Key visual of “INSTAX mini Link for Nintendo Switch” ⓒNintendo Nintendo Switch is a trademark of Nintendo.
Instax Mini Link: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Nintendo Switch: Amazon / Adorama / B&H Photo
Released an upgraded version of the smartphone printer application “INSTAX mini Link for Nintendo Switch”
You can easily turn your experiences in the game world into instax prints.
Added the design of “Splatoon 3” software for “Nintendo Switch ™ “!
FUJIFILM Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Teiichi Goto) will print the best shots of your favorite scenes and characters from all Nintendo Switch games on a smartphone printer. Instax” “INSTAX mini Link” (hereafter “mini Link”) * A dedicated app that can be printed with the 1 series * 2 An upgraded version of “INSTAX mini Link for Nintendo Switch” will be released on January 19, 2023. In addition to being able to print the game screen, you can decorate by superimposing the effect of “Splatoon 3” when taking a picture of yourself or a friend on your smartphone, or add a sticker of your favorite character design to the image after shooting. We’ve added fun features.
In all Nintendo Switch games, we have developed an application that allows you to easily print game screen images saved as screenshots in the Nintendo Switch and images cut out from videos with the mini Link series. “INSTAX mini Link for Nintendo Switch” will be released in April 2021. We provide game fans around the world with a completely new printing experience of “printing the experience in the game world”.
How to make instax prints from screenshots on Nintendo Switch
This updated version of the app will allow you to print screenshots of game scenes and characters that you want to keep on your Nintendo Switch. are added and enhanced. By using this app in combination with the smartphone printer “Instax” “INSTAX mini Link 2” (hereinafter “Link 2”) released in July 2022, you can use “Splatoon 3” etc. when shooting with a smartphone. You can enjoy “instaxAiR”, which allows you to decorate by layering effects. In addition, it is equipped with a new “sticker” that allows you to color your photos with popular game characters. You can choose your favorite character from a wide variety of lineups such as “Splatoon 3”, “Gathering His Animal Crossing”, and “Super Mario”.
In addition, “Frame Print”, which has been well received in previous apps, allows you to print a combination of a frame and an image designed with your favorite game character, and the operation of a dedicated app that can be selected according to your favorite game. The design of “Splatoon 3” is newly added to the screen design.
In addition, as a new design model of “Link 2”, the smartphone printer “Instax” “INSTAX mini Link 2 SPECIAL EDITION Clay White” has a black line around the print output part on the top of the main unit and the power button on the front. ”(hereinafter referred to as “Link 2 SPECIAL EDITION”) and an album for INSTAX mini film designed by “Splatoon 3” will be released from January 19, 2023. In addition, a set of “Link 2 SPECIAL EDITION” and a silicon case with a bold design of squid and octopus from “Splatoon 3” will be released in limited quantities on the same day.
Fujifilm will continue to expand the world of the instant photo system “INSTAX,” where you can “enjoy printing on the spot”.
*1 Compatible with INSTAX mini Link and INSTAX mini Link 2. Not compatible with INSTAX SQUARE Link and INSTAX Link WIDE.
*2 Free app for Android devices and iPhones. For Android devices, it can be obtained from Google Play, and for iPhone, it can be obtained from the App Store. Android and Google Play are trademarks or registered trademarks of Google Inc. iPhone and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc. The iPhone trademark is used under license from Aiphone Co., Ltd.
In addition, this application cannot be downloaded in some countries and regions.
Enjoying “instaxAiR” (hereinafter “instaxAiR”), which is a space drawing function of “Link 2”
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1. App/product name, price, release/release date
| App/product name | price | Release date |
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| (1) Dedicated smartphone app “INSTAX mini Link for Nintendo Switch” | free download | January 19, 2023 |
| (2) Smartphone Printer “Check” “INSTAX mini Link 2 SPECIAL EDITION Clay White” | Open price | |
| (3) Smartphone Printer “Cheki” “INSTAX mini Link SPECIAL EDITION Clay White” “Splatoon 3” Design Silicone Case Set [Limited Quantity] |
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| (4) “Splatoon 3” design mini film album |
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- Dedicated smartphone app “INSTAX mini Link for Nintendo Switch” (free download)
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- Smartphone Printer “Check” “INSTAX mini Link 2 SPECIAL EDITION Clay White”
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Smartphone Printer “Cheki” “INSTAX mini Link SPECIAL EDITION Clay White” “Splatoon 3” Design Silicone Case Set
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- “Splatoon 3” Design Mini Film Album
2. Main features of the dedicated app
(1) “Switch direct print function” that allows you to print the game screen shot on “Nintendo Switch”
With the simple operation of reading the QR code displayed on the “Nintendo Switch” with a dedicated app, you can print the image of the game screen saved as a screenshot in the “Nintendo Switch” or the image cut out from the video. Link” series makes it easy to make instax prints.
