be used as a substitute. On a console set because the “Cross-enabled console” for a consumer, all customers on the console can entry sure subscriptions or passes for some software program. For extra info, see Tips on how to Set or Change the Cross-Enabled Console for a Nintendo Account.