SL and SR button failure can render a Joy-Con unusable. Remapping the SL and SR buttons can save an otherwise functional Joy-Con. The fix isn't ideal, but it's good enough to save buying a replacement ...

One of the biggest problems of the Nintendo Switch era might be resolved on Nintendo Switch 2, and the evidence comes from... the Alarmo?

The Switch is Nintendo’s latest effort in the console world. One of its unique features is the Joy-Cons, a pair of controllers that can either attach directly to the console’s screen or be ...

You might be able to connect your Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons upside down, according to a new patent. VGC reports that a new patent Nintendo filed suggests you can rotate the Switch 2 screen and ...

A newly discovered patent (via VGC) that was apparently filed in January 2023, seems to suggest that the Joy-Cons 2.0 can potentially be attached to either side of the console. The patent seems to ...

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The Nintendo Switch 2 looks mighty familiar, but Nintendo seems to have saved all of its biggest changes for the Joy-Cons as shown by some new patents. While we still don’t have an official ...

According to Redditor russspruce, they have started making custom Joy-Cons over the past summer. On their forum thread, they posted a photo of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons custom Joy-Cons ...

Nintendo also showed off the Joy-Cons' accelerometer, a rumble feature and an IR camera that can apparently measure shapes (demonstrated by rock, paper, scissors hand gestures) and distances to them.

The mouse functionality may not be limited to just one controller, though. Other images hint that both Joy-Cons can be used as a mouse, with a left hand being placed in a similar way (great news ...