Nintendo needs to fix this one problem before I can buy the Switch

I’m watching you. You’re together. Having so much fun. And I’m over here, alone, and jealous. Like in that Sting song.

I’m talking, of course, about the Nintendo Switch. Every glowing word has me more and more psyched for The Legend of Zelda, and the short play sessions I’ve had with it have been encouraging. Snipperclips is as much fun as I’d hoped. Mario Odyssey looks like fun even though the whole New Donk City thing weirds me out. I want a Nintendo Switch more than perhaps any Nintendo system since the SNES, and it pains me – because it pains me.

While the left Joy-Con controller is quite comfortable to hold for the most part, the right Joy-Con left me, after 10 minutes, with a cramped hand that stayed sore for hours. Neither of those times as exaggerations. It’s all about the thumb stick.

In terms of quality and feel, the sticks themselves are fine. I don’t think they’re the best analog sticks in gaming, but they get the job done. It’s the position, where they sit on the controller. To make sure that each player gets the same controller when the Joy-Con controllers are split off into two-player mode, the left and right Joy-Con controllers have a flipped configuration that has established the Switch console’s look and logo.

Reaching that stick, though, ranges from inconvenient to painful depending on the situation and how long I’ve been playing.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/04/09/nintendo-switch-tiny-controller/