{"id":50663,"date":"2025-08-01T18:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=50663"},"modified":"2025-08-01T18:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:14:04","slug":"nintendo-warns-japanese-users-about-operating-the-switch-and-switch-2-at-too-high-or-too-low-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nintendo-warns-japanese-users-about-operating-the-switch-and-switch-2-at-too-high-or-too-low-temperatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo warns Japanese users about operating the Switch and Switch 2 at too high or too low temperatures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amidst Japan\u2019s sweltering summer heat, the official Nintendo customer support X account warns players to be mindful of where they use their Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2s. Using the consoles in high temperature-areas can cause them to heat up, which can <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/a-couple-of-switch-2-owners-are-already-reporting-expanded-back-panels-nintendo-investigates-possible-causes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lead to damages<\/a> and poor <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/switch-2-update-for-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-cuts-load-time-so-much-speedrunners-are-shaving-30-minutes-off-their-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">game performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6c17\u6e29\u304c\u9ad8\u3044\u5834\u6240\u3067Nintendo Switch\u3084Nintendo Switch 2 \u3092\u4f7f\u7528\u3059\u308b\u3068\u3001\u672c\u4f53\u306e\u6e29\u5ea6\u304c\u9ad8\u304f\u306a\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u6545\u969c\u306e\u539f\u56e0\u3068\u306a\u308b\u53ef\u80fd\u6027\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u30015\uff5e35\u2103\u306e\u5834\u6240\u3067\u3054\u4f7f\u7528\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<br><br>\u6700\u8fd1\u306f35\u2103\u3092\u8d85\u3048\u308b\u65e5\u304c\u7d9a\u3044\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5c4b\u5916\u3067\u4f7f\u7528\u3059\u308b\u969b\u306f\u3054\u6ce8\u610f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<\/p>&mdash; \u4efb\u5929\u5802\u30b5\u30dd\u30fc\u30c8 (@nintendo_cs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nintendo_cs\/status\/1951116935409860651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Post translation: When using a Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2 in a high-temperature environment, the device&#8217;s temperature may rise. This could potentially cause malfunctions, so please use it in a location between 5\u201335\u00b0C. Recently, temperatures have been exceeding 35\u00b0C. Please be cautious when using it outdoors.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s interesting about Nintendo\u2019s warning is that, in addition to a maximum temperature threshold of 35\u00b0C, a minimum threshold of 5\u00b0C was also included. This means that those who live in or travel to countries that experience low climate temperatures should also be wary of where they use their Switch consoles. Funnily enough, Nintendo users living in Hokkaido already <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nomin7500love\/status\/1951132269965615391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seem to be lamenting the announcement<\/a>, as temperatures there can easily drop below -10 \u00b0C in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While you don\u2019t have to carry a thermometer with you wherever you go, just make sure you aren\u2019t playing with your Switch outdoors in the middle of a snowstorm or when the sun is beating down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo customer support warns Japanese users not to use the Switch outside when temperatures are over 35 \u2103 or under 5 \u2103. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":50664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-50663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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