{"id":4159,"date":"2025-04-07T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=4159"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T18:20:36","slug":"nintendo-switch-2-is-not-getting-achievements-but-it-wont-say-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/nintendo-switch-2-is-not-getting-achievements-but-it-wont-say-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch 2 is not getting achievements but it won\u2019t say why"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nintendo must just not care for the idea (YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A platform-wide achievement system has been ruled out for Nintendo<\/a> Switch 2<\/a>, but that doesn\u2019t mean they won\u2019t feature in individual games.<\/p>\n

Achievements in video games<\/a> have been a thing for decades, with Microsoft making them something that every game on the Xbox 360<\/a> had to have. Sony quickly copied the idea on the PlayStation 3<\/a> but, predictably, Nintendo did not.<\/p>\n

Achievements, trophies, and other similar systems have persisted ever since but while there’s been a handful of Nintendo games that feature achievements (Metroid Prime 3 on the Wii was one of the first) they’ve never been present for every game on a console.<\/p>\n

When the Switch 1<\/a> launched, some were dismayed to see it lack any sort of achievement system for games. There was hope this would be rectified for the Switch 2, but Nintendo has already made it clear that won’t be happening.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Polygon<\/a>, Bill Trinen, Nintendo of America\u2019s vice president of player and product experience, was asked if the Switch 2 will feature system-wide achievements.<\/p>\n

Not only did Trinen answer with a blunt \u2018No,\u2019 he didn\u2019t give a reason as to why. Frustrating, but also typical for Nintendo. The implication is simply that they don’t like them and\/or they don’t like using other people’s ideas (not they haven’t in the past).<\/p>\n

The omission of achievements might feel a bit surprising when the Switch 2 has caught up to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X in other areas. It can support 4K visuals, run certain games up to 120 frames per second, and comes with a traditional online chat feature.<\/p>\n

That said, Nintendo still isn’t opposed to adding achievements to individual games. For example, early Mario Kart World<\/a> footage shows that it has some kind of challenge checklist for when you\u2019re roaming around the open world.<\/p>\n

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