Nintendo Switch Update Makes It Easier to Find Lost Joy-Con Controllers

Nintendo's Switch console got a substantial software update that literally helps it keep its act together.

The portable console has detachable controllers - Joy-Cons - two adjectives that are essentially code for "easy to lose." With the new Switch update, users will now be able to use the main console to make the controllers vibrate, letting you know where you left them after that last heated bout of MarioKart. Finding them could save you $80, after all.

The update also makes some additional adjustments to the console, including a smarter storage system that will sense when the console is out of room and will suggest which things you can delete to make the space for whatever you're downloading.

On the social side of things, players will also be able to download their friends' lists from Nintendo's previous systems the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS. More serious gamers will also be happy to hear they can now use the Switch's Pro Controller, which looks more like a traditional game controller, while charging.

The Switch Has Almost Everything That's Needed to Become Nintendo's Biggest Hit Yet

Of course, this doesn't fix everything about the Switch. There are plenty of people, for example, who would like to see its battery life extended - or to see more games come to it. Neither of those is something a system software patch can fix.

But, as patches go, this is a pretty good one and can at least spare you a panicked moment or two.

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