Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons Won't Have Hall Effect Sticks - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 April 2025 / 3,589 Views
Nintendo of America's Nate Bihldorff in an interview with NintendoLife stated the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons don't have Hall Effect sticks.
"Well, the Joy-Con 2's controllers have been designed from the ground up," said Bihldorff. "They're not Hall Effect sticks, but they feel really good."
He added, "So, I like both, but that Pro Controller, for some reason the first time I grabbed it, I was like, 'this feels like a GameCube controller.' I was a GameCube guy. Something about it felt so familiar, but the stick on that especially.
"I tried to spend a lot of time making sure that it was quiet. I don't know if you tried really whacking the stick around but it really is [quiet]. I'm thinking back to my Smash Brothers days, where you just whack it. [The Switch 2 Pro Controller] is one of the quietest controllers I've ever played."
Nintendo Switch 2 hardware design lead Tetsuya Sasaki previously stated "the new Joy-Con 2 controllers for the Nintendo Switch 2 have really been designed from the ground up, from scratch, to have bigger movement and smoother movement"
The Nintendo Switch 2 will launch on Thursday, June 5 for $449.99 USD / $629.99 CAD / £395.99 / €469.99 / 49,800 yen in the US. A Mario Kart World Bundle will also be available for $499.99 USD / $699.99 / £429.99 / €509.99 / 53,980 yen.
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Hopefully they at least built them like the Pro Controller. I've had the same Pro Controller for almost 8 years, and it's been one of the best controllers I've ever had. I don't think I've ever used a single controller that long.
Same here! I don't use controller much when I'm gaming on PC, but when I do it's always the Pro controller. It's just simply the superior controller atm. The Pro 2 controller doesn't try to fix what isn't broken and just simply adds an audio jack and some extra buttons. A clear cut upgrade.
I wish I'd had your luck. My launch day Joycons are fine (they have barely been used), but I have gone through half a dozen Pro controllers. The battery in them is awesome (like the WiiU pro controller) but the sticks almost always end up drifting. This news is a big "boooo!" for me. I was really hoping for Hall Effect.
Edit - I will buy one Pro Controller for Switch 2 but if it develops drift ... 8Bitdo all the way for the rest of the consoles life.
I'm not sure why other manufacturers can offer cheap gamepads with hall effect but Sony/Nintendo/MS do not put them in theirs. 8Bitdo Ultimate 2c is a wired gamepad with hall effect joysticks and triggers for £18. Clearly they don't cost a ton to add.
The wireless model is £25, with motion controls and switch support.
I have the GameSir Cyclone 2 and it comes with TMR sticks (supposedly last longer than hall effect sticks), can toggle the triggers from hall effect analog to micro switch for FPS games, has built-in 6 axis gyro with Switch support, a headphone jack, 1000 hz polling rate in both wired and wireless mode, and still comes with 2 additional back buttons for only $50.
For an extra $5, you can get a bundled charging dock, which you can keep the dongle connected to and plug the dock directly into your PC so the controller auto-connects when you take it off the dock.
Third-party controller companies have been killing it this gen.
It is crazy that they did that. Dreamcast had them in the analog stick AND in the triggers, back in 1999. The console was only $199, and the controllers were $29!
Oooooof. I may be continuing my trend of third-party controllers this gen after all lol. Went through a few too many joy cons and Pro controllers that ended with stick drift.
At least 3rd party controllers have continued to increase in quality, though still not on a 1st party level
Back during the PS2/GC/XB those controllers were sooooooo bad lol
I used a third party memory card when I had a PS1. Completely crapped out on me halfway through FF9.
So the dreaded drift is still on the table, Nintendo's still allergic to analog triggers (just before the arrival of GameCube games) and as a bonus, they're getting more expensive. My excitement for this console drifts away quicker than my first pair of OG joycons.
