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Believe it or not, the Nintendo Switch 2’s magnetic Joy-Con 2 controllers almost didn’t have a release button

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  • The Joy-Con 2 could have shipped without release buttons
  • This comes from an interview with Switch 2’s hardware leads
  • The original removal method could have been as primitive as simply pulling them away

The Nintendo Switch 2 hardware leads have confirmed that the console’s magnetic Joy-Con 2 controllers may have at one point have shipped without release buttons.

In an interview with Mobile Syrup, Nintendo Switch 2 producer Kouichi Kawamoto shared that the Joy-Con 2 – now connecting to the handheld display magnetically as in place of the original’s rail system – suggested that the original release method was a little more primitive than what we have now.

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