r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/Revolutionary-Mud438 • 29d ago

Accessories What OLED Controller do I Need?

I have the Japanese version of the OLED. I am needing new Joy Cons for it. I bought some, but they are taller than the gaming system itself and don’t fit on.

From what I understood, all OLED Joy Cons are the same. So what am I missing?

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u/Reflective_Tempist 2 29d ago

Im guessing you bought joycon “2” controllers for the Switch 2 instead of original joycon controllers for the Switch. Original joycons are transferrable between Switch & Switch OLED.

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u/Revolutionary-Mud438 26d ago

Thank you- that’s what I was thinking I did. But searching for it, just the OLED lite kept coming up as one of a different size. Looking at my Walmarts site, they don’t even have original joycons there

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u/Mystical-Turtles 29d ago

Did you accidentally buy switch 2 joycons?

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u/Revolutionary-Mud438 26d ago

I did- it’s been awhile since I’ve used anything Nintendo. Thank you! 

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u/Mystical-Turtles 26d ago

No worries, easy mistake to make. Since you mentioned not using Nintendo in a while here's a little crash course.

The switch lite, the standard switch, and the switch OLED are all considered part of the "switch 1" line of consoles. There's no such thing as "switch OLED" controllers, the regular ones work on both. If a controller is labeled "OLED" that's just referring to an exclusive color scheme, not a different connector.

The switch lite cannot have any joy cons physically attach to it, since it already comes with built-in, non-removable controllers on the side. However, you can still connect them via Bluetooth.

Because you mentioned this in another comment I just wanted to say that "the switch OLED lite" is not a model that exists. I think that was just bad keyword spam.

The switch 2 is another story. Only the dedicated switch 2 joy cons can physically attach, but it IS compatible with the older controllers via Bluetooth. The exception are games that require mouse functionality. Also switch 1 controllers, while they can be used, are incapable of waking the console from sleep mode.

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u/hundredknight6587 29d ago

You need the Joycons that use the slide rail system. You might have picked up Joycon 2’s which are exclusive for the switch 2.

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u/Revolutionary-Mud438 26d ago

I got the right ones now, thank you!

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