How to PAIR / SYNC your Joy-Cons & Pro Controllers to your Nintendo Switch

Hi, this video shows you how to pair your Joy-Con and Pro Controllers to your Nintendo Switch. It also shows you how to change the order of them so player 4 can become player 1 etc.
Many thanks Vince

[@BristolMatt]

If you live in the UK, this channel comes to the rescue every damn time! I either try everything and then finally find your vid.... Or luckily like today it pops up instantly on a CZcams search. When I need help you are always there! It's like you know what things are gonna piss people off..... And then you make a video! What a man!

[@Mymatevince]

Haha, thank you :-)

[@joesousa6279]

Thanks you helped me deal with an hyper 7 year old

[@Thatsongfromluda]

I’m literally in the same situation I feel u

[@dem4d]

lol

[@ItzYoshi87]

Me

[@ItzYoshi87]

I am hyper

[@OreganoParsley]

Is he still alive?

[@josephdavis4956]

Thanks for being considerate and aware of the different methods to sync the controllers. Quite helpful indeed.

[@imitchellgill]

Thanks so much for this. I"m an old guy who wants to game with my tweenagers. This was enormously helpful and straightforward. Best wishes and respect from Canada!

[@Fireheart1945]

Thanks, man! My family was having trouble hooking up two new controllers to our Switch.
Thanks again, God bless, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@levelsottawa4479]

Fireheart 1945 it’s easy

[@natural-born_pilot]

@@levelsottawa4479 it’s easy for you to say

[@skythomas7008]

Thank you very much I'm brand new to the switch starting in April so I had no idea when I got my new joy cons and had no idea how to do this. You did it very clear thank you again.

[@JamesPacardo]

Same

[@notnowmike_]

Same also. Much appreciated.

[@zsovereignz]

but when I am trying to connect my pro controller it’s stuck on syncing then sooner or later it will stop syncing you got any tips?

[@pancakeboss1239]

Thank you! I wanted to pair my joycons to another switch so this was helpful keep up the good work!

[@sarahn.2296]

This helped tremendously, my niece and nephews were breathing down my neck, thank you thank you thank you!

[@samsterbtw8653]

Thanks man! I couldn’t figure out how to connect my pro controller. I was about refund it but I stumbled upon this video and really helped me

[@amazingabdul7605]

My red joy con doesn't glow and I cant play 2 player I tried this method it only work for blue one

[@finlaaaaa.3097]

Amazing Abdul same rn

[@rumaysaahmed9152]

Amazing Abdul try sliding them into the actual Nintendo device

[@kfulzzy0770]

Thnx this vid really helped me ur vids r so addicting to watch

[@apuahmed4955]

Love ur videos keep the content coming!

[@healerturtle]

No

[@iloop_4919]

Bruh why no

[@crazyxld7055]

I love the videos to keep them up vince

[@crazyxld7055]

Why no bruuuuuhhhh

[@Kezianobledatingexpert]

Finally found a video that helped me to do this. Thanks!

[@Eagle911lmao]

lol

[@jaydenbgaming9298]

Dang you famous and barely got any likes on ur comment sorry if I’m rude tho but I haven’t seen ur channel should I see it

[@OreganoParsley]

@@jaydenbgaming9298 I wouldn’t say famous.

[@dr.starkmaximoff7797]

Thanks a lot we had so much trouble

[@stephensullivan1879]

Out of the 50 videos showing this this is the only one that helped

[@RegimondonTOP]

Thank you SOOOO much! Messed up my controllers and was having a hard time fixing it. Huge help!

[@stepk8590]

Thank you so much it’s a 4yr old video but it still helps me out in 2021. Love u❤️

[@jocelynf1]

Omg finally I found a video that solved my problems, thank you!

[@mikrot-rex747]

Thanks Vince.. just what i needed. You got great vids by the way.. very very helpful. 😀

[@fensterputzernuernberg]

Well explained .... exatly the way it should be done .. clear . simple and exact.. thanks buddy !

