How Nintendo fixed Magnetic Joy-Cons

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Published on May 17, 2025 3:22:26 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDhj8s-i--s

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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?

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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