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 ...

If you are like me and prefer gamepads over keyboard and mouse when playing games, you have probably encountered the analog stick drift issue at some point in your life. Unfortunately, this error, ...

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 ...

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 G8 Plus is equipped with Hall Effect sticks that feel smooth and precise. Hall Effect sensors are considered "anti-drift, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

iFixit has taken a Nintendo Switch Lite apart and discovered the ways it differs from its non-Lite siblings. If you're wondering whether the gaming giant made changes to prevent drifting, which is a ...

Dennis Publishing's annual Golden Joysticks award ceremony saw Nintendo storm home with five statuettes for its shelves, with public voting for the awards this year topping 88,000 registered votes. As ...