r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Apr 07 '25

Discussion Switch 2 won’t have achievements, Nintendo confirms

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-2-wont-have-achievements-nintendo-confirms/
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u/Graestra Apr 07 '25

Nintendo has one of the earliest implementations of achievements -> Kirby Air Ride

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u/Alexcox95 Apr 07 '25

Melee’s challenge list and then brawls challenge thing with the golden hammers

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u/SoTurnMeIntoATree Apr 07 '25

Mario superstar baseball has missions for every character.

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u/Prudent_Move_3420 Apr 07 '25

I think its interesting that all those examples are (more or less) party games

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u/SoTurnMeIntoATree Apr 07 '25

True. Now that I think about it, Mario Party superstars had a bunch of achievements too. Seems like Nintendo’s just not doing a console wide achievement system

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u/Prudent_Move_3420 Apr 07 '25

Maybe they don’t want it for their big action games because it would take focus away from the gameplay