SL and SR button failure can render a Joy-Con unusable. Remapping the SL and SR buttons can save an otherwise functional Joy-Con. The fix isn't ideal, but it's good enough to save buying a replacement ...

Tears of the Kingdom FOMO got me. I rarely rush out to buy — or these days, download at midnight — a game on release day. It's not that I don't like The Legend of Zelda or anything. I just don't enjoy ...

Since its release in 2017, the Nintendo Switch is one of the most popular consoles of the last few generations. Thanks to a combination of accessibility and portability, casual and hardcore gamers ...

We show you how to fix one of the most annoying problems to afflict the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite -- even Nintendo knows it's an issue. As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering ...

There are a few ways to fix Joy-Con drift on your Nintendo Switch without sending them in for repairs. Joy-Con drift is an issue where the Joy-Con's control stick thinks it's moving, even when it's ...

A Nintendo Switch repair center shares how the rising Joy-Con drift fix demand is affecting the performance of their staff. An employee walks past a logo of Japan's Nintendo Co. at a Nintendo store in ...

Joy-Con drift is an issue where your thumbstick will move without you touching it. The physical stick won’t move, but the Switch will pick up an input. Even the most minor drifting issues are ...

Are you a Nintendo Switch owner? If you are, consider yourself lucky if you've never run into controller drift on your Joy-Cons because that is an extremely annoying problem that a lot of Switch ...

This portion of the Nintendo Switch IGN wiki explains what Joy-Con Drift is and how you can attempt to fix any Joy-Con Drift issue as quick and easy as possible. Note that often the best course of ...