A buyer of the new Joy-Con in the colors of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward's Sword disassembled its new controllers, and would have discovered that Nintendo has integrated parts that could change the game regarding the “Joy-Con drift”.
Until now, Nintendo had been content to drag the dust under the rug by never openly acknowledging the problem, while offering the players concerned a free exchange or repair of their defective controllers. But there is nothing to jump to the ceiling here. Despite the enthusiasm that has been mounting since the "discovery" of the player on Twitter, these two pieces of foam have been there since the beginning.
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The Joy-Con drift solved by two foam strips?
On Twitter, a user by the name of Chicken Noodle Gamer said he disassembled his new Joy-Con and noticed that there were two foam strips around the joysticks. According to him, this addition would put an end to the problem of Joy-Con drifting, because "it is known that applying [additional] pressure to the back of the joystick stops drifting", he wrote in a tweet.
However, other tweeters have taken up the matter and reveal that these foam strips were already present... on Joy-Cons dated several years ago. And that, of course, didn't stop these controllers from being affected by the characteristic drift problem.
A user of the social network even published a photo of her Joy-Con dated from the release of the console (March 2017), and we actually notice that the right controller has these two black bands. However, it seems that not all Joy-Cons on the market are equipped with this famous foam.
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Joy-Con drift: thorn in the foot and deaf ears
In other words: move around, there is nothing to see. So we wonder if Nintendo will one day decide to tackle the problem head on. But judging by the latest announcements from the manufacturer, it is certainly not the Switch OLED, which is scheduled for release in October, which will change the situation. According to Big N, "the design and functionality of Joy-Con controllers does not change with the Nintendo Switch OLED".
Affecting both its classic Switch and the Switch Lite released in 2019, the Joy-Con drift strongly handicaps the comfort of play. Also many consumer associations around the world have come together to launch group actions against Nintendo. According to the latest news, no less than four lawsuits have been brought against the brand, including the one brought in Spain by UFC-Que Choisir.
The association has also posted a guide (PDF) online allowing everyone to claim a free repair of their Joy-Con if a drift problem has been observed.