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- Scan the QR code displayed on Nintendo Switch and transfer the image to your smartphone
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- Switch to the print screen, then just print!
(2) Selectable from 4 types of character designs for the operation screen design of the dedicated application
You can choose from four types of operation screen designs for the dedicated app: “Splatoon 3” (new), “Atsume Animal Crossing”, “Super Mario”, and “New Pokemon Snap”. You can enjoy operating the app while feeling the world of your favorite games and characters.
“Splatoon 3” “Animal Crossing” “Super Mario” “New Pokemon Snap”
4 types of operation screen designs to choose from
(3) <New function> “instaxAiR” function *3 that allows you to enjoy printing with the effects of “Splatoon 3”
- This application supports the space drawing function “instaxAiR” that allows you to draw pictures and letters in space by superimposing AR effects when shooting with a smartphone. If you move the LED on the side of the main unit toward the smartphone while pressing the “Feature button” on the top of the main unit of “Link 2”, you can easily superimpose the AR effect on the screen of the app according to the trajectory. increase. This time, you can choose from a total of 6 types of drawing tools with the addition of “Splatoon 3” effects. By laying out the motif of “Splatoon 3” around the image, you can enjoy coloring the image, such as drawing an original frame.
- It is also possible to draw pictures and letters directly on the screen of the dedicated app with your finger.
*3 This function can be used in combination with “INSTAX mini Link 2”. “INSTAX mini Link” is not supported.
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- Space drawing using “Link 2”
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- Draw directly on your smartphone with your finger
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- Examples using instaxAiR
(4) <New function> “Sticker” to color photos with popular game characters
Newly equipped with a sticker function that allows you to freely decorate images. In addition to a total of 65 stickers related to popular game characters (“Splatoon 3” 21 points, “Animal Crossing” 21 points, “Super Mario” 23 points), 100 INSTAX original designs were added, for a total of 165. You can select from points.
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- “Splatoon 3” “Animal Crossing” “Super Mario”
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- An example using “stickers”
(5) A new design has been added to the “Frame Print” function, which allows you to print a combination of frames and images of popular game characters.
A new design has been added to the “Frame Print” function, which has been well-received in previous apps and allows you to print a combination of various frames and images taken with your smartphone. You can choose your favorite frame design from a total of 143 items, including 23 items from “Splatoon 3”.
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- An example using “Frame Print”
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- An example using “Frame Print”
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- An example using “Frame Print”
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- An example using “Frame Print”
3. Others
(1) Promotion
Connections and memories with friends in the game world have the same sense of presence as in the real world. This time, along with the addition of the design of the game “Splatoon 3”, we have set a new catchphrase, “This world is absolutely real. By making instax prints of the in-game experience, we hope that you will feel the experience more realistically. Along with this slogan, we will communicate the hot in-game experience and the appeal of being able to print your favorite characters through stores, SNS, the web, etc.
Sharing experiences in the game world as instax prints
(2) About INSTAX
Since its release in 1998, the instant camera INSTAX, which has long been popular in Japan under the nickname “Cheki”, has been loved by many people, especially the younger generation, in more than 100 countries around the world, including Europe, the United States, China, and Southeast Asia. I love it. In addition to instant cameras, we have also expanded our lineup of hybrid instant cameras that allow you to shoot while looking at the LCD monitor on the back of the camera, select and print your favorite images, and smartphone printers that allow you to easily print images from your smartphone on the spot. , expanding its user base. The INSTAX series not only allows you to print important moments on the spot, but is also enjoyed as a new communication tool and self-expression tool to convey your thoughts.
