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William D’Angelo
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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.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Bluesky.
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