{"id":824350,"date":"2025-12-08T19:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con"},"modified":"2025-12-08T19:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:03:42","slug":"nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\nSwitch 2<\/a> will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. <\/p>\n

\nCiting sources from accessory manufacturers, Spanish site Vandal<\/a> states that the Switch 2 Joy-Con will stick to the console itself magnetically, rather than use the fiddly rail system of the current Switch and Switch OLED.\n<\/p>\n

\nVandal previously reported correctly on various features of the Switch OLED before its unveiling, again based on information from accessory manufacturers, who are typically given early access to under-wraps hardware by console makers.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Switch 2 will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. Citing sources from accessory manufacturers, Spanish site Vandal states that the Switch 2 Joy-Con will stick to the console itself magnetically, rather than use the fiddly rail system of the current Switch and Switch OLED. Vandal previously reported correctly on various features of the Switch OLED before its unveiling, again based on information from accessory manufacturers, who are typically given early access to under-wraps hardware by console makers. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":824351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[13,5949],"class_list":["post-824350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-nintendo","tag-switch-2"],"yoast_head":"\nNintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Switch 2 will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. Citing sources from accessory\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Switch 2 will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. Citing sources from accessory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-08T19:03:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-08T19:03:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":96,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nintendo\",\"switch 2\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/\",\"name\":\"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-08T19:03:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Switch 2 will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. Citing sources from accessory\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility | Arcader News","description":"Switch 2 will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. Citing sources from accessory","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility | Arcader News","og_description":"Switch 2 will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. Citing sources from accessory","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-12-08T19:03:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility","datePublished":"2025-12-08T19:03:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/"},"wordCount":96,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg","keywords":["Nintendo","switch 2"],"articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/","name":"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-08T19:03:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Switch 2 will feature Joy-Con controllers that connect to the main console using magnets, a new report suggests. Citing sources from accessory","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-switch-2-report-details-magnetic-joy-con-pro-controller-compatibility\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nintendo Switch 2 report details magnetic Joy-Con, Pro Controller compatibility"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1419924,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824350\/revisions\/1419924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}