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Conina said:

Wouldn't it be a safer design if the joycons slide up from the bottom instead of slide down from the top? Even if the the release pins fail, the main device couldn't be pulled down by gravity this way.

Sure, one of the JoyCons could fall down instead, but these are cheaper to replace than the main device.

I thought long and deeply about this, and I always had the impression Joycons slided up from the bottom, because outside taking the Switch out of the dock that way, that would be the most convenient and safe way to do so.

Dunno why they made it that way, as illustrated by this xD