Is my Switch Pro Controller's battery becoming sad or is this still safe to use? I noticed that it looks slightly swollen a few months ago when I gave this thing a complete teardown and deep clean, I wasn't sure so I just shelved the controller and started using my joycon instead. I want to get ready for some TotK next month so I'm bringing it back out of purgatory.

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@Ellizamint that looks like it's bulging slightly. I don't think it's unsafe right now, batteries are designed to not go up in flames at much higher levels of stress. If it develops an immediately noticeable bulge I'd definitely advise to replace it though.

Also note that a brand new original replacement is 15$ nintendo.com/store/products/ba

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