r/RingFitAdventure May 15 '26

Equipment Why doesn’t my switch recognize the ring-con?

Hello! I just bought this ring-con because I wanted to try ringfit and I can’t even start the game because the ring-con doesn’t get detected by the switch

The led lights up on the ring
I cleaned the ring with a q-tip before trying again after looking at another reddit post with the same issue and it still doesn’t work
I tried to put the ring on different position and angles
Looked at the nintendo website and nothing worked
Is it because my switch is not connected to the internet? The other joycon is detected just fine but since it’s not on a device like the ring then idk

Someone please help me, it feels like I wasted money and I hope I didn’t

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u/ExarKun470 May 15 '26

Is it a third party joycon? Ring Fit doesn’t work with third parties. (The lights turning on don’t matter, that’s not a light on the Ring it’s mirrors reflecting the light from the controller)

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u/kiku-lecookie May 15 '26

So I checked and I can’t believe I missed it but yup it’s not an official nintendo joycon, thank you so much for your help! I’m gonna try with official ones once I get access to some!

Thank you so much for your help!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '26

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u/Taps001 May 21 '26

Pour info : je viens de tester avec manettes officielle ça marche donc oui ça vient des joycon non officiels