A patent for a new Nintendo controller, published by the United States Patent Office on September 7, indicates the Super Mario developer is at least considering how to permanently shake its Joy-Con ...

It's been more than six years since Nintendo launched the Switch, its first hybrid handheld console. It's due for an upgrade, and the rumored Switch Pro probably isn't happening. Instead, rumors of a ...

Nintendo Switch 2 leaks have potentially confirmed that the next Nintendo console is going to fix the biggest issue with the current console, the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch 2 leaks have flooded ...

While Nintendo rushed to get the Nintendo Switch 2 out the door before tariffs, it appears the console once again suffers from the infamous “Joy-Con Drift” that plagued the controllers of its ...

TL;DR: The Nintendo Switch 2, despite record sales, continues to suffer from the original's notorious Joy-Con stick drift issue, as Nintendo did not upgrade to Hall Effect sticks. Early user reports ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Pretty much since Nintendo first introduced controllers with joysticks, it’s had issues with drift ...

There are many reasons to be excited about the Nintendo Switch 2, but one thing in particular has original Switch users ready to move on: Joy-Con drift. Plagued by a ...

If you’ve owned a Nintendo Switch, then you’ve dealt with this issue, the dreaded “Joy-Con Drift”! It’s an issue so widespread among Switch users that it sparked a class-action lawsuit against the ...

Anyone who owns a Nintendo Switch will know about Joy-Con stick drift. It’s when the Joy-Con Control Sticks stop responding correctly, or suffer from "drifting." Complaints about Joy-Con drift were so ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...