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title: "Refurbished analog sticks – Feature tiny Mario stamp"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/refurbished-analog-sticks-feature-tiny-mario-stamp/"
description: "Nintendo has been trying to rectify analog stick drifting issues on the Nintendo Switch Joy-cons for quite awhile."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-10-02 12:22:41"
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Refurbished analog sticks - Feature tiny Mario stamp | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Refurbished analog sticks – Feature tiny Mario stamp](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/refurbished-analog-sticks-feature-tiny-mario-stamp.jpeg "Refurbished analog sticks – Feature tiny Mario stamp")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/refurbished-analog-sticks-feature-tiny-mario-stamp.jpeg)Nintendo has been trying to rectify analog stick drifting issues on the Nintendo Switch Joy-cons for quite awhile.

When customers send in their controllers for repair, they might receive back controllers with new or refurbished analog sticks to solve drifting issues.

## [](#its-a-mario)It’s a Mario

Recently fans has discovered an interesting detail with the refurbished parts used. It seems like Nintendo has a special way of differentiating refurbished analog sticks from new ones – by marking them with a stamp of Mario wearing a bow tie! Nah we are not kidding.

This was first uncovered by Reddit user redditinchina, and confirmed by @MarioBrothBlog on Twitter. (see below)

> Underside of a Nintendo Switch analog stick (extracted from a Joy-Con) received back from Nintendo of America after refurbishing. These are marked with a stamp of Mario wearing a bow tie after being repaired to distinguish them from units that have not been faulty in the past. [pic.twitter.com/4g8qU0P8ZO](https://t.co/4g8qU0P8ZO)
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> — Supper Mario Broth (@MarioBrothBlog) [September 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1177458491172147202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

While it is not exactly clear when Nintendo started using this stamp for refurbished analog sticks it’s a cool little detail. Nintendo likes to hide easter eggs in such places, you might recall the message early Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers had, right?

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