Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con Do Not Feature Hall Effect Sticks

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Summary

  • Nintendo Switch 2 won’t have Hall Effect technology in its Joy-Con.
  • The Joy-Con 2 was redesigned from the ground up.
  • Hopefully, this redesign has addressed drift issues.

Almost everyone that owns a Nintendo Switch has at some point wondered why their kart was veering towards the left. Of course, this was due to stick drift that the Joy-Con were notoriously vulnerable to. The issue was so widespread that Nintendo had to offer mass replacements and was even subject to a lawsuit that it only won thanks to terms and conditions.

Joy-con attaching to an accessory along a surface.

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Many believed that the Nintendo Switch 2 would solve this issue by integrating Hall Effect sticks into its Joy-Con. However, there was no word about it during the Direct, for whatever reason. We have now learned that the Switch 2 will not feature this technology, despite all the rumours. Nintendo has revealed that the Switch 2 Joy-Con has been completely redesigned, but is still silent about drift issues.

Nintendo Switch 2 Won’t Have Hall Effect Sticks

In a conversation with Nintendo Life, Senior Vice President of Product Development and Publishing at Nintendo of America, Nate Bihldorff revealed that the new Joy-Con have been completely revamped, but do not feature Hall Effect technology.

When asked why the Switch 2’s joysticks feel different, and if the devs took inspiration from Hall Effect sticks, Bihldorff replied, “Well, the Joy-Con 2’s controllers have been designed from the ground up. They’re not Hall Effect sticks, but they feel really good.”

“So, I like both, but that Pro Controller, for some reason the first time I grabbed it, I was like, “this feels like a GameCube controller.” I was a GameCube guy. Something about it felt so familiar, but the stick on that especially,” he continued.

“I tried to spend a lot of time making sure that it was quiet. I don’t know if you tried really whacking the stick around but it really is [quiet]. I’m thinking back to my Smash Brothers days, where you just whack it. [The Switch 2 Pro Controller] is one of the quietest controllers I’ve ever played.”

While there was no mention of how this would prevent or negate stick drift, Bihldorff went on about how smooth and quiet the sticks are. “In particular, the left and right control sticks are quieter and don’t make noise, even when they’re moved quickly to the edge. Also, they glide very smoothly, so we’ve taken to calling them ‘smooth-gliding sticks’.”

I’m going to be upfront. As a person who had to swap out three different Joy-Con (and two PS5 DualSense controllers) due to drift, I don’t really care about how quiet the new sticks are. I don’t think anybody has complained about how loud the joysticks are; all we want to know is if the drift issue has been fixed. And, if not, why hasn’t Hall Effect technology been used to do so when so many third party controllers have implemented it? Nintendo is already getting a lot of stick for the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World’s pricing, another stick drift controversy is the last thing it needs.

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