Besides being known for its iconic characters and some of the best video game consoles ever made, Nintendo also has a reputation for putting out some of the weirdest products and peripherals the ...

A newly surfaced patent for a joystick design might finally resolve Joy-Con drift. The patent, which includes several drawings and an abstract description, sheds light on a revised Joy-Con thumbstick ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

Joy-con drift soon to hit the new Nintendo Switch iteration? When it comes to the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo made quite a massive splash online. Fans were eager to get a video game console that was ...

This might be the gimmick for Nintendo’s next console. Nintendo has allegedly filed a new patent for their own hall effect joysticks. One of the big criticisms that Nintendo’s very successful Switch ...

Nintendo fans were hoping that the Nintendo Switch 2 would fix one of the most annoying things about the original Switch: the Joy-Con drift issue. Unfortunately, even though the Switch 2 hasn’t been ...

The Nintendo Switch has revolutionized gaming with its hybrid console design, but like any electronic device, it can develop issues over time.

Hand a modern controller to someone who hasn’t gamed since the days of the original Atari console and they’ll be immediately overwhelmed by its complexity. In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, controllers ...

The 24th annual Golden Joystick Awards ceremony was held at the Park Lane Hilton hotel in London this afternoon. Fifteen of the 16 awards are voted for by the gaming public, choosing from a ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Nintendo's fifth generation version of its wildly popular Nintendo DS hardware, the Nintendo 3DS, comes with more than just the power to display 3D ...

You have crowned Animal Crossing: New Horizons as this year's winner of the Nintendo Game of Year at the Golden Joystick Awards Nintendo has had a very strong year, with a host of incredible games ...