Random: Nintendo's Latest Firmware Update For Switch Removed A Neat Effect

Wouldn't surprise me if that's a bug they overlooked.

Wait really? I hope it was a mistake that effect was so satisfying...

Why, Nintendo? Why?

Good job Nintendo, make the system even less charming than before.

Wait, what?

This has to be some kind of error, the Switch Lite wouldn't even have that "clicking" animation, since no Joycon.

Then again, I can only assume, I have no idea what other use this would have on anything other than the normal Switch.

I probably wouldn't have noticed without someone mentioning it to be honest. More often than not I remove the joycons or put them on while the Switch is turned off because I use the pro-controller while docked.

I think the idea that this is a bug makes sense, since the update was to resolve some kind of software issue relating to joycons.

Next week 9.0.2 fixing the fix?

I loved that effect . The hi viz yellow joycons are a huge part of my perceived identity

Never noticed it but then again I’ve never docked my Switch. Lol

Perhaps this is in anticipation of the 3 new colors of Joy-Con set to launch this Friday. Maybe they decided that they just can't keep adding every single color so they removed it. Hopefully they change their minds, but this is most certainly not a glitch. The new effect doesn't even look like the old one.

Yep, now there's a new gray animation, as @ALinkttPresent mentioned
Reading it I thought there was no click effect at all
Maaaybe that's a never-seen-before default no-color effect and it's a bug, but it's different, filled with gray instead of just being outlined

Nintendo: Disables neat Joy Con slide effect

Fans: Wait, no, bring it back.

Nintendo: What was that? You don’t want to be able to dock your Switch anymore? Coming right up!

Nooo give it back

I noticed this today and was confused. So weird! I'm sure it's just a mistake that will be fixed soon.

The colour effect causes drifting issues, that's why.

Preorder canceled.

@SSJ3Goku it had the animation on the regular switch

Could use one of these updates to add cool things like background themes, more profile pics, an internet browser, achievements, a real virtual console... Why do all that stuff that could benefit the consumer who pays for your product when you can take stuff away, even if it is something small like this? Just seems dumb but nothing shocks me with these giant corporations who especially these days are run by a bunch of no-fun allowed a-holes.

@Jedi_jem Yeah I know, I was wondering if the same animation's on the Switch Lite, I assume not since no Joycon.

@Corbs The effect is when you remove and reconnect either joycons from the Switch. Nothing to do with docking the unit.

I don't see it as a huge deal, really. Everything else is there and yeah, it was really neat. Looking at the official notes, I'm positive is because of the Lite. They're using the same updates on both systems to keep it simple, I think. However, the "CHH!" sound is still there. So.... bringing the colors back shouldn't be an issue. It's Nintendo. They should be able to figure it out. Light programing versus.. I'll call it "Pro" programming code, right? Open to any comments. I'm just throwing something out here. I do like the color accents though!

If you had a Switch Lite you probably wouldn't care about this feature anyways.

All my joycon are gray so had no clue 🙃

The truly important thing is when they add themes and/or folders.

I was iffy in my last comment but I agree with @retro_player_22 and @Tharsman and @Sabrewing.

@ALinkttPresent changing the color of the animation should be a color value if nintendo programmers are worth anything (they are) so i very much doubt its difficult to add new colors

@SSJ3Goku they’re not gonna run different software on the lite vs the regular. given that you can’t attach a joycon you’ll never know if the animation is there or not on the lite

@tekknik This sounds very pleasing.

I just hope Nintendo adds more charm to the Switch, like themes, and maybe even music. It feels just a touch too corporatized compared to older UI.

That's a shame. Was one of my favourite things about replacing drifting JoyCons!

@sanya_exe Lol. That was funny

This was really really nice and one of the many things I really loved when I first switched on my Switch. Hope it comes back. Fingers crossed!

I have disconnected the joy cons less then ten times and I never noticed. I like handheld mode.

@Gamer83 Implying Nintendo is run by no-fun a-holes is a bold but baseless statement. This isn't Microsoft, and it sure as hell isn't EA. They made a tiny change, which was possibly a bug introduced when they started patching issues on the new console, it's not like they added loot boxes to the home page.

It's all because of the lite, as you cant remove them you dont need it, so they will slowly get rid of these little things and STILL not give us folders or themes.

Oh no, there goes my reason for owning a Switch.

So sad. Will be missed.

Anyone else find their Joy-Con are not registering just recently? Like in the last week? Mine are just back from Nintendo UK, the drift is gone but in handheld mode I actually have to apply pressure when playing or my left one disconnects! The weird thing is, it’s happening to my sons as well, exact same problem same time?

