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Nintendo Confirms EU‑Only Switch 2 Revision With User‑Replaceable Batteries (www.extremetech.com)
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[–] 18 points 3 months ago (6 children)

The joycons are egregiously priced. Doing any sort of fix on them is a massive pain in the arse. I hadn't used my Switch in a while, it was packed away in its (official) carrying case, inside a box that's kept in a decent environment. The joysticks had melted.

I bought replacement joysticks, with hall effect sensors, for €15. Two batteries for €10. Pain in the arse to replace, but it's possible. The new joysticks even have exchangeable caps so if they melt again for some reason, you can just pop them off.

Nintendo intentionally designs things to be shit, so you can buy new joycons at insane prices. It's why they also offer them in limited collections and whatnot.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Honestly this only really started this with the Switch. Every Nintendo controller besides the N64’s have been pretty damn reliable and robustly built well. I never broke a Wiimote when I would drop them from time to time because of the motion controls.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    The only good things I have to say about the joycons are that they enable you to play a few 2 player games with only the base set (tablet + 2 joycons), and that I made some money shellswapping/repairing parts for people who didn't feel confident in messing with the very delicate ribbon cables.

    Other than that, they are uncomfortable, fragile, and prone to all sorts of failures. Thw inclusion of HD rumble was a waste of money, as well as the unused infrared sensor.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    The IR sensor is used in Ring Fit Adventure, heart rate measurement. That's about all I can think of.

    Honestly, for the price of one set of joycons I'd rather pick up two 8bit do ultimate controllers. That way both players get good controllers.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I think 1-2-Switch and Labo use it as well, but ultimately the IR sensors are basically unused.

    I wonder how much it cost them to include it in every set of joycons, compared to how much they made selling games that use it.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    If I ever broke the main controller on my Wii U (which Nintendo shut off online services for now) you needed to buy an entire new console

    Another factor though was that I don't need to play yet another Mario sequel. As a character, he's actually not that interesting (and a bit of a cuck if we're being honest)

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    I'd also fuck Bowser rather than Mario so I get Peach.

    I only got the Switch because I was anticipating SMT:V, it getting an update and PC release a few years later came rather unexpected to me. Not really interested in ever buying a Nintendo console again.

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