Nintendo Confirms Nintendo Switch 2 Analog Sticks Are Not Hall Effect Sticks

There has been lots of speculation on whether the analog sticks on Nintendo Switch 2’s Joy-Con are Hall Effect sticks.

Nintendo’s Nate Bihldorff has confirmed that, unfortunately, they are not Hall Effect sticks. They also mentioned that both the Joy-Con 2 and Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller have been “designed from the ground up”, and the Switch 2 Pro Controller is “one of the quietest controllers” ever.

Let’s jump off the sensitivity stuff then and talk about the stick of the Switch 2 Joy-Con because it feels so different to the original Switch’s analog stick. So is it a Hall Effect stick? Were you inspired by the Hall Effect stick?

Well, the Joy-Con 2’s controllers have been designed from the ground up. They’re not Hall Effect sticks, but they feel really good. Did you experience both the Joy-Con and the Pro Controller?

Both!

So, I like both, but that Pro Controller, for some reason the first time I grabbed it, I was like, “this feels like a GameCube controller.” I was a GameCube guy. Something about it felt so familiar, but the stick on that especially. I tried to spend a lot of time making sure that it was quiet. I don’t know if you tried really whacking the stick around but it really is [quiet]. I’m thinking back to my Smash Brothers days, where you just whack it. [The Switch 2 Pro Controller] is one of the quietest controllers I’ve ever played.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments.