Summary
Nintendogave us a deep dive of the Switch 2 during yesterday’s Direct. Many of the speculations that we’ve been hearing over the past few months have been confirmed, including themagnetically attachable Joy-Con, the fact that they candouble up as a mouse, andthe mysterious C button, which turned out to be for Game Chat.
We also got a look at a number of first party games, includingMario Kart WorldandDonkey Kong Bananza, as well as third-party titles like Elden Ring: tarnished Edition, Cyberpunk 2077, andFromSoftware’s The Duskbloods. However, there was one highly requested feature that Nintendo was silent about, Hall Effect joysticks for the Joy-Con.
Does The Nintendo Switch 2 Have Hall Effect Joysticks?
Well, the simple answer is that we don’t know yet. Nintendo didn’t mention anything about the Joy-Con besides the magnetic attaching and the mouse feature. You’d think that with thenow resolved legal matterand the sheer number of cases of drifting, Nintendo would be screaming about improving its joysticks from the rooftops, but there’sno mention of it at all.
This could mean several things. The first, and hopefully unlikely, scenario is that Nintendo simply hasn’t addressed the issue. The devs may have stuck to the old formula for whatever reason; be it in order to sell more Joy-Con or present a higher quality Switch 2 in a few years with Hall Effect sticks. A hypothetical newer model would likely also address thelow battery life of the Switch 2.
Another scenario could be that Nintendo did address the situation, but is keeping quiet about it. Due to the previously mentioned legal issue, Nintendo may not want to make a buzz about improving the joysticks, as this could cause the matter to reignite and the company may end up implicating itself by admitting that there was indeed a known issue with the previous iteration.
It seems we won’t know what the case is until a third party does a complete technical strip-down or the Switch 2. Hopefully, Nintendo has addressed the issue and is just keeping quiet about it for this reason. If not, it will just add to the frustration of fans who arealready disappointed by the pricing of the console and first party game.
