Nope, the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con do not have Hall Effect sticks

Nintendo has confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2’s Pleasure-Con 2 controllers is not going to characteristic Corridor Impact analogue sticks, which is certain to boost fears about Pleasure-Con drift rearing its head for the brand new era console.

Having been quite coy concerning the underlying expertise in press Q&A classes final week, Nintendo Life had been in a position to get an precise reply out of Nintendo of America’s Nate Bihldorff, who confirmed that the brand new Pleasure-Con is not going to have Corridor Impact sticks… however doesn’t state definitively whether or not that applies to the brand new Professional Controller.

Nintendo Life –  Let’s leap off the sensitivity stuff then and speak concerning the stick of the Swap 2 Pleasure-Con as a result of it feels so totally different to the unique Swap’s analog stick. So is it a Corridor Impact stick? Have been you impressed by the Corridor Impact stick?

Nate Bihldorff – Effectively, the Pleasure-Con 2’s controllers have been designed from the bottom up. They’re not Corridor Impact sticks, however they really feel actually good. Did you expertise each the Pleasure-Con and the Professional Controller?

Nintendo Life – Each!

Nate Bihldorff – So, I like each, however that Professional Controller, for some motive the primary time I grabbed it, I used to be like, “this appears like a GameCube controller.” I used to be a GameCube man. One thing about it felt so acquainted, however the stick on that particularly. I attempted to spend so much of time ensuring that it was quiet. I don’t know for those who tried actually whacking the stick round however it actually is [quiet]. I’m considering again to my Smash Brothers days, the place you simply whack it. [The Switch 2 Pro Controller] is among the quietest controllers I’ve ever performed.

There’s definitely the chance that the brand new Professional Controller has Corridor Impact sticks, provided that it has added options like again buttons which are typical of professional controllers, however we wouldn’t put cash on it.

Having new analogue stick modules which are “designed from the bottom up” may make them extra immune to the problem, however it will stil be massively disappointing for anybody who’s had Pleasure-Con Drift by way of the Nintendo Swap era. Potentiometer analogue sticks use bodily contact to find out the place of the stick, however that is susceptible to being worn down over time, and might have mud and residue construct up that stops an excellent contact. As this occurs, Pleasure-Con can begin to “drift” giving an incorrect studying from a impartial place that results in a constant directional enter.

In contrast, Corridor Impact sensors measure magnetic fields as an alternative of utilizing direct contact, making them nigh on impervious to the issue.

It’s not a problem that’s unique to the Nintendo Swap – there’s undoubtedly been an uptick in consciousness of the issue amongst PlayStation and Xbox avid gamers as nicely.

Joy-Con Drift led to lawsuits, to Nintendo implementing blanket repair programmes in sure areas, and a cottage trade of DIY restore kits on any open on-line market. It even went up to now that some accent makers began to supply Corridor Impact sticks and each provide them standalone, and use them extensively in third party and pro controllers.

On the very least, we hope that Pleasure-Con 2 proceed to make use of simply replaceable modules, versus soldering the analogue sticks in place, making them higher for restore, each at restore companions and by finish customers.

Supply: Nintendo Life