Nintendo has introduced an official Joy-Con charging stand for the Nintendo Switch, which arrives seven-and-a half years after the console launched.
The Joy-Con Charging Stand (Two-Way) was introduced on X/Twitter, under, and allows you to cost two Joy-Cons on the similar time with out the necessity to connect them to the Switch itself.
Nintendo mentioned the charging stand is really useful for these need to cost Joy-Cons that aren’t in use once you’re enjoying in moveable mode.
The charger is out there October 17, 2024, and can also be appropriate with the Switch’s Nintendo Entertainment System controllers. It works by attaching Joy-Cons to both facet just like the grip accent with out the, effectively, grip, with a USB-C cable plugging into the highest to cost the controllers.
Charge your #NintendoSwitch Joy-Con controllers and Nintendo Entertainment System controllers with the Joy-Con Charging Stand (Two-Way) accent, accessible October seventeenth. pic.twitter.com/ayNdvHTppL
— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) July 18, 2024
“Charge your Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers and Nintendo Entertainment System controllers with the Joy-Con Charging Stand (Two-Way) accent, accessible October 17,” Nintendo mentioned. No worth was introduced.
The reveal comes just a few days after the Switch grew to become the longest operating Nintendo residence console with out being changed. The NES held the earlier file at 2,868 days, whereas the Switch has now been accessible for two,694.
That file will develop, after all, because the Switch successor continues to be some time away. This is evidenced by the myriad titles coming to Switch within the subsequent yr, together with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and extra.
Nintendo may announce a few of these as twin Switch and, for lack of an official identify, Switch 2 titles, after all, simply because it did with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the present console and Wii U, however it has already indicated the subsequent technology {hardware} will not arrive till April 2025 on the earliest.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
