Nintendo Switch 2 Is Now More Likely to Support Amiibo, Faster Wi-Fi Speeds

The Nintendo Switch 2 is less than a month away from its big reveal on April 2. Details about the new portable console are slowly trickling out, and the latest info gives some good news for collectors of the interactive action figures, the Amiibo. Nintendo has filed new FCC filings for what appears to be the Switch 2, which confirm a few features, as first spotted by The Verge on Friday. Nintendo's new console will support Wi-Fi 6 for faster internet speeds, both USB-C ports will be able to charge the console and it will be NFC compatible, which allows it to communicate with the Amiibo toys. Nintendo first introduced the Amiibo in 2014 for the Wii U alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as a way to transfer data between the toy and console. Eventually, support for the toys spread to the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch. Originally, the toy line featured Nintendo mascots, but soon non-Nintendo characters had their own Amiibo, including Sora from Kingdom Hearts, Solaire of Astora from ... Read full article.