Nintendo Will Turn Off Your Switch 2’s Rumble if It Detects ‘Prolonged Use’


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Nintendo Switch 2 users have reported having the vibration effect of their controllers turned off, should the console detect you making “prolonged use” of their rumble feature.

Reports of warnings for excessive rumble use have filtered in since the Switch 2’s launch earlier this month, as users see a message from Nintendo pop up on screen — “Rumble has been turned off due to prolonged use” — before the ability to make the Joy-Con vibrate further is temporarily disabled.

“I was getting this message originally after about an hour and a half of handheld playtime,” one user wrote on reddit. “Now it shows within the first 20 min. Anyone else having this issue?”

Switch 2 owners say they’ve experienced issues with Joy-Con rumble while enjoying a number of games, including vibration-heavy moments in Cyberpunk 2077 (firing the minigun is reported to be particularly energetic), and during cutscenes within The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on Nintendo GameCube.

But a reddit thread of users tracking the issue lists other titles, too. “Got it during the final boss of Sonic Generations,” wrote one disappointed fan. “Been getting it a few times playing Fast Fusion,” noted another.

Nintendo is yet to address the


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