How Nintendo fixed Magnetic Joy-Cons
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When Nintendo created the Switch in 2017, they wanted the Joy-Con controllers to attach using magnets. But, the controllers kept falling of the console! Eight years later, the Switch 2 is here, complete with magnetic controllers - so how did Nintendo fix the problem with the Joy-Cons? PATREON - https://patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs BLUESKY - https://bsky.app/profile/thomasgamedocs.bsky.social SOURCES - Nintendo Minute, “5 Things You May Not Know About Nintendo Switch” [No longer public] - https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/News/2025/April/Ask-the-Developer-Vol-16-Nintendo-Switch-2-Chapter-2-2787952.html - https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/04/07/nintendo-switch-2-architects-takuhiro-dohta-tetsuya-sasaki-kouichi-kawamoto-interview/ - https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/1cdl83a/nintendo_switch_2_report_details_magnetic_joycon/ - https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/520435/nintendo-joy-con-magnet-patent MUSIC All music written and arranged by me. Drum loop performed by mpointon, used with permission. CHAPTERS 0:00 - Intro 0:41 - Part 1: Wobbly controllers 4:43 - Part 2: Impossible magnets 9:10 - Part 3: Does it work? 12:23 - Outro
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