Could be an oversight, also wouldn't be surprised if it's a case of "the Switch lite can't do it so neither can the original".

lol @ removing the joy con on the Switch lite. Incoming article/video from NL about whether those lite controllers are capable of bluetooth if they were hacked off?

I expect this is because they're probably trying to share all the code between Switch and Switch Lite and they tweaked this to work with both normal and Lite systems the same rather than bothering to make it adapt to whatever system the user has. Possibly it was a bit of hassle telling it not to do the effect when on Lite, but it seems a bit either lazy or dumb to not just get it working right on both imo.

I only have the grey JoyCons so I didn’t realise this was a thing at all. Oh well.

Oh well, I only play docked with a pro.

This makes me sad.

I agree with others on this thread: Nintendo, please sell us themes! I already spend a lot of money on this device, what is a little more for themes.

I really, really don't care. I'd much rather we actually had a use for the blue light under the home button.

What?! That was the last straw! I will never buy any Nintendo products again!

Nah, silliness aside, I really loved this feature. It's a small touch but strangely fun and charming. I do hope that it will make a comeback soon though it won't be a dealbreaker if it didn't, sad as it'd be.

@SegaBlueSky Home button light functionality will be added soon enough. From what I know the foundation is already there so the question is when games are going to be updated to implement new features utilising it (e. g. multiplayer invitations etc).

Doesn't really apply to me, I'd just be happy if my Switch detected my right joy con as being connected. Nintendo "fixed" it only for the same problem to happen. I never disconnect them as I only use them in handheld mode, that's why I was upset when the Switch lite was a thing rather than the pro, as I just want to buy a new Switch and be done with this one.

Adding a new Joy-Con color is not much more than adding a number and a line of code to the system update.
Should be no problem for a Nintendo programmer to invest half a minute to update it every time a new official Joy-Con color comes out.

@Gamer83

Their updates are basically anti-piracy and that's it.

There's so much missing from the Switch it's hard to take N seriously anymore.

Aww, I always liked that feature. They may have become tired or having to release a system update every time they release a new Joycon color, though. That would be understandable, but I always liked those nice little touches no other company would dream of.

It's not a big deal, but it's kind of annoying.

These two changes - removal of the Joycon instruction on Switch Lite and removal of the colour effect on Switch - might actually be related, so maybe it was in fact an accident that they removed the former.

This is one of those things I would have never noticed

@westman98 All I wanted was a traditional console with a standard controller, etc etc...

I liked the colors effects.

This seems like they were trying to fix the issue with the Switch Lite and accidentally messed up the Switch Reg firmware, or maybe there really isn't any dilleniation in the OS that allows the firmware to use one feature for the Switch Reg and one for the Lite, other than no docked mode gameplay? I did notice this cool little feature from day one, but honestly... it isn't all that needed.

Would be fine if they added folders...

Next update will remove Eshop & home button

There's literally no point in owning one anymore.

I noticed it this morning when reattaching the Joy-Con to the console (I always detach the Joy-Con when charging the console unless the Joy-Con specifically need to be charged as well).

It makes no sense whatsoever. Why remove it?! It was such a nice little touch. And the console is able to identify the colours based on the colour code within the Joy-Con itself (hence why some games are able to emulate the colour of the Joy-Con when they are depicted on-screen, including colours that were not available at the time of the release of the game).

Speaking of bugs (and this is off-topic), there is an usual bug that was introduced in the latest patch for DOOM I and DOOM II. The Spider Mastermind now emits the Hell Knight's death cry when killed (it gets weirder as this bug also affects DOOM I, where the Hell Knight didn't even exist yet, nor was its cry in the original WAD file, which raises some questions about the existence of extraneous data in the code of these console ports) and likewise, the Arachnotron emits the Pain Elemental's death cry. At first I thought it was just a once-off anomaly but it happens every time.

It's also ironic that this bug affects the two monsters that are based on bugs.

I'm not sure if the most recent patch has introduced any additional bugs, however (be they sound-related or otherwise).

Perhaps there are now so many colors in production, they don't want to make sure each and every joycon arrive to stores with a preset color signature matching its shell.

At least, that would be one way to economize on QA.

Never knew that was a thing since I only own grey Joycons. I bet millions of others dont either and that's why they removed it.

@ALinkttPresent They don't have to program any new colors; anything that represents the color of a joycon (controllers menu, the slide-in effect, the 3D joycons in the Labo instructions, etc) just reads the color code in the joycon and uses that. If you have Bluetooth on your computer, you can connect your joycons and use a program to change their internal color to any RGB value you want and games will use it. I changed mine to purple before purple was released and they showed up purple everywhere.