[@larho9031]

You don't need to have four players as a maximum. If you take a Joycon off the Switch and press a button, then it will automatically connect if it's paired. That means you can have up to eight, as the "Controllers" menu can only hold eight.

[@enriquevillegas7188]

Thank you sooo much ! I couldn’t figure it out !!! 😅

[@ravinsamy158]

Thx dude this solved my problem I bought a pro controller and dont know how to connect im subed and liked

[@dirpyturtle7887]

Are you able to pair two joycons as if they are in the grip but arent, for example if i was to buy an extra set of joycons would i have to buy another grip or could i use them side by side without the grip so i could have 2 people each using 2 joycons? 1 with a controller and one without?

[@lecrams1]

Can i leave the joycons on the console and use another pair of joycons on a grip instead of pulling them out from the console? Thanks

[@AddyCakesBug]

My hubs tried for like an hour to get his controllers to work. I found this video in seconds and voila! Very helpful. Thanks for making my hubs not turn into the Hulk!

[@scarf96]

This is kinda random, but when you put your joycons on your Nintendo Switch console, (without it inside dock) and you hear the Switch sound effect, like the click. You should notice when you put a certain color joycon in the switch, it shows that same color.
Example: you have a red joycon remote and hook it up, you hear it make the sound and you see the red color when you put it in. Well.... for me, it still made the sound effect, but instead of the color being red, it was just gray.
Idk why this happens, but I would like to know. And when I press controllers on the main screen, it shows the correct colored joy cons that I have attached to the Switch.
So I am not sure if my switch is just old or if something happened.

[@OreganoParsley]

It’s a feature.

[@nathaliecabrera2045]

Thanks for this guy i holded x and it dissconected my controler forever and this guy helped me fix it for the pro controler and i holded the circle button and it conected thanks so much

[@76GETalker]

This video is really helpful, keep up the good work!

[@kollat4463]

Finally somebody can explain how to.

[@darkkinggameplaysymas5403]

THANK YOU THANK YOU YOU HELPED ME A LOT AND I SAVED 50 DOLLARS FOR ANOTHER ONES

[@triciaboettcher5121]

extremely easy to do worked very easily

[@Amber-zo8oy]

Omg thank you thank you so much this is the only video Iv found to help me ❤️👏🏼

[@dayojoel5146]

Quite helpful! Was able to help me 7 year old with this video 😊

[@sonjoku5153]

U saved my gaming life

[@Ar_bie]

77778

[@cesarortega8084]

Gracias, mis hijos no sabian como conectar los controles, pero muy bien explicado.!!!

[@jtsmjkingofpop3872]

This video was helpful.
Thank you for this, my man.

[@milanrawat9535]

First video in a long time that made sense to me 😉

[@chompiechomp6341]

Very helpful for people that recently got theirs. Cheers!

[@aidenme4516]

Thank you so Mutch I watched other videos and none of there ways worked only yours thank you so much

[@ZashFilms91]

My Mate VINCE - Dude, thank you for your videos. Any chance of doing a setup/review for Nintendo Switch AC912 pro controller? I'm having a few problems and wondering if you could shed some light

[@agent_l154]

0:35 Was anyone else expecting the right joycon to say "paired" on the right side of the screen instead of the left

[@lilac1669]

Me 😃🤚

[@gibbsterV]

Thanks for this. My old joy cons stopped working so I bought new ones and didn’t know how to connect them

[@apuahmed4955]

Ur videos are so informative!

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks.

[@wobbmin3705]

Wait so how does the system know that you're trying to use the joycon grip? In a game like arms, it'll still try make you use motion controls on the grip which won't work.

[@Connordore]

Captin Marvelous The Switch doesn’t know, the grip is just that, a grip. It doesn’t have any tech inside as it reflects the lights from the joy-cons. All it does is holds the joy-cons, and the Switch recognizes it as 2 separate joy-cons.

