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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