Nintendo Switch

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From these humble beginnings, Pokémon captured the hearts and minds of millions that wanted to “catch ‘em all”. However, catching every single Pokémon — 800+ if you don’t include hundreds of variations — has become an incredibly monumental task. Fortunately, The Pokémon Company hopes to lower the difficultly with the release of Pokémon HOME.

The issue, consumers argue, is that the $80 Joy-Con controller is defective. More specifically, the left thumb-stick has a tendency to, over time, stop working effectively. The affected thumb-sticks will randomly input commands into the Switch, seemingly operating with a mind of their own, without any physical input from the user. This “drift” is as annoying as it is common and consumers were justifiable upset.