[@squibbyink2003]

Apu Ahmed
هلا يا ابو احمد

[@channeldeleted3362]

@@Mymatevince can you please make a minecraft video

[@johntaylor2971]

Very nice and useful video, thx a lot!

[@dubnation8394]

Very helpful thx

[@justinshaw7826]

Hey I have a question. Do you have to setup your Nintendo switch already on the TV in order to sync the controllers?

[@Broyo7729]

No

[@phantomelf]

Thank you so much I looked through so many videos to find out how to pair my pro controller and none of them told me about the sync button (only wire method which wasn't working for me) they also didn't mention that you have to hold it down.

[@exoticzgaming1466]

Thank you so much I’ve watched about 10 videos trying To figure this out because my switch is broken but this is the first used for one that actually works

[@jaycheng4050]

Thanks useful video to newbies like me

[@lucastan9539]

Thx you help me a lot :)

[@lucastan9539]

:3

[@bidyutdey4700]

I don't have the red blue Nintendo

[@aerickjames5503]

Whoever you are it worked thank you you are the best person ever

[@kahn289]

Thank you! Fixed my problem in 38 seconds.

[@Maftei_Gabriel]

When i get into pokemon let's go eevee it resets my setup so i want to use 2 controllers for 1 player but it counts as 2 players. Do u know how to solve this problem?

[@callmenaldo]

Can you connect two same pro controllers?

[@Khaotic_Reign]

Wow, very informative video, it helped me out a lot, thank you👍🏻

[@hangyeolchoi8825]

I have a question, can u connect four different normal(Not pro controllers) joycons? By normal I mean like the red and blue ones that u demonstrated.

[@sanguine2334]

but what if it’s a wired pro controller
sounds weird but it won’t work

[@OG_johnsmith]

I'm having the same problem, let me know how to fix it if you find out

[@complicated1574]

I dont Think you Can do it. 80% sure only tho

[@crystalgall1284]

Thank you so much for showing me how to do this

[@giuseppeattanasio7125]

THANK YOU!

[@GreenNation]

ME TOO

[@tonytheskunk2251]

‫thank you very much i really appreciate it 👍👍👍

[@laurataylor201]

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[@vexzie.-.7299]

Thanks im getting mk8d ik im late i just got a switch now i know how to pair controllers to play with my dad thanks

[@justhe_vids9895]

Worked like a charm!

[@natural-born_pilot]

Thank you so much. I’m older and not of the computer cyber age and enjoy video games but don’t know very much about the systems. If I have written instructions to follow usually not a problem. My daughter recently bought the Switch and wanted me to help set it up to play on the tv. Ah shit no instruction booklet. I couldn’t figure how to charge, pair and sync the mess until I watched your video. It was clear, concise and easy to follow. Now if I could just figure out how to get it hooked up to the tv, hmm.🤔

[@richardchristensen1768]

So in order to use/assign a pro styled controller as the primary game controller you have to remove the joycons from the main unit?
That's kind of a bummer
I think it's cool the way switch components go together and come apart but it would be a lot cooler if it would let you assign which controllers you want to use if you have them (which I do) instead of making you have to keep taking it apart all of the time!

[@beezle13]

You don’t have to do that. Once they’re paired to the switch, you can choose whatever order you want whenever you want. I have my pro controller as my primary one.

[@sportalero9032]

Thanx. Just set up the system for my kids today and couldn't figure out how to un-pair the red / blue as being one controller.

[@forgiveabdul]

How do I pare the pro controller because I don’t have the pare button

[@scorpionofmars3513]

I just bought 2 extra joycons. If I sync them separate like the red and blue like you just did, can I still play with them together on their grip as one controller like the red and blue? Or, will I have to reset the order?

[@yish25]

Thankyou! Every part was clearly understood👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@niajef]

so the 8 controllers is a lie...so what if u wanna have 8 ppl playing smash together? u would need a second switch or something? and then how do the 2 switch sync up to be played on the same screen?

