Nintendo Switch 2 Reported Overheating — Users Experience Freezing and Crashes with Cyberpunk 2077 and Other Games

Hey, so, I heard some folks (mostly in Japan, guess they’re the lucky ones?) are talking about their shiny new Nintendo Switch 2. Well, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. The thing’s heating up like a kettle left on the stove too long, or maybe a car engine—wait, that’s too dramatic. Anyway, guys playing all sorts of games, even the big ones like Cyberpunk 2077 and, surprisingly, the simpler stuff like Pokémon and Splatoon, are seeing their consoles crash. Yeah, totally bites, right?

Now, let me digress here. There’s this user playing Rune Factory who said something like, “The fan’s going nuts, so maybe it’s overheating?” I kinda chuckled, imagining a cartoon fan losing its mind. Sorry, I get sidetracked.

Anyway—wait, nope—so these reports, mostly from X and translated (not always perfectly, mind you), are mentioning stuff like game freezes. Some folks say their fans sound like they’re ready to take off into orbit. Ah, technology, such a delight sometimes.

So, you plug this thing in dock mode, expecting it to chill—no pun intended—and bam, five crashes later, you’re like, “Can I play my game now?” Man, I’d be fuming. Others say the Switch 2 gets so hot in handheld mode that it’s like grabbing a fresh-out-the-oven cookie… without the cookie part, which makes it less fun.

And hey, not just Japan. People on Facebook and Reddit too. Gotta love social media for connecting all us frustrated souls. Someone mentioned seeing an overheating message and thought, “Well, there goes my dungeon raid.”

Nintendo’s got advice (or “advice”—you decide). Things like unplugging to cool down and ensuring vents are clear. Not exactly a tech breakthrough there. But yeah, if your Switch 2 is still acting like a small sun, you might want to send it in.

Oh, fun fact: We did our own little test. Our unit hit 117 degrees Fahrenheit docked. That’s like summer in the desert, kinda. But handheld was a smidge cooler. “Warmish,” whatever that means.

So, aside from this whole “turns into an oven” feature, the Switch 2 is a hit, smashing sales records. Nintendo’s president even had to say sorry for running out. On the flip side, some chaos with accounts being banned for using Flash drives, even if they’re for ROMs they own. Life’s weird, huh?

Catch you next time. Make sure to follow wherever you get your chaotic news fix. Cheers!