Nintendo of America announced today (May 9) that from June 10, 2024, users will no longer be able to post screenshots and videos from Nintendo Switch's photo albums to the X platform (formerly Twitter), nor will they be able to send friend requests to social media users through the friend recommendation feature.
For now, Nintendo says it will continue to support this feature from Facebook, although it may also be "discontinued at a later date". Nintendo also talked about the removal of the X integration that will have the most immediate impact on Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3.
In the comment area, players on the Internet expressed their incomprehension of this decision and thought that "this is simply terrible", and many players are blaming Musk. Nintendo did not talk about the reason for the spin-off of the X platform, but some netizens said in the comment area that it is suspected that it is due to the API fee increase on the X platform, so that platforms, including Xbox and PlayStation, would rather remove the feature than pay a new premium.