We've previously seen Switch Joy-Con inspired by the design of the GameCube controller, but now one talented modder, who runs the YouTube Channel Shank Mods, has taken things to the next level by creating a fully-functioning set of GameCube Joy-Con, which you can learn all about in the video above.
While this should be the main focus here, we couldn't help but notice Mike Choi – the inventor of the Switch Flip Grip – had also been working on his own GameCube Switch controller mod for most of 2019. Unfortunately, it's still work-in-progress:
Mike went onto state how he was "crying inside" after he had found out someone else had beat him to the punch and questioned if it was even worth finishing his own project that was "just like" this one. Many followers of his have passed on messages of encouragement saying how it would be great to see him finish his own design.
As you can see in his above tweet, it's a pretty different build to the one in the video at the top of the page – with the Switch instead slotting into a shell (or "dock/controller" as Mike describes it) connecting both sides of a single GameCube controller.
What do you think about GameCube controllers being transformed into Joy-Con? Would you like to see Mike complete his design? Share your thoughts below.
[source gonintendo.com]
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Hey, least with this one you can almost simulate the experience of playing with the keyboard Gamecube controller hardly anyone owns.
He should finish his own design to see how it turns out, it’s not like Shank Mods stole his design somehow, and there are plenty of people who have all worked on the same concepts before but have had vastly different results.
I was thinking of taking a Xbox one controller cutting it in half and using that as joycons, it has the weight and the design makes it so that when holding the two halfs of the controller could add supported for the system. Plus the controller is designed for people with big hands, so I won't get hand cramps playing it for extended periods of time.
Looks horrendous.
Guess how it handles is more important, but blimey.
I don't think it feels comfortable on my hands. 🤔
I still like the detachable version though.
Bet no ones yet taking the handles off a jackhammer to make custom joycons. There’s a freebie to the first taker!
Yeah, don’t continue... the other one looks better.
Yeah, it's not "just like" the other one, his is better...
I'll gladly buy the purple gamecube joycons but that flip grippy one looks ugly AF, but until then I'll just happily keep playing on my Daemon X Machina Split Pad Pro 😁
That looks awful I have to say.
Pretty impressive work. I love the extra Z button
That GameCube Joy-Con one is wild. I appreciate the difference of the flip grip guy’s though and wouldn’t mind seeing him finish it.
I loved the GC controller back in the day, and I still think it's one of the most comfortable controllers ever to hold. But it's not suited to modern games - because it wasn't designed for them.
I'm still dreaming of Gamecube games on Switch either VC style, NSO or collections released on game card. When that happens, I'll be using my GC controller again. (probably for N64 games too, if we ever get those)
But until that happens... This really is a silly gimmick. But Smash fans might like it.
I don’t know why, but i have a dislike when people cut original controllers in half for these projects. Wavebirds aren’t excactly easy to obtain these days.
Really fantastic work from both, just make them both and bring them to retail already...
I wonder how they both handle the GCs analog shoulder buttons. If they are included, is it just input that the Switch ignores until fully pressed?
Not being the first isn't as bad as today's culture of "FIRST" commenters make it seem. As long as none are mass-produced and available in a store, they're all unique. And that's also not that important. If you want this, and can make it, why not? It's not as if animals are hurt in the process or forests wiped off of the planet. Not even the standard capitalist practice of "human resource" exploitation. Maybe unsustainable, unethical natural resource extraction, harmful processing, waste dumped in the ocean, or consumer electronics bought that have such shady practices behind them and wage slavery. Most people wouldn't even blink if they were made out of animal carcasses by slave children in a factory that eats forests and tests on animals.
What was I saying again? Ah yes, unique is better than mass-produced, and first means very little, go on!
@HenFjo Don't worry, he used Wavebird shells which were left over from other projects, so they were going spare anyway! (see 1:51 in the video)
If the other guy makes them and sells them at good price I think there will be buyers for the detachable version. Talking about the removable version that is.
To Creator have you tried to think of a KickStarter to create these?
The purple one looks fantastic. Is it cheating in smash if you use it?
These are probably two different groups of people, but I find it ironic that the Switch (both JoyCons and ProController) gets criticized for having bad d-pads. Yet people get so excited for Game Cube controllers, which probably have the worst d-pads in history.
@TheFox " which probably have the worst d-pads in history."
You misspelled XBOX 360 controller.
I can't for the life of me think of a good reason why Flip Grip Guy would go for a portable "dock" design.
Hey, let's make the Switch bigger by adding a ton of redundant plastic tat!
Nay, Mr. Shank Modder Person has the right idea.
The guy that beat him to the punch had the better design too unfortunately, as they can detach both sides and connect with a small joycon grip to make a controller about the same size of the Wavebird. The design of this unfortunately make it not able to be condensed to that small of a size.
The joy-cons in portable mode are physically the weakest part of the Switch. I like the sturdiness of this design better.
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