Joy-Con
Sign in to saveJoy-Con are the primary game controllers for the Nintendo Switch, a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo. A set of Joy-Con consists of two individual units, each containing an analog stick and an array of buttons. They can be used while attached to the main Nintendo Switch console unit, or detached and used wirelessly. When detached, the pair can be used by a single player, or each Joy-Con can serve as an individual controller. A successor, the Joy-Con 2, serve as the primary controllers for the Nintendo Switch 2.
Key facts
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- Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con 2 Blue and Orange.jpg
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- A set of detached Grey Joy-Con used with the original Nintendo Switch
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- Nintendo TDD
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- Nintendo
- Information appliance.type
- Motion controllers
- Information appliance.generation
- Eighth/ninth
- Information appliance.release_date
- March 3, 2017
- Information appliance.lifespan
- 2017–present
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- Internal , , lithium-ion polymer battery
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- Joy-Con L: Joy-Con R:
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- Joy-Con 2
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- Joy-Con 2
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- Joy-Con
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Wikidata facts
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- Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Controllers.png
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- publication date
- 2017-03-03
- inception
- 2016-10-20
- Commons category
- Joy-Con controllers
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Design
- Colors and variations
- Features
- Joy-Con 2
- Colors
- Reception
- Technical problems
- Joy-Con drift
- Legal issues
- Patent challenge
- Joy-Con drift lawsuits
- Footnotes
- References
Joy-Con are the primary game controllers for the Nintendo Switch, a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo. A set of Joy-Con consists of two individual units, each containing an analog stick and an array of buttons. They can be used while attached to the main Nintendo Switch console unit, or detached and used wirelessly. When detached, the pair can be used by a single player, or each Joy-Con can serve as an individual controller. A successor, the Joy-Con 2, serve as the primary controllers for the Nintendo Switch 2.
== Design == thumb|left|Illustration of left and right Joy-Con controllers, in neon blue (L) and neon red (R)|222x222px