Nintendo finally made its own Joy-Con controller charging station

Nintendo has announced its ain standalone charger for the Switch’s Joy-Con controllers arriving connected October 17th. It’s an accessory that galore Switch gamers would person welcomed 7 years agone erstwhile the handheld launched, and portion 3rd parties person agelong offered alternatives, Nintendo’s arrives with immoderate other flexibility.

Unlike astir wireless controllers that tin beryllium charged with a USB-C cable, the Nintendo Joy-Con, arsenic good arsenic the company’s retro wireless NES and Famicom gamepads, tin lone complaint erstwhile attached to the Switch. A abstracted charger makes it easier to support much than 2 Joy-Con powered up, truthful it’s an unusual determination for the institution to merchandise an accessory similar this arsenic the archetypal Switch’s lifecycle winds down, and its successor is expected to beryllium revealed aboriginal adjacent year.

Nintendo’s Joy-Con Charging Stand (Two-Way) accessory tin accommodate 2 controllers astatine a time, drafting powerfulness from the Switch dock’s USB-C larboard oregon different powerfulness adapter. The charger’s vertical enactment tin besides beryllium removed, improving its portability.

Nintendo hasn’t revealed pricing for the accessory yet. The Verge has besides reached retired to the institution to corroborate that the charging basal volition beryllium disposable successful North America, arsenic truthful acold it has lone been announced successful Europe and Japan.