We got a lot of official Switch 2 information straight from Nintendo on Thursday morning, ranging from the debut of a new Mario Kart game to the consoles new Joy- Cons doubling as PC-style mice. That said, only one question entered my mind as I clicked play on the short teaser for the first time: What would happen to the original Switchs iconic snap sound effect?When Nintendo unveiled the Switch in 2016, one of the systems selling points was the ease with which its Joy Cons could be attached and removed from the sides of the tablet. Someone in the companys marketing department had the brilliant idea of exaggerating the click made by the controllers as they slid into place, a snapping sound effect that would go on to be used to great effect in pretty much every Switch advertisement and Direct presentation.Fast-forward to 2025. Thanks to todays digital demonstration, we now know the Switch 2 will feature updated Joy-Cons that no longer fasten to the screen via rails but simply hook into the sides. What does that mean for the snap sound effect? Its gone! Replaced by something similar that we here at Polygon are referring to as the Switch 2 clap. You can hear it multiple times in the first-look trailer, with the clearest example dropping right at the videos 1:30 mark.Ill fully admit to loving the original Switchs snap. It was an immediately recognizable piece of branding that spoke to the primeval, reptilian parts of my brain. And sure, it was probably designed in a high-tech sound lab somewhere to hypnotize us into buying more Nintendo products, but it was fun, dammit. Did I gleefully snap along with company executives and developers when they passed us off to trailers during Nintendo Direct broadcasts? Maybe I did, maybe I didnt. Dont judge me.Switch 2s clap is well, lets just say it hasnt grabbed me as immediately as the snap. The new sound effect is similar enough to not be offensive, but I also grow increasingly fearful of change as I grow older. The snap felt organic and spontaneous, whereas the clap is more authoritarian and resolute. Nintendo knows they knocked it out of the park with the original Switch why else would they break convention and call its successor the Switch 2 rather than coming up with a new name? context which almost lends the clap an air of boastfulness. Heres the Switch 2, it seems to say, you already know what it is.Maybe Im overthinking this. Maybe all I need is to see a legend like Shigeru Miyamoto clap before introducing the next Legend of Zelda or Pikmin game during a future Nintendo Direct. In any case, the Switch 2 is here, and with it begins the era of the Switch 2 clap. Lets all say goodbye to the Switch with one last, bittersweet snap.