Switch 2 Magnetic Joy-Cons Were Originally Considered For The Switch 1

Earlier this month, Nintendo officially revealed the Switch 2 ,which features a new type of Joy-con which attaches to the console magnetically.

Former Nintendo Minute hosts Kit & Krysta have now revealed that this idea was originally considered for the first Switch console. During a 2017 interview they did with Nintendo’s Yoshiaki Koizumi, the Switch’s general producer revealed that they were considering using magnets to attach the Joy-cons to the Switch before settling on the familiar rail system. According to Koizumi, the magnets back then were not strong enough to keep the Joy-cons attached, and they would fall off if players were not careful.

“We tried a lot of different things in terms of connecting the Joy-Con to the console and one that I was particularly excited about at the time was using magnets, which was like snap it right to the console, but as you would play sometimes it would just fall into your lap, but because we still wanted to have something that was sturdy enough for you to hold on to the console but also gave you that kind of satisfying snap that the magnets did, that’s how we came up with the mechanical rails that give you a click.”

Hopefully, Nintendo has managed to iron out these kinks with the Switch’s successor console. We will soon find out when it launches later this year.

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