{"id":17964,"date":"2023-02-21T17:33:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T08:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=17964"},"modified":"2023-02-21T17:33:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T08:33:34","slug":"20230221-17964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230221-17964\/","title":{"rendered":"New Switch system update makes inappropriate nicknames display as \u201c???\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n



Nintendo has released system update Ver. 16.0.0<\/a> for the Nintendo Switch. The contents of the update are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– User nicknames that cannot be used will be replaced with \u201c???\u201d which can be updated from the profile settings.
– General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ver. 10.2.0 update for the Switch, which was released in 2020, made it impossible to use certain words as your user nickname. Some prohibited words include KKK, slave, Nazi, and ACAB. Coronavirus and COVID were also added to the list of words, but at the time, it was still possible to include \u201ccoronavirus\u201d if it was written in Japanese. That is no longer the case as of the time of writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although such words were prohibited after the 2020 update, it was still possible to include them in your nickname if they were combined with additional characters. For example, it was reported that you could use words like \u201cshit\u201d and \u201cporn\u201d in your nickname as long as you added some extra letters or symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new update implements a method of dealing with that workaround, as any user nicknames that include prohibited words are now automatically replaced with \u201c???\u201d The workaround is also partially blocked now when inputting the Console Nickname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deffo need some way of reporting names, or just Nintendo need to up their filters<\/a>
byu\/andygreeny11<\/a> inNintendoSwitchSports<\/a><\/blockquote>