The Latest Switch Update Just Banned "ADHD" In Japan
thegamer.comConsole firmware updates tend to come and go without most people taking much notice. You'll turn on your Switch, a notification will inform you there's an update waiting, it downloads, and normal service resumes. That largely applies to the update awaiting many of you when you turn your Switch on for the first time today, and while there's nothing much to write home about in the patch notes, the decision to ban the acronym ADHD in Japan has left many people baffled.
OatmelaDome shared the news that ADHD has been added to the Switch's banned words list in Japan (thanks, Wccftech). Nintendo has added to the list over time, but this seems to be the sole change made to it via today's 16.0.2 update. That presumably means once applied, Switch users in Japan will no longer be able to type the word ADHD in various in-game chats, nor use the acronym in their usernames.
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It's usually fairly obvious why a word or term makes it onto Nintendo's naughty list. In February it banned the word groomer and any reference to mass shootings. No explanation given and none needed. However, a little context surrounding the addition of ADHD, again exclusively in Japan, would be nice. Switch owners have been discussing potential theories among themselves, hypothesizing that perhaps the acronym means or stands for something else when translated into Japanese.
A quick Google search suggests that's not the case, nor has anyone who can speak Japanese leaped into the replies of the tweet above to save the day and offer up an explanation. ADHD is not only a condition people have the world over, but as far as I can tell, not only do some people in Japan also have ADHD, but
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