Comment by donatj

Comment by donatj 3 months ago

13 replies

View on Hacker News

A little sad about the lack of a rail compatible with charging existing controllers. Hopefully it's compatible with current gen controllers anyway given how expensive they are.

One of my favorite parts about the Xbox Series generation of consoles is that it's fully compatible with the previous Xbox One controllers.

It would be amazing if they could get their multi-gen multi-console save-sync to work nearly as well as Microsoft's so I could switch back and forth between my existing Switch and Switch 2 seamlessly but I doubt that's in the cards, this is Nintendo were talking about.

mobiledev2014 3 months ago

I might throw a party to smash my joy cons. Some of the worst quality control in my long history of owning hardware, and from a company previously famous for that trait. Good riddance.

Reply View 2 replies
  • _fat_santa 3 months ago

    It always shocked me that for how bad the joycons were, the "Pro Controller" was one of the best controllers I've ever used. I don't know how they managed to nail one and get the other so wrong.

    Reply View 1 reply
    • mobiledev2014 3 months ago

      That's their actual standard and hopefully it has returned to the "default" controller(s). I think they just flew too close to the sun in terms of trade-offs with the Switch 1 joy cons. Not possible to make them good enough at that price at that size at the time of release

      Reply View 0 replies
ChocolateGod 3 months ago

The rumour has it the older joycons can still be used wirelessly, just not physically connected.

Reply View 9 replies
  • isk517 3 months ago

    This would be extremely welcome news. Local multiplayer has always been Nintendo's bread and butter, so being able to keep using controllers from the previous system is a huge boon. Also means not having to invest in a new 'Pro' controller hopefully.

    Reply View 0 replies
  • jabl 3 months ago

    So how are you going to charge them then? Have the old Switch 1 lying around as a charging station?

    Reply View 7 replies
    • fredoralive 3 months ago

      The version of the grip that you buy as an accessory (HAC-012) can charge the joycons. However the pack in one (HAC-011) can't.

      Looking around, it appears that Nintendo have also released an official "Joy-con charging stand (2-way)", suspiciously it seems they only launched it in October 2024, when various 3rd party chargers have been around for years.

      There's also the official AA battery packs. Yes, really.

      Reply View 2 replies
      • toast0 3 months ago

        Hmmm, I wonder if the Nintendo charging stand will charge the NES Joy-Cons, cause the BestBuy stand I have won't (no big deal currently, the switch is usually on the dock and I charge the NES controllers on it)

        Reply View 1 reply
        • xyzzy_plugh 3 months ago

          > This charging stand can also charge the wireless full-size NES Nintendo Entertainment System Controllers controllers for Nintendo Switch

          Reply View 0 replies
    • flutas 3 months ago

      You can get standalone charging docks for them, but I agree it kinda sucks.

      I wouldn't be surprised to see new functionality that would pin games to the switch 2 controllers though, gotta sell new accessories.

      Reply View 0 replies
    • op00to 3 months ago

      I have multiple charging "controller docks" that you can plug the joycons into and then use them like a two-stick-controller and charge via usb-c.

      Reply View 0 replies