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THE Joy-Con 2 de Switch 2 is full of additional features, improved gyrosals in Slick Mouse mode, but sometimes you just need a more traditional game controller to play your games. The biggest problems that users experience this report consists in connecting all their old devices to the new Nintendo pocket computer. Players quickly learned last week, their original professional controllers do not wake up the console, and this may be due to the modification of connection protocols, leaving third -party devices to take behind the first -part controller options of the Switch Maker.
While a Switch 2 Pro controller costs $ 85, third -party devices are often much more affordable. GizModo has received a premium for controllers from several manufacturers for examination, including several devices of 8Bitdo and Gulikit specifically to test them on switch. 2 switch launch Last Thursday, we found that the majority of our aircraft take more time and efforts to associate the new console. Connecting them to an original switch is much more transparent.
8bitdo controllers in particular simply refuse to contact the Switch 2. Friday, the company published New firmware For its ultimate and ultimate controllers alongside Pro 2 and SN30 controllers, as well as the company’s USB wireless adapters. If you want to continue using high -end Gamepads from 8BitDo, you will have to download the ultimate tool software or company update to your Mac or PC, then put the controller in upgrade mode by pressing R1 + L1 + Start at the same time.
Gulikit – Manufacturers of Hall effect joystick replacements and third -party controllers – have also released patchware Last week. In an email in Gizmodo, Gulikit Reps said that in their tests, the Switch 2 now uses a different communication protocol from that of the original switch. This means that the console would not be able to couple the same way as the previous controllers used for the original switch.
We contacted Nintendo to comment, but we did not immediately hear. While trying to troubleshoot our connection problems, we found by entering the system settings, then controllers and settings and overthrowing “Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Communication Wired Communication” helps to connect certain wired controllers, although we can still not confirm if this parameter also helps you connect with Bluetooth devices.
There are still problems connecting certain third -party controllers. I still cannot associate an 8BITDO micro-controller with the Switch 2, although the company has told us that more compatibility updates will occur in the near future. The Switch 2 Joy-Con 2 and the rest of the Nintendo accessories, until Revised gamecube controller, All have a “C” button with whom to connect Gamechatwhich may require a different communication protocol. However, the lack of clarification does not help regular users to go to the new Nintendo laptop.
Third-party controllers are often cheaper, but a good number of them also wear joysticks which can be more attractive than what comes with Switch 2. The Joy-Con 2 of $ 95 do not include Hall effect sticks, which would help them to better avoid drift problems of the sticks of the original switch. In its dismantling of switch 2, ifixit wrote that new Joy-Con 2 joysticks are always likely to derive problems, although it can depend on how the border around the sticks can prevent dirt and debris. The repair gurus also suspected that the absence of a hall effect can be due to the magnetic fixing points of the controller, which could disturb the method of the hall effect to follow the orientation of the stick – which relies on the magnetic fields. Nintendo did not take a look at his decision to keep what is essentially the same control mechanism as the original switch.
Nintendo will replace Joy-Con 2 to derive free controllers pic.twitter.com/blrti3j8dz
– Nintendal (@nindendeal) June 6, 2025
At the very least, if you buy a 2 Joy-Con 2 switch, you can expect Nintendo not to be completely suspended. Last week, Nintendal spotted that Nintendo will offer Free replacements For American customers who experience a Joy-Con 2 stick drift or some other problems. If you will spend nearly $ 100 on a pair of controllers, you should at least hope that you can use them for a long time in the life cycle of Switch 2.
