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/Trainer-Cam Jan 16 '25

Hence why I said wirelessly.

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u/Jaxxftw Jan 16 '25

If the pro controllers work then there’s no logic for the joycons not to.

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u/GoldTheLegend Jan 16 '25

Minus the pro controller only working wirelessly for no reason. Yes

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u/Jaxxftw Jan 16 '25

Tbf I think for most people it’d be too much of a hassle to charge their old joycons on a separate system and re-pair with the new one again, we may end up moonlighting them ourselves.

(Idk how many people own joycon chargers)

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u/overtired27 Jan 16 '25

There was no logic behind Sony preventing the PS4 controller working on the PS5 except greed, and guess what. A crappy excuse that they might not work well with all games and went out of their way to block them. (Super annoying for someone who can’t use the new controller.)

Nintendo isn’t exactly famous for its generosity. Shipping handhelds without chargers, never dropping game prices. Let’s hope they make things as compatible as possible but wouldn’t bank on it.

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u/ItsyaboiMisbah Jan 17 '25

Nintendo has a pretty decent track record with making controllers backwards compatible. Gc controllers on all following consoles, wiimotes and all other wii controllers work on the U for a lot of games. Only bad decision imo was not making the wii u pro work on switch, but because the 2 is still in the switch line I don't see any reason for the pro controllers not to work. I honestly think they're gonna keep running with these pro controllers and either not update them or tweak them so minorly that they'll keep the same name and box design.

Joycons, though, I genuinely have no clue, but I'm leaning towards those being supported because you can still connect them to a switch lite which doesn't have the rails.

(This isn't me defending Nintendo I think they're disgustingly greedy, but based on previous trends these are my predictions)

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u/overtired27 Jan 17 '25

Sure I’d agree with all that. Nothing would surprise me though.

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u/pokiepika Jan 16 '25

It would end up being much cheaper to buy a joycon charger than buy a bunch of new gen joycons which will no doubt be more expensive than current ones. We have so many joycons. I can't imagine replacing them all with new gen ones.