According to Nintendo modder and tinkerer OatmealDome, Ver. 10.2.0 broadens the variety of banned words on the platform, including terms such as KKK, acab, nazi, and slave. The ban list also includes terms such as coronavirus and COVID. Polygon evaluated these words out while making a brand-new user on a Nintendo Switch lite and found that while they resulted in a caution message, the acronym BLM was permitted by the system. Most of these words appear to be a response to the present political moment in America.
Formerly, the homebrew scene released a list of words prohibited on the portable Nintendo 3DS system, and it consisted of curious terms such as “buttnuggets” and “analintruder.” This year, Nintendo made a statement that said the business stands “with the Black community and all those who acknowledge our shared mankind and basic belief in equity and justice,” supposedly even double coordinating employee contributions to related causes.
Nintendo launched a software update for Nintendo Turn on Monday, and while many of the modifications are under-the-hood “system stability enhancements,” one tweak will be obvious to folks attempting to make new user accounts or send out messages.
