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 ...

Like many others, the GameCube Wavebird was the first game controller I ever seriously loved. Everything that came before it was fine; at best a novelty, at worst an oversized pain, but mostly just a ...

A patent for a new Nintendo controller, published by the United States Patent Office on September 7, indicates the Super Mario developer is at least considering how to permanently shake its Joy-Con ...

There is no doubt the Nintendo Switch is one of the most popular gaming consoles ever. Its games are great, and the portability is a plus, but it’s controllers...well. Controller failure—dubbed ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro controller itself looks like this. The size and shape are almost the same as the previous generation Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. However, the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro ...

Nintendo will now repair broken Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers for free in European territories like the UK and Switzerland. While the Nintendo Switch has been a rousing success for the past six ...

Nintendo Switch Joy-Con stick drift is an issue that has been there since the device's release. Even though Nintendo has claimed to have made changes to the Joy-Con to fix the issue, many users still ...

Anyone who's spent a lot of time with the Nintendo Switch gaming console has either encountered or heard of one of the most common issues with the Joy-Con controllers: drift. Joy-Con drift occurs when ...