This article was originally written for TheNintendoVillage.com, a website I founded and ran from 2018 to 2021.

Back in July 2019 a class-action lawsuit was filed, suing Nintendo over faulty Joy-Con controllers - the infamous Joy-Con drift.

The issue caused sticks to register an input when one wasn’t actually being committed, making game nigh-on unplayable in some cases. This was echoed in the suit, which alleges Nintendo were aware of the defect and thus in breach of “warranty, fraud, and violations of numerous state consumer protection statutes.”

The case has now been brought before a judge, and while he agreed with Nintendo that it could be settled through arbitration, US District Judge Thomas S. Zilly also threw out Nintendo’s motion to dismiss the case entirely.

The lawsuit includes Joy-Con purchased separately from a Switch itself, and was also amended in September to include the newly-released Switch Lite.

It’s an interesting development in the case, and we’ll keep you posted as to any outcome of the arbitration proceedings. Let us know if you’ve struggled with drift down in the comments.

Source: Video Game Chronicles