Capture button
Thecapture button refers to the square button with a circular indent near the bottom of the leftJoy-Con, as well as on the center-left area of theNintendo Switch Pro Controller.
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The capture button allows the player to capture screenshots and view them in the system's capture gallery, where they can then be edited with customizable text and be posted to eitherFacebook or sent to smartphones. They could also be posted toTwitter before the feature was discontinued on June 10th, 2024.
If the button is pressed, the Switch takes a screenshot of whatever is being depicted on screen, but if the button is held, the Switch saves the last 30 seconds of gameplay as a video, though the latter feature often varies by game. Captured videos can also be edited and posted in a similar fashion.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is one of the few games on theNintendo Switch that does not have the ability to save videos via the capture button. Normal screenshots can still be taken, a feature that is used in conjunction with the series' trademarkcamera; when taking a snapshot, the resulting picture will be saved directly to the Switch's Album, instead of an album internally within the software as in previous games.
