10 Things You Didn't Know Your Nintendo Switch Could Do

7. Quickly Find Your Missing Joy-Cons

Nintendo Switch Joy Con
Nintendo

The detachable nature and small size of the Switch's two Joy-Con controllers makes them very easy to misplace.

When the laziness kicks in after a late-night Splatoon 2 session, we're all guilty of just leaving our Joy-Cons on the couch where they can slip down the back. Or, if your cat/dog/other hairy beast is in a notably mischievous mood, they might run off with one, leaving you sad, confused, and missing an important peripheral.

Should you find yourself in either of these situations, there's a simple solution you can make use of. Just head into the "Controllers" page from the Switch's home menu, and hit the "Find Controllers" option.

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Nintendo

From here, select the Joy-Con you have lost, press L or R on the other Joy-Con, and the missing Joy-Con will vibrate - if it's within range of the console.

Lost both Joy-Cons? You're screwed. Also, how?!

It's much easier to lose the grey-coloured Joy-Cons than the more colourful ones, so if you own the latter, you've probably never had to use this feature. But should the need ever arise, now you know it exists.

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!