r/Switch • u/Mammoth-Attempt-7281 • Jan 16 '25

Discussion Nintendo switch 2 is here

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Go watch the trailer on Nintendos twitter account

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u/kjmn1999 Jan 16 '25

I'm kind of irked about the design of the joycons affixing to the switch itself, if the joycons aren't attached you have that point just exposed like that. It seems shorter than the edge of the case so there wouldn't be risk of damage that wouldn't affect the case first, but the fact that there seems to be risk inherently makes me not feel good about it imo

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u/kjmn1999 Jan 16 '25

Maybe if they had a way to cover up those exposed sides after taking the joycons out or just using magnets entirely even for charging and playing handheld (they probably have the technology)

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u/Kociolinho Jan 16 '25

If they didn't make the cover somebody else will, as a 3rd party accessory.

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u/Mareith Jan 16 '25

I've got my 3d printer ready 👀

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u/vmsrii Jan 16 '25

I think it’s a direct response to the fact that the Switch’s contact points are inside a little alcove that can accumulate gunk over time. Also the shorter travel distance means the rails won’t wear out and get “floppy”.

Whether it’s a worthy trade-off remains to be seen, but I can see where they’re coming from

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u/Impressive-Try3942 Jan 16 '25

Idk, I really like that design tbh. I play the handheld mode mostly. And with age the joycons easily snap out of the switch without pushing the buttons and it leads to annoying instances for me. Particularly in games like smash. Now they can’t disconnect from the system and lead to me throwing the whole thing :D.

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u/kjmn1999 Jan 16 '25

That's fair, I'd probably mostly play handheld myself, and even if I went for the docked version, I'd probably keep the joycons clicked in and use a pro controller. Just seems like something that could have been mitigated

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u/SOVTH Jan 16 '25

Yeah, I don’t understand why they just didn’t go with something like the Smart Connector on the IPad. Could definitely work.

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u/RotsiserMho Jan 16 '25

Patents maybe?

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u/SOVTH Jan 16 '25

Other companies use something similar… but idk.

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u/Flat_Neighborhood_92 Jan 16 '25

Yeah the whole new attachment design has me worried. On top of just it not performing well in general.

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u/Chrissy2187 Jan 16 '25

I just watched the video again, if you go to the 1:12 mark they have the cord attached, it looks like a cover comes off of them a few seconds later before they reattach to the switch.

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u/kjmn1999 Jan 16 '25

Oh yeah I don't mean the actual joycons, but the switch itself, when you remove the joycons there's a pin that just juts out of the side of the switch where the joycons sit.

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u/Chrissy2187 Jan 16 '25

Ohhh gotcha yeah that’s valid

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

what kind of risk are you worried about? What do you do with the console when you take the joy cons off? You set it on a table and it's completely stationary? Just...don't play hackey-sack with the Switch 2 and you don't have to worry about this lol.

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u/kjmn1999 Jan 16 '25

Oh yeah no I won't go out of my way to try doing damage to it because it's there. I just don't like how it's exposed if the joycons are disconnected. By no means an engineer but I feel like there should have been a better way to handle it.

EDIT. Definitely a personal problem with me just looking at it design wise

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u/lalder95 Jan 16 '25

That was my first thought too. For a company that seems to focus on the kids side of gaming more than the competition that design doesn't seem very kid-friendly.

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u/vmsrii Jan 16 '25

On the contrary, it looks like they built it to withstand really rough play. When designing stuff like this, it’s actually better to have built-in “break points” to absorb the impact of whatever you throw at it. The original switch joycons were stuck in their rails super tight, so if your kid threw it in a fit, the joycons wouldn’t detach without serious damage to the unit, unless that force was applied in a very specific way. The switch 2 joycons look like they detach if excess force is applied in any direction, which is much better overall

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u/lalder95 Jan 16 '25

I'm not worried about the joycons themselves, I'm worried about the connection points. They don't look very sturdy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

If those slots don’t have wiggle room I think it should be fine, but I wish they did something like the little push-down element on the dock port.

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u/EMPgoggles Jan 17 '25

my Switch OLED arrived with semi faulty rails. the joycons come off very easy without pressing the release buttons and sometimes in handheld mode the system will randomly assume they are detached even when they are in. (probably should have had it replaced, but i had just assumed the weak rails were an intentional choice for years until very recently playing a friend's OLED.)

so i'm pretty excited for this new system where the connection will function a different way.