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The '''capture button''' refers to a button near the bottom of the left [[Joy-Con]], as well as on the side of the [[Nintendo Switch Pro Controller]]. It allows the player to capture screenshots and view them in the system's capture gallery, where they can then be edited with customizable text or be posted to either [[Facebook]] or [[Twitter]].

If the button is pressed, the Switch takes a screenshot of whatever is being depicted on screen, but if the button is being 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. Screenshots and videos can also be posted and will be sended to smart devices.

''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|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.