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Nintendo Claims It Has Fixed Stick Drift And The Crappy eShop On Switch 2
3.4.2025
Nintendo claims that it has built better, nicer controllers to help avoid stick drift on the Switch 2, and that it’s made the new console’s eShop snappier and easier to use. But the company’s answers haven’t fully convinced me that we shouldn’t be worried as we approach the Switch 2's launch...
Nintendo Patent Confirms Switch 2 Joy-Con's Most Innovative Feature
6.2.2025
Fans have been speculating about PC gaming mouse-like functionality for the Switch 2 ever since optical sensors appeared in leaks last month. Nintendo then teased the feature in the new Switch’s reveal trailer shortly after. Now the potential game-changer has been all but officially announced...
A Closer Look At One Of The Nintendo Switch 2's Newest Features, Teased Back In 2017
22.1.2025
The Switch 2 might not be a radical reinvention of what came before, but Nintendo’s new hardware does sport some unique quirks, distinguishing it from the original handheld hybrid that arrived back in 2017. One of these features is the bigger Joy-Con controllers which now connect to the screen...
The Internet Reacts To The Nintendo Switch 2
16.1.2025
If you missed it, Nintendo finally unveiled the Switch 2 this morning. It looks pretty much exactly like what the leaks said it would. It’s a bigger, presumably more powerful version of the beloved console/handheld hybrid that has magnetic Joy-Cons and can play your old Switch games, too. That...
13 Glimpses Of What's Different With The Nintendo Switch 2
16.1.2025
After years of waiting and months of leaks, Nintendo has shared the first official preview of what the Switch 2 actually looks like. The handheld hybrid hardware is more of an iterative upgrade on the existing console than perhaps any new device the company’s ever released. Even the launch game...
Nintendo Stays Completely Silent Amid Flood Of Switch 2 Leaks At GameStop And CES 2025
9.1.2025
Nintendo’s ongoing refusal to announce the Switch 2 has reached the point of being downright absurd. As leaks continue apace, we’re piecing together the unacknowledged console like a jigsaw puzzle, rapidly leaving Nintendo with nothing else to say but, “Yup, that.” The latest pieces come from...
Our Hopes And Predictions For Nintendo’s Switch 2 Reveal
20.9.2024
If you listen closely, it feels like you can hear the jingle of plastic and metal for Nintendo’s next console as its manufactured and assembled in faraway factories. You can almost sense its launch lineup coming into focus as the company’s developers prepare to put their finishing touches...
Nintendo Announces Joy-Con Charging Dock Ahead Of Switch 2
18.7.2024
At the end of its life, the Switch is still getting new accessories. Nintendo announced the handheld hybrid console will get a dedicated charging station for Joy-Con controllers in the fall. The timing is so strange it feels like it might have something to do with the Switch 2. Read more
New Nintendo Controller Patent Shows Possible Joy-Con Drift Fix
11.9.2023
A patent for a new Nintendo controller, published by the United States Patent Office on September 7, indicates the Super Mario developer is at least considering how to permanently shake its Joy-Con drift issue. Joy-Con drift, a phenomenon in which your Switch responds to phantom Joy-Con movement...
Microsoft Is Finally Done Making Kinect (For Real This Time)
22.8.2023
It finally happened. Microsoft has fully ended production of Kinect hardware. And no, you didn’t stumble upon an article from 2014. Yes, it’s 2023 and Microsoft, in case you didn’t know, has been still trying to make Kinect work, just not in the gaming space. Well, today Microsoft has thrown in...
Microsoft Is Finally Done Making Kinect (For Real This Time)
22.8.2023
It finally happened. Microsoft has fully ended production of Kinect hardware. And no, you didn’t stumble upon an article from 2014. Yes, it’s 2023 and Microsoft, in case you didn’t know, has been still trying to make Kinect work, just not in the gaming space. Well, today Microsoft has thrown in...
Joy-Con Sticks For Your Nintendo Switch Drift Headache Are On Sale
11.7.2023
This Amazon Prime Day deal on replacement Nintendo Switch Joy-Con thumbsticks promises to make your anxiety over drifting controllers a thing of the past. All you need is a little technical know-how and the ability to follow instructions. Read more
Report: Microsoft Kinect Creator Resigns After Being Accused Of Watching ‘VR Porn’ At Work
9.6.2022
Alex Kipman, a longtime Microsoft executive, is leaving the company after 21 years due to numerous misconduct allegations, Insider reports. The accusations include inappropriately touching female employees and watching what one witness described as “VR porn” at work.Read more
Nintendo Switch Sports Fans Are Accidentally Smashing TVs Again
2.5.2022
It’s like we’re back in the 2000s. Cropped cardigans are making a comeback, Biden is still in the White House, and Nintendo dropped a Wii Sports sequel in the form of Switch Sports. The nostalgia is so uncanny that players of Nintendo’s quirky sports simulator are once again flinging controllers...
Nintendo Switch Sports Is Solid Fun That Will Ruin Your Friendships
29.4.2022
Here’s how I know Nintendo Switch Sports is a good party game: I now hate my friends.Read more
Wii Sports Is Getting A Sequel On The Nintendo Switch
9.2.2022
Nintendo just announced what’s basically a sequel to the classic Wii Sports, only this time for the Nintendo Switch. And this time it’s called...Nintendo Switch Sports.Read more
Early Wiimote Designs Uncovered In Leaked Nintendo Emails
20.7.2021
It’s been quite some time since we’ve heard anything about the so-called “Gigaleak,” a treasure trove of internal Nintendo data that proliferated online in 2020, but that changed today with the release of a new batch of leaked files. Anyone interested in Nintendo Wii Remote prototypes?Read more
Nintendo Switch Fans Say They're Fixing Joy-Con Drift With Tiny Cardboard
16.7.2021
Earlier this week, a video by YouTuber VK’s Channel purported to finally have the fix for the pernicious Joy-Con drift plaguing countless Nintendo Switch fans. It is the latest in a wide-ranging number of home remedies attempted by desperate people who don’t want to see 70-80 dollars go down...
How To Change Your Switch's On-Screen Joy-Con Colors
28.6.2021
For years, Switch users have changed the color scheme of their Switch Joy-Con controllers through the use of wraps and custom paint jobs. Less common: Changing a Joy-Con’s color virtually.Read more
So Help Me, I Like The Fortnite Joy-Cons
16.3.2021
Let’s get this out of the way, I don’t like Fortnite. But I am seriously considering these new Fortnite Joy-Cons, because good Lord, those colours are wonderful.Read more