Topic: Who Wants a Joy-Con With a D-Pad To Be Sold As An Accessory?

As it stands the Joy-Con does not have a D-Pad in the classic sense, instead providing four buttons on the left hand side of the controller.

This means that when playing in handheld mode a D-Pad cannot be used, as the Pro Controller(the only way of playing with a D-Pad) can only be used as a plug-in controller and not in handheld mode.

How many people would want a separate Joy-Con to be sold with a D-Pad on the left side of the controller as opposed to the four buttons?

Personally I would like Nintendo to provide this, as with games like 2-D Platformers(such as Sonic Mania) would actuallt suit a classical D-Pad.

Yes.

Those prices for Joy-cons are steep but if they make one with a real d-pad I'll pay. Especially if the buttons are multi-coloured SNES or New 3DS style.

Think it'll happen but maybe not this year.

That's a good point, as we've only seen how the buttons look, and not how they feel.

Same here, on both counts.

I was hoping they would release one and have it available to pre-order but by the look of it we will likely have to wait, if it happens.

I just don't like the idea of having a handheld without a D-Pad, but trying to be optimistic...maybe the buttons will perform better than I think they will.

The buttons will probably be fine.

Yes please. I was surprised they didn't offer this as an alternative with the reveal. I plan on using the pro controller mostly, but I'd really like a proper d-pad on my joy con for on the go gaming.