The Joy-Con 2 could have shipped without release buttons This comes from an interview with Switch 2's hardware leads The ...

The new Joy-Cons look a lot like the old Joy-Cons but are about a half-inch longer and black, with color accents on the ...

Backward compatibility has been one of the Nintendo Switch 2 ‘s major talking points, but Nintendo has revealed the console doesn’t natively run Switch games. Instead, Nintendo designed its own ...

Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2 will not use Hall Effect sensors in its Joy-Cons, and unfortunately, that means it’s still vulnerable to stick drift. Instead, the handheld will use ...

Mouse controls are one of the Switch 2's big new features. Optical sensors allow the upgraded Joy-Con controllers to aim and ...

Nintendo claims that it has built better, nicer controllers to help avoid stick drift on the Switch 2, and that it’s made the new console’s eShop snappier and easier to use. But the company’s answers ...

GameChat allows up to 12 players to game together and is limited to friend lists as an added layer of protection.

Kouichi Kawamoto, the Switch 2’s producer, called the mouse feature a “fun,” “engaging” way to experience gaming. It can be used on multiple surfaces, not just a mouse pad, he said. “We have made ...

Kawamoto adds to that: "Simply put, those systems were compatible because Nintendo 3DS contained Nintendo DS hardware, and Wii U contained Wii hardware. However, Switch 2 doesn't contain any Switch ...

The Nintendo Switch hardware engineers sat down with the press for a Q&A session to explain their hardware choices.

Before the Switch 2 was officially announced earlier this year, magnetic Joy-Con controllers were rumoured for quite a while.

In one of the interviews published, Nintendo's Kouichi Kawamoto and Takuirho Dohta were asked about backward compatibility with original Switch games. This might seem like an odd question ...