WWE 2K25 Lacks Image Uploading and Community Creations on Switch 2 — and Fans Aren’t Happy

WWE 2K25 only released on Nintendo Switch 2 yesterday, July 23, but fans have already noticed that community creations — and the image uploader to import them — are missing from its Switch 2 version.

“If you are playing on the Switch 2 you won’t be able to upload or view custom images from other platforms,” 2K explains in the game’s FAQ. Later on, addressing a different question, the publisher added: “Nintendo Switch 2 players will not see Image Uploader-based Community Creations from any platform or be able to upload their own.”

This means the community’s popular user-created content, like custom arenas and CAWs (Create-A-Wrestler), will not be available on Switch 2, but are still accessible on PC, PS5, Xbox Series, and even last-gen systems PS4 and Xbox One.

While it’s easy to chalk this up to tighter rules on Nintendo’s family-friendly platform, as some fans on the WWE Games subreddit point out, WWE 2K18 for Nintendo Switch offered community creations just fine.

“Ended up going to Nintendo support to get a refund,” said one player. “Have the game on PS5, only double dipped for a portable universe mode with custom creations.” The same player later confirmed Nintendo did issue a refund, adding: “didn’t take too long.”

“Wait.. so custom images are forbidden by Nintendo?” asked another astonished player. “I really wish Nintendo would tell us their target audience. Why does Nintendo have to be like YouTube? You have parental controls for a reason, stop hindering grown adults’ fun by protecting kids. Yall ain’t their parents. The parents are.”

“A couple of microtransaction-fueled missteps aside,” we thought WWE 2K25 was ‘Great’, awarding it 8/10. In IGN’s WWE 2K25 review, we said the game “looks fantastic, still feels good to play, and is full of welcome updates both big and small.”

Nintendo recently made subtle changes to its guidelines for developers publishing on its Switch 2 eShop, seemingly in an effort to slow an oft-criticized flood of low-effort “slop” content that’s been crowding out other games and frustrating users.