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We’ve already seen inside the Switch 2 and the new Joy-Cons, but YouTube’s VK’s Channel has completely disassembled the Switch 2 Pro Controller and it’s more bad news.

The only gamepad that can wake the new console is Nintendo’s own upgraded Pro controller — even the original Switch’s Pro controller can’t. But that could soon change as GuliKit, which previously noted that the Switch 2 “uses a new system protocol,” now says it’s figured out how to get its third-party controllers to wake the handheld.

Until transparent replacement shells for the Nintendo Switch 2 hit the market, Dbrand’s new Teardown skin is the easiest way to peek inside the handheld console without actually tearing it down yourself.

Nintendo has just pushed the big Splatoon 3 update for the Switch 2. The company also noted that it has also made some improvements / changes to how the game runs on the original Switch in order to “reduce differences in game operation speed as much as possible” when compared with the new console.

Teardowns have confirmed that the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons are using the same joystick technology as the originals, which could potentially lead to issues with drift over time. GuliKit, the company that released Hall effect upgrade kits for the original Joy-Cons two years ago, said on X that it’s already “working hard on the magnetic joystick replacement.” But it hasn’t confirmed if the replacements will use Hall effect technology, or the newer TMR joystick tech.