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Screen Rant on MSNNext Week’s Pokémon Event Could Change My Mind On Switch 2 With Just One AnnouncementA new Pokémon Presents is coming July 22nd, 2025, but with so much of Pokémon Legends: Z-A already revealed, could TPCi have something else in store?
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Nintendo Switch 2 vs. Switch 1: Every Detail Compared - MSNSwitch 2: The new Switch 2 is bigger in every way, but it has the same overall shape and layout as the original. The new Joy-Cons will indeed be held in place on the console magnetically, and ...
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The Switch 2 has a bigger screen and bigger Joy-Cons (though, remarkably, it's still as skinny as the original Switch). It narrows the performance gap with its console competitors.
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One big new thing is that the Joy-Cons have a mode where they double as computer mice. I don't know if you can literally use one on a PC, but the primary experience I had with them was very PC-like.
Another big new feature of the Switch 2 Joy-Cons is that they can work like a mouse with select games. When they’re detached, you hold them, connection rail down, on a surface like a coffee table.
However, while Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons aren’t relying on anti-drift Hall effect sensors, it has yet to confirm exactly what technology is in use.
During a Q&A with several of Nintendo's senior hardware development staff, the panel was asked if the new Joy-Con and Pro controllers for the Switch 2 have solved the stick drift-problem.
Fortnite OG Fortnite OG Zero Build While mouse controls won’t work if you’re using the original Joy-Cons, you can use Nintendo Switch controllers to play Fortnite on the Switch 2.
Engadget has asked Nintendo why the company opted not to use Hall effect tech in the Joy-Con 2. We've also asked whether the Switch 2 Pro Controller foregoes Hall effect sensors as well.
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