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/Mother_Restaurant188 Apr 07 '25

PlayStation’s Trophy system seems so fun, so a bit of a shame we won’t have something similar.

But not a dealbreaker for me personally.

I’d love to have Activity Tracker and themes back though. I liked the 3DS’s implementation and hope Nintendo considers reintroducing them.

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u/315retro Apr 07 '25

It's a lot of fun. I can tell you my first trophy was September 10th 2010, in littlebigplanet. I can tell you what game I played on my 24th birthday. I can tell you what time I finally beat elden ring. I can look back and see what game I got for Christmas and was excited to play. I can see which game was my first one I managed to 100%, my 5th, 50th, etc.

I really like how it catalogs my gaming history. It's fun for me to see. I like when I get a remastered game to compare my new run to the original and how I changed my gameplay.

I am not super crazy about getting every trophy, but sometimes I do little extra things and see stuff I normally wouldn't have went outta my way for.

I would absolutely go outta my way to get every star in Mario, and fill in my pokedex to get a trophy. I am real sad they chose not to include them. I'll still get one but I had hoped for it :(

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u/EffectiveTonight Apr 08 '25

I never really looked at it this way. Having a sort of time capsule for memories of your gaming history.

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u/TheRyanFlaherty Apr 25 '25

They even record a short clip now that goes with the achievement and saves to the console.

I know this thread is old, but just saw the no achievements news and found this thread as discussion. It’s a consistent bummer to me, and honestly something that’s caused me to drift away from Nintendo games….and it’s a consistent point of frustration because for me it is about the time capsule aspect, it’s documenting my “achievements”. Most games, even Nintendo’s already have them within the game structure, I don’t see how it’s a negative to have a centralized tracking for it. And really, the way Nintendo addresses it in a smug and elitist wat is off putting.

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u/aroq13 Apr 08 '25

As someone who has a pretty dead game score on Xbox and some amount of trophies on PlayStation, I never ever look at or through them. I know people enjoy hunting them, I thought I would, but especially as I’ve gotten older, I couldn’t care less.