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[[File:SwitchCaptureButton.PNG|thumb|The [[Nintendo Switch]]'s Capture button.]]
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The '''capture button''' refers to the square button with a circular indent near the bottom of the left [[Joy-Con]], as well as on the center-left area of the [[Nintendo Switch Pro Controller]].
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The '''capture button''' refers to a button on the left [[Joy-Con]], allowing the player to capture pictures of the game they are playing and view them in the system's capture gallery. If the button is pressed, the Switch takes a screenshot of whatever game the player is playing; if the button is held, the Switch saves the last 30 seconds of gameplay as a video, though this option is limited to certain games (while the player can take screenshots in any game). ''[[Ultimate]]'' does not have the ability to save videos in this way, likely due to the alternative ability to save [[replay]]s in the game, and the ability to convert replays into videos.
==Overview==
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 either [[Facebook]] or [[Twitter]] or sent to smartphones.
 
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 the [[Nintendo Switch]] that does not have the ability to save videos via the capture button, likely due to the feature being redundant as the game can natively save battles with the in-game [[replay]] feature, which can convert entire matches into video files. Normal screenshots can still be taken, a feature that is used in conjunction with the series' trademark [[camera]]; 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.


In addition to normal screenshots, pictures taken by the [[camera]] are saved to the Switch's capture gallery in the same fashion as a regular screenshot would.
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