I'm going to go ahead and GUESS that they snap onto the sides of the system with magnets, then slide down into rails with the connector, lock and additional support.
I feel like Vandal's article is basically saying the same thing too? From machine-translation to English:
They didn't corroborate it, this article is entirely just saying "there is a report by Vandal that says this." Can you edit this post?
Yeah I’m aware, just noting that Eurogamer is affirming the release timing + delay from their own sources, not just posting what Vandal said
Madman. Spill the beans!
Ah gotcha.
But this is obviously not something accessory manufacturers would have any idea about, which reinforces to me how much of this outlet's reporting is based on prior speculation and rumors, even when they present it as sourced info, which you can also see in the OLED report linked earlier (not to mention the entire section in this one where they just uncritically rattle off links to other unverified rumors in a news roundup format).
As I shared earlier, assuming magnets thing is true, I'm skeptical magnets are the only thing keeping the controllers attached. Who's to say the magnetic parts is not only one part of the attaching setup - maybe there's still a rails, guideline, or something to keep controller locked in place?
Nintendo can do whatever the hell they want, but there aren't massive changes to battery tech, and the physics of heat haven't changed either.
On the topic of other rumours being brought up, that's specifically on Vandal's radio which is based on the original source for the latest rumours: the most recent episode of the Vandal Radio podcast, which is available here - https://vandalradio.podbean.com/e/v...va-sobre-switch-2-stellar-blade-topspin-2k25/
I mean, yeah, I'm sure it would be impossible for the magnet to support the entire weight of the console perpendicularly to its holding force, without it using a hazardously strong magnet. Some part of the Joy-con would have to nest inside the console body, like it does today. But I imagine the point of using a magnet in the first place is that you don't have to line up any attachments points, the magnet should guide them together, and you don't need any latches or release buttons. So in that context is how I'm wondering what combination of simplicity and safety exists for Nintendo to make such an attachment.
Good news, they brought it back with the M1 MacBook Pros and M2 MacBook Airs.
Just chiming in that this a fairly standard practice in the tech industry & only seems weird since it is rarely reported on.
Another note is that this is in Spain, where the switch has grown quite significantly in popularity.
I've heard of this being done before, but I don't recall a time in the past when reports stated Nintendo did the same thing. Or... it just wasn't news-worthy enough to report. Switch is in it's 8th year and Nintendo hasn't said a single thing about the successor, so any little news is food to feast upon.
I assume the black box is paired with CAD specs that provide enough info for the accessory maker to actually make something that fits the device.
Magsafe is back, baby. My Macbook Air has it. It's the best.
That was kind of the reason why I went on a mini-rabbit hole of discovery. We at least have an instance of Nintendo hiding stuff before the final release of a system using a box. Granted both use cases were different, one was used privately in a company while the other was at an event, and the example I brought up was a 90s game controller prototype that was brought up a long time after the fact, but like... again, you're right. Scraps are steaks to us. What desperation does to a man.
I brought this up earlier this page, yeah they did it for an N64 Prototype for LucasArts:
That would make perfect sense considering how unique and different the controller was.
POV: You walk into the meeting to see Miyamoto sitting like this
Is there any other rumours about magnets floating around?
The Rails do wear out, yes, I'm actually procrastinating on getting mine fixed, and that's on OLED Model, so it's not even been three years yet. Magnets sound like a good idea to me, not on their own, but in addition to rails. It means three things:
The report says it uses magnets instead of a rail. I'm not buying the report as factual at present, but indeed it seems to me there'd be no point in using magnets if the attachment was fundamentally similar to the current rail, and even if there was some auxiliary magnet added to tweak the experience, that would be a pretty irrelevant internal detail that wouldn't make its way into this kind of reporting (if the reporting was true).
Maybe he was right, but we couldn’t see it
Aside from "because nintendo".Of course Nintendo would do things backwards, it is you can look but not touch Nintendo, not you can touch but not look
One slightly eventful thing after around 3 months of dead silence, not really surprising that people got excited over something that could potential or might not actually "something".
Same way backwards compatibility with controllers on Wii, I imagine, games can pick and choose their compatible controllers, but with a mandate of the pack-in controllers being compatible.
