Switch 4.0.0: Share your PROUDEST moments!!
Video Capture
You can now capture video on your Nintendo Switch
More Profile Pictures
Remember that giant dinosaur from one of the Super Mario Odyssey trailers? Well, you can use it as your profile picture as well as some more Odyssey pictures and Zelda BoTW (Breath of the Wild) pictures!
Other Notable Features
You can Pre-Purchase games for quicker play! Now, honest to a stupid old man people believe in: I literally said the day before this update came out that it would be cool to pre-purchase games!! O_O
Complete Changelog
Sourced from: Nintendo Support for Americas
Capture video on select games
To capture video, hold down the Capture Button during gameplay
Up to a maximum of the previous 30 seconds will be saved in the Album. You can trim the beginning and end of each clip, and post to Facebook and Twitter.
As of October 18th, 2017, this feature is compatible with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, ARMS, and Splatoon 2
Select from 12 new Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild icons for your user
To edit your user icon, head to your My Page on the top left of the Home Menu > Profile
Transfer user and save data to another system
To transfer, head to System Settings > Users > Transfer Your User and Save Data
Pre-purchase option on Nintendo eShop
A pre-purchase option will be available for certain games. This option allows pre-load of the game to your system for quicker play when the game is released.
This feature will be supported by future game releases
News channel updates
The news feed has been updated with a new look.
Unfollowing a channel will remove that channel's content from the news feed and following the channel again will make it reappear.
Match software version with a group of local users
To create a group, head to the software's Options > Software Update > Match Version with Local Users
Everyone's software will be updated to match the most recent version in the group
All users must be on system menu version 4.0.0 or later to view and join a group
General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience, including:
Changed the specification which hid wireless networks using TKIP security from the network search results. Wireless networks using TKIP security will now display in search results as a grayed-out selection instead of not being displayed
The Nintendo Switch console supports WEP, WPA-PSK(AES), and WPA2-PSK(AES). If your router is using a different security type (e.g. WPA-PSK(TKIP)), you will need to change this security type within your router's settings.
Notice: All my blog posts are released at 12:00AM GMT+00 or BST so that it is instantly available to British users anytime of the day. Everyone else, you just need to wait a bit (not my fault, it's science)