[@Parbargaming134]

Can 4 joycons be used as 2 joycon grids and then connected to one Nintendo switch?

[@NikolDreamy]

thx this really helped :)

[@nelson2953]

Question. Can you play smash like this? i mean, with singles joycons and a pro controller or a wired controlled at once?

[@jameswilliams8278]

Yes you can play single joycon for smash u get full button configuration

[@Shickz]

No other video could help me until you showed how you can remove individual joysticks from the one controller. Thank you

[@TheSZMommy]

I thought the lights in the joycons are batt indicator and i wonder why it never fullcharge lol. Thanks for this video

[@jayzrl8481]

Thank you so much I am so happy may god bless you
I am going to sub to you I’m that thankful

[@Jayrod64]

You can easily pair the Switch Pro Controller by plugging it in with a USB Type C Cable. I did that when I got my Pro Controller. Same way you would pair a PS4 controller, so it's very easy to just pair the Pro Controller with a USB Cable.

[@Coolman13355]

Also works with Switch SNES controllers. (Assume N64 and Genesis too, but can't confirm.)

[@kianpackard1090]

This guy sooo helpful thanks mate 👍

[@ash6356]

Looking at this video without owning a nintendo switch but thanks mate.

[@karkatdenisevantasbriseno2234]

Thank you !!!! I appreciate it

[@alricaneshama]

Cool. Thanks. Just needed to know how to pair my red and blue joy-cons as I got the animal crossing one instead of the red and blue like I wanted. So, I bought them instead. Now, when and if I want I can switch them out. Might even leave the original ones paired as well. No one but me plays it. Well, the hubby said he might.

[@ekjotdhillon6468]

Me and my bro were struggling thx

[@berkley5411]

This vid helped me a lot

[@michellehellyer4176]

Very informative but there’s another type of controller if you turn it around it’s called the wireless game pad it’s still A joy con but it’s bigger

[@kemydone257]

That helped so much

[@Toni-il3zw]

I love your videos 10/10

[@octonotss8331]

Thank you my pro controller wouldn’t connect and this helped thank you

[@octonotss8331]

@UCUuSLQS5kO0TWe_-CqKBfqg I just did what the video said and it worked 🤷‍♂️

[@TheSwartz]

@1:20 O.M.G.... 3 nights of playing and I couldn't figure that out.. Thanks!!!!!

[@yeetyboigottem]

How

[@VM-xv3cz]

THANK YOU!! My sister connected the pro controller to her computer and I had no idea how to switch it back to the switch

[@funsizedgenius]

UR VIDEO WAS SO HELPFUL I RECENTLY PURCHASED A GAMECUBE CONTROLLER AND I TRIED EVERYTHING BUT I WAS SO LOST

[@pokefoxgroup]

This saved my Pokémon Minecraft and so much more games thx SOOO much

[@alfonsopumpo8014]

nice video... it really was a helpful video

[@muffinzz_2363]

How do i add 3rd controller to seitch

[@PUR3C0UNTRY]

Can you pair two 3rd party controllers for 2 player games? So it’s more comfortable, thanks!

[@pizzaman6926]

I don't know why but the L and R button pairing almost never works for any Controller but works more for The Joycons than Pro.

[@alphine01.]

Hey is my blue joycon broken cuz the blue one doesn’t work and the red one works

[@LennerPOPPADOPALIS89]

You should check the battery or try and update it.

[@BobFudgee]

Thank you i was getting frusturated

[@bentleygreenwithahintofbla8017]

SAME

[@jalilbeatz6256]

Hello this is really helpful but unfortunately my joycons isn’t being picked up by the Nintendo switch console when using wirelessly only when it’s linked in does this mean I need to go back to Nintendo thank you

[@StarWarsGamer12]

I have my own switch v2 but these are just too fun to watch XD

[@keepontruckin5862]

Ezy pezy thanks brotha happy New Year.