NewsNintendo Switch 2 Engineers Reveal Details About Creating the Pinnacle of All ControllersThe engineers that worked on the Nintendo Switch 2 spoke quite a bit about the new joysticks, while not mentioning stick drift issues.Posted By Joelle Daniels | On 03rd, Apr. 2025 Back when the Nintendo Switch was first launched, it was received by the gaming audience at large quite positively. A few months later, however, issues started arising with players noticing that their Joy-Con analogue sticks would occasionally drift. According to IGN, the company has continued to stay quiet about the issue potentially popping up again on the Nintendo Switch 2. In a roundtable Q&A, general manager at Nintendos Technology Development Division, and senior director at its Technology Development Department, Tetsuya Sasaki, spoke at length about how the Joy-Con 2 controllers saw a major ground-up redesign. As you may have witnessed and felt, the new Joy-Con 2 controllers for the Nintendo Switch 2 have been really designed from the ground up, from scratch, and theyve been designed to have bigger movement and also smoother movement, Sasaki said. However, he didnt say anything about stick drifting being a potential issue again. Switch 2 producer Kouichi Kawamoto also spoke about the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller, emphasising that they have been made much quieter when compared to the previous iteration of the Pro Controller. Aside from the color, the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller may look indistinguishable from the previous controller at first glance, but it was also redesigned from scratch, said Kawamoto during the Q&A. In particular, the left and right control sticks are quieter and dont make noise, even when theyre moved quickly to the edge. Also, they glide very smoothly, so weve taken to calling them smooth-gliding sticks. Sasaki also spoke about the smooth-gliding sticks, talking about how there have been concerted efforts at Nintendo to design what could be considered the pinnacle of all controllers. Whether this ambition has played out in the way the company would hope, however, will only be seen once the console is out. As theyre calling them smooth-gliding sticks, we made efforts to reduce the feeling of bumping when you tilt them, said Sasaki. In fact, theres been a long-running project at Nintendo with the grand ambition of developing the pinnacle of all controllers, and weve been researching it hard for a long time now. While we dont yet know what kind of technology is being used for the Switch 2s analogue sticks, a patent application from back in 2023 indicates that we might be seeing a major upgrade in that regard. The patent described a technology that would make use of a magnetorheological fluid somehow. The patent also indicates that the viscosity of this fluid can be changed depending on how the player uses the joystick. This could be technology similar to what we see in third-party controller with Hall Effect joysticks, which make use of magnetic fields to detect the position of the analogue sticks. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be hitting stores on June 5. The console will be launched alongside quite a few games, including first-party title Mario Kart World. There will also be a console bundle that includes a copy of Mario Kart World, priced at $499.99, while the base console itself will be priced at $449.99. Tagged With: Atomfall Publisher:Rebellion Developments Developer:Rebellion Developments Platforms:PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, PCView MoreMonster Hunter Wilds Publisher:Capcom Developer:Capcom Platforms:PS5, Xbox Series X, PCView MoreSouth of Midnight Publisher:Microsoft Developer:Compulsion Games Platforms:Xbox Series X, PCView More Amazing Articles You Might Want To Check Out! Nintendo Switch 2 Engineers Reveal Details About Creating the Pinnacle of All Controllers The engineers that worked on the Nintendo Switch 2 spoke quite a bit about the new joysticks, while not mentio... Nintendo Switch 2 Features Support for Hardware Ray-Tracing, Nvidia DLSS According to Nintendo's engineers, it will be up to game developers to see whether they want to make use of th... Grand Theft Auto 5 is Coming Back to PC and Xbox Game Pass on April 15 PC Game Pass subscribers will have access to the base game as well as its Enhanced Edition so that they can pl... Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Gameplay Showcases Quality Mode, Boss Battle, and Mouse Controls on Switch 2 The opening of Retro Studios' first-person shooter has Samus and the Federation battling the Space Pirates to ... Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Gets New Behind-the-Scenes Video About Becoming Indy The video features a host of voice actors talking about their time working on the game, as well as the voice o... Nintendo Switch 2 Uses LCD Display Over OLED Because of Advancements in Technology Nintendo also pointed out that, despite featuring an OLED display, the Switch wasn't able to support HDR, unli... View More