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Why is the wrist strap so damn hard to remove? It slides off effortlessly off the console itself and the Joy-Con Grip. Why are the straps so damn hard to remove, even after unlocking it?
You sure you didn't put it in upside down?Why is the wrist strap so damn hard to remove? It slides off effortlessly off the console itself and the Joy-Con Grip. Why are the straps so damn hard to remove, even after unlocking it?
You sure you didn't put it in upside down?
They're really bad and user unfriendly. Surprisingly so for a Nintendo product.
I found them hard to remove at first but they eventually get easier.Yup, it's on the correct way. It's just unnecessarily hard to remove. Makes me not want to use them.
If it's intentional I had to guess, it would be in order to make sure the wrist straps don't accidentally detach if you're playing and forget to press the lock tab.
Sounds like really poor design.
I still feel for that poor kid on launch day that put his on (backwards? seems they can go on the wrong way easily) and he made a youtube video asking how to get it off.
Hope you sorted it young one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb-srOfRqNc&t=4m46s
Sounds like really poor design.
I still feel for that poor kid on launch day that put his on (backwards? seems they can go on the wrong way easily) and he made a youtube video asking how to get it off.
Hope you sorted it young one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb-srOfRqNc&t=4m46s
I legit came watching that video for the first time. Both gets me off more than Nintendo's failure ... nothing.Oh goodie...it's that video again.
Well on its way to being Crowbcat's most popular upload. It's #2 after barely two weeks up there. Folks love to see Nintendo face plant I guess.
It isn't that well designed but I always feel like this is blown out of proportion, just apply a slight bit of force and it comes right off.
Not a great design for kids but it doesn't take much to get them to slide off.
loooool holy shit at the guy who cut himself trying to get it off
I legit came watching that video for the first time. Both gets me off more than Nintendo's failure ... nothing.
The popularity of that video has nothing to do with it being close to a new console launch, or its irrefutable design flaws.
It's because people despise Nintendo
I think he's joking..but I don't know..Uhhh... what?
I legit came watching that video for the first time. Both gets me off more than Nintendo's failure ... nothing.
This must be true, but I had no idea! I need to try this, I'm hoping they'll be easier to remove with more leverage and the full use of both my hands.To detach the Joy-Con straps it is not necessary to press the release button on the back of the Joy-Con controller.
Never had an issue with them. I think the primary reason it doesn't feel smooth for some is that typically when taking it off the console, you have more weight and leverage with the actual system. The mechanism works smoother in this scenario. The ACTUAL rails on the straps are basically exactly the same as the console with an extra lock so they don't slide off if you let go of the Joycon.
However, you lack the weight, bulk, and leverage to make the sliding feel just as smooth. Reality is, it works exactly the same. Thus, the easiest way to take them off is to use the joycon itself as the leverage instead of the strap.
So, basically hold the joycons somewhat firmly against your chest with one hand, then use the other to slide the strap off. It comes off nice and smooth, as the Joycon is being used as the anchor.
If you think about how you take the joycon's off the system, you're not pull the joycon one way while pulling the system the other. The system instead is like a standstill anchor point, and you just pull the joycon one way. Because of how small the strap is, it doesn't work as an anchor, so you have to reverse it. Becuase the Joycon itself is also not as hefty, you have to hold against something.
I know this seems combersome, but I've played many 1 2 Switch team battles where I had to rapidly put them on and take them off for various games and I have no issues doing that this way.
So think of it what you will, but it works. I don't know that it's a design flaw perse, it's just not clearly explained HOW the Joycons actually come off.
YOU MUST PUSH THE FUCKING BUTTON!
YOU MUST PUSH THE FUCKING BUTTON!