
Dbrand says its new Switch 2 Joy-Con grips fix the detachment issue
Jay Peters
created: July 10, 2025, 11:30 p.m. | updated: July 11, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
After recently admitting that it had a “spectacularly terrible response” to Joy-Con grip detachment complaints with its Killswitch Nintendo Switch 2 case, Dbrand has some good news: it says its redesigned Joy-Con grips fix the issue and the company will be able to mass produce them.
Dbrand had already promised it would be replacing the grips for everyone, and now we know that the replacement will be the redesign instead of a refined version of what’s already available.
Here’s a video from Dbrand showing the Joy-Con not detaching while being held from the Joy-Con with the updated grips.
In June, some users of the original Killswitch Switch 2 case found that if they held the console primarily by a Joy-Con while the case and grips were on, the controller would pop off and the console would drop down.
Dbrand published a lengthy post about the issue where it argued that “nobody routinely holds their Switch 2 like this” and that Joy-Con detachment only happens if you hold the console in a very specific way.
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