The «serious» Switch controller, and the one that is not covered by the free stick repair: Nintendo declares that for Joy-Con and Switch Lite, not for the Pro.
Here drift is handled as on a DualSense or an Xbox controller: the stick module is soldered to the board, and the iFixit guide opens by saying you must be able to solder.
The battery, on the other hand, is the easy part — and on an older controller it is often the real problem. Free diagnostics.
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The Pro Controller stick module is soldered. The iFixit guide says so up front — «to complete this project, you must be able to solder». Unlike the Xbox controller guide, iFixit does not state how many joints there are: it says «all of the outlined solder joints». We report it as it is rather than inventing a number.
One clarification worth making, because the opposite circulates online: no primary source confirms that the Pro Controller uses the same stick module as the DualSense and Xbox. The iFixit guide calls it only «the joystick module», naming no manufacturer. The failure behaves the same way, but part interchangeability does not follow.
The battery is the simplest job on this page. The dedicated iFixit guide describes it as lifting out by hand with a fingernail or plastic tool, needing «only a small amount of force». No soldering.
Otherwise it is a well-built controller, asymmetric like the Xbox one but with a D-pad made of four separate buttons rather than a dished disc.
| Dimensions | 152 × 106 × 60 mm |
|---|---|
| Weight | about 246 g |
| Stick module | soldered to the board |
| Number of joints | not stated in the iFixit guide |
| Battery | hand-replaceable, no soldering |
| D-pad | four separate buttons, not a disc |
| Layout | asymmetric — left stick high, right stick low |
| Central controls | Capture and HOME side by side, player LEDs below |
| Nintendo free repair | not declared: applies to Joy-Con and Switch Lite |
| Stick module shared with other brands | not confirmed by primary sources |
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