Nintendo Switch Pro Controller - Splatoon 2 Edition

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Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom edition: black handle (left), white handle (right) with a black Hylian crest and logo on it and gold circles. Motion controls: By tilting the controller up, down, left, and right, players are able to change their character's view and aim. Although the Nintendo Switch’s detachable Joy-Con controllers were a main appeal during the console’s launch, the tiny controllers can get pretty uncomfortable when playing for long periods, making a bulkier controller even more important.

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The Pro Controller also supports near-field communication for use with Nintendo's Amiibo toys, [5] as well as HD Rumble and motion controls. The same goes for the controllers given to Lime Soda, winners of the Splatoon 2 Australasian Open 2019, which came in the same display case as the 2018 winners' controllers. The controllers given to Alliance Rogue, winners of the Splatoon 2 European Championship 2018-2019 have "2018-2019 CHAMPION" plus the tournament logo.

A special Splatoon 2 edition Pro Controller with golden handles was awarded to the winning team of the PAX East 2019 Inkling Open. The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller incorporates a button layout similar to the Wii Classic Controller Pro, but uses a staggered analog stick layout used by the GameCube controller and Microsoft's family of Xbox controllers. When fully charged, the battery duration for the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller lasts for around 40 hours. It’s a must-have if you primarily use your Nintendo Switch at home, but it is great for tabletop mode too.

Nintendo Switch Pro Controller - Splatoon 2 Edition

It has a similar layout to a pair of Joy-Con, with the and positions swapped compared from the Wii U GamePad and Wii U Pro Controller, NFC reader for amiibo, motion controls, and HD Rumble. When it comes to the D-Pad, Nintendo has had the best since the days of the NES, allowing for pinpoint accuracy in 2D sidescrollers.

It's louder and inconsistent, you can almost hear and feel something spinning inside, unlike the original controller where the rumble is smooth and consistent. Where the split nun-chuck look of the Joy-Cons takes some getting used to, the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is instead your standard two-analogue stick, handle-gripped pad. The Pro Controller can also be paired with or connected to a PC for use with PC games, such as those on Steam which added support for the Pro Controller through a beta client update on May 9, 2018. The paint looked almost perfect, with the only telltale sign of showing around some of the buttons, where it looked messy and unfinished.