While the Nintendo Switch gets big, consistent updates pretty often, it also sometimes gets quieter downloads, updates that happen without the user knowing or needing to do anything. whatever. Those updates tend to focus on the console’s ‘banned word list’.
As we reported earlier this year:
Nintendo maintains a “bad word” list that prohibits Switch users from creating accounts that reference certain phrases that could be considered controversial or offensive. In 2020, the list was updated to add “Nazi,” “Slave,” “KKK,” “ACAB,” and “Covid,” among others. Throughout 2022, it increasingly includes profanity, rude language, and various typos about Hitler.
In February, words like “ISIS,” the conservative word “grooming,” and the name of the shooter Sandy Hook were added as part of changes discovered and published by longtime Switch data miner OatmealDomewho earlier today tweeted that the list has been updated again.
“The no-reboot update for 16.0.3 is out”, They write. “The only changes are the bad word list. It seems Nintendo is focusing on stopping the corrupt practices of the Hitler name (e.g. “titler”, “hizzler”)”.
It seems that the word ‘TERF’ (trans-exclusion radical feminism) has also been included, perhaps suggesting that Switch version delayed belong to Hogwarts legacy getting closer to liberate, release, free.
Remember, this isn’t just a general list of words that Nintendo doesn’t like, it’s specifically aimed at user account names, and thus, not just some rude, bad words. As OatmealDome points out in one follow up:
The list of bad words should not be viewed as just a list of bad words. It contains everything from “stoner” to “covid” to real slurs. I would interpret it as “a list of controversial words that are not appropriate for a game that minors can play”.
If you’re wondering what other words the list contains, I’m glad you asked (especially if you’re a 10-year-old), because some of the standout words include:
- bag
- bong
- chatroulette
- cocaine
- stupid
- sperm
- testicular
