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    After a long day of work yesterday, I sat down for a well deserved Zelda session, docking the Switch and snapping the Joy-Cons into the comfort grip. A minute in I encounter some enemies, engage in battle and realize instantly that the L button isn't working. Then I realize that the minus (-) button isn't working either. Zelda session officially done.

    The Nintendo support site is directing me to submit a repair request and ship the parts back. I start this process, but it's not going through correctly, so I call them. Long story short, Nintendo is sending me a new left Joy-Con immediately, and isn't asking for the broken/defective part.

    I bought a Pro Controller on Amazon, and should have one today.

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    • What baffles me is that I baby the hardware. No drops, no mishandling. I'm super careful, so having a malfunction only a few weeks in is very disappointing.monospaced
    • Yeah, things randomly break sometimes for no reason. Who knew!CygnusZero4
    • There's always a reason.monospaced
    • Nintendo hardware is designed to take a beating won't function properly if treated gingerly.i_monk
    • Try dropkicking it into the wall, I bet that'll fix it.i_monk
    • :)monospaced
    • did you restart the consiole? that's worked for me in the pastscarabin
    • is that the same as powering it off and on? lemme google that :)monospaced
    • I did a full hard shutdown and reboot. Still doesn't work. Anyway, the Pro controller I got is great, and the replacement Left JoyCon is coming tomorrowmonospaced
    • Long story short, if you have hardware problems with your Switch, just call Nintendo and they'll hook it up!monospaced
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