Nintendo recently issued an update (21.0.0) for its Switch 2 console that, in addition to some small changes, has caused some third-party docks to stop working as intended. In the early weeks and months of the console’s availability this summer, companies raced to figure out the right commands, the right power draw, and the right chips to use in order to trick the Switch 2 into thinking it had connected to the real thing — Nintendo’s dock, which is included with every console. Now, some of them will have to figure out how to do it again.

You’re not alone if you think Nintendo did this on purpose. But did it? According to Nintendo, not exactly. Gaming site Kotaku published a new statement from the company that says it “does not have any intention to hinder or invalidate legal third-party d

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