If there's one thing that the original Switch Joy-Cons were known for had nothing to do with any of its motion control capabilities, ability to turn into two separate controllers, or anything like that. The original Joy-Cons are perhaps best known for how prone they were to succumbing to stick drift.
The stick drift issue with the Switch Joy-Cons was so widespread that Nintendo faced several lawsuits over the issue.
Hopes that the Switch 2 would implement Hall effect modules for the Switch 2 Joy-Cons came to an abrupt halt today. Nintendo of America's Nate Bihldorff flat out said that they are not using Hall effect sticks on the Joy-Con 2 controllers.
This statement comes from a new interview between Nintendo Life and Bihldorff.
NL: 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?
Bihldorff: 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?
NL: Both!
Bihldorff: 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.
Bihldorff: 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?
NL: Both!
Bihldorff: 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.
A new "Ask the Developer" from Nintendo also briefly touched upon the fact that the new controllers would not use Hall effect modules. When discussing the new controllers, Nintendo producer Kouichi Kawamoto said the following:
In particular, the left and right control sticks are quieter and don’t make noise, even when they’re moved quickly to the edge. Also, they glide very smoothly, so we've taken to calling them “smooth-gliding sticks.
As they’re calling them "smooth-gliding sticks," we made efforts to reduce the feeling of bumping when you tilt them. In fact, there's been a long-running project at Nintendo with the grand ambition of developing the "pinnacle of all controllers," and we’ve been researching it hard for a long time now.
