The Joy-Con 2 could have shipped without release buttons This comes from an interview with Switch 2's hardware leads The original removal method could have been as primitive as simply pulling them away The Nintendo Switch 2 hardware leads have confirmed that the console's magnetic Joy-Con 2 controllers may have at one point have shipped without release buttons.

We knew that magnets were set to be a big part of the Nintendo Switch 2 experience, with the Joy-Cons connecting to the Switch 2 unit magnetically, but it seems as though other accessories will also take advantage.

Before the Switch 2 was officially announced earlier this year, magnetic Joy-Con controllers were rumoured for quite a while. In fact, developers at Nintendo wanted to utilise magnets on the original Switch, but the technology at the time meant that they wouldn't be strong enough to gain the late Satoru Iwata's approval.