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New Nintendo Switch accessory might confirm some leaked details about Switch 2

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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨theangriestbird@beehaw.org⁩ to ⁨gaming@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/24201770/joy-con-charging-stand-switch-2

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  • savvywolf@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Could have just gone through some planning hell and was originally intended to be released a few years ago.

    As an aside: Magnets to attach the joycons seem miserable.

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    • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      As an aside: Magnets to attach the joycons seem miserable.

      How so? It doesn’t sound revolutionary, but it does at least sound like an improvement over the current plastic rails system?

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      • savvywolf@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I guess I don’t have much faith in the ability for magnets to stick well enough to the console.

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      • averyminya@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It would be too bad to lose the backwards compatibility for all those special edition Joycons. Not that I expect them to, though it would be within Nintendo’s track record.

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  • SteposVenzny@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    New peripherals coming out late in a system’s life isn’t unusual.

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    • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      New first-party peripherals, with less than a year left on the console in question? Idk, the only other one that comes to mind is PS4 back button attachment, and that was also puzzling, then and still.

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      • SteposVenzny@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I went to look for examples and didn’t find as many as I expected. It’s not unheard of but you’re right, it’s notably uncommon.

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