Aw, Nintendo Hid a Cute Little Message on the Switch Pro Controller!

Aw. AWW! Nintendo! You shouldn’t have! Less than a week after the original Mario Makers launched their beautiful new console, the Switch, a fan on Reddit discovered that Nintendo’s been on the wholesome memes bandwagon longer than any of us. The video game maker stuck a nice little message deep in the right joystick of its Switch Pro Controller!

First look here, under the right joystick:

Then, shine the brightest light you can find on the edge of the stick. And while its tough to see in these photos, know that it’s there — a two line phrase reading “thx2 allgamefans!”

Hey Nintendo, I think I speak for all the gamefans when I say, you’re welcome!

Now, as the Switch itself has proven, Nintendo is probably the most innovative video game company in existence, but I did start wondering if maybe Nintendo was really the first company to hide a message on its hardware? That lead me to go back and check all my other video game controllers, and lo and behold, they were not. I found a hidden message on Sony’s Playstation 4 controllers as well. Look closely at the left thumbstick. No no, I mean really closely: