These Officially Licensed Switch Controllers Come With Gyro Support And Mappable Buttons

Smart.

These look great. Especially the Mario one.

Edit why do these have a battery flap.

Waiting patiently for the Zelda one to pop up at a UK retailer. £40 for one of these is right on the money.

I will probably pick up one of their wireless GameCube controllers ready for Smash as well.

If the quality of the experience is there, then I'll look out for one. I play with rumble off a lot of the time anyway, and have joy cons if I really want it.

That right thumbstick looks well indented...

@1UP_MARIO maybe to change the rechargeable battery i hope

I want that white one.

@1UP_MARIO they have battery flap because they will operate on AA batteries, I don't remember where I read about it, that's probably their only drawback if all the rest are proved working ok

@1UP_MARIO One of the drawbacks, not mentioned in the this article, is that they all run on AA batteries. Not an issue if you already have rechargeable a, but a pain otherwise.

These are the nicest third party controllers I’ve seen for Switch, very tempted tbh!

I wish a lot of these third party controllers included rumble. Not HD rumble just standard. It's one of those things you don't miss till it's gone and just feels like something is off especially when playing a section that seems like rumble should be involved.

AA batteries ?
Yay !

@Kiz3000 @CygnusX @Mooj738 thanks. Would’ve helped if that info was in the article

I'd wait for the newest 8bitdo controllers before I invested in one of these. Choice is usually better than not, but I'm betting these don't stand up to comparisons with Nintendo's or 8bitdo's own range.

Oeff that Mario one sure looks sexy, but with the joy cons and 1 pro controller i'm more then set.

@pazuzu666 did 8bitdo already announce their own version of the pro controller or do you mean a newer version of the Sf30 pro?

@YonVonBlett the upcoming SN30 Pro+ controllers.

Would of loved a Metroid one

These look really great. The triggers looks good too, finally somebody understood that a Switch controller with "analog" triggers isn't a good idea

The million dollar question is if the d-pad is better than the pro one. But missing a battery is definitely a no for me

These could have been great but with AA batteries needed and no rumble it's a no go. I'd pay the extra money just to get these designs on a full feature controller. I can deal with it not having NFC since I never use Amiibo but not having a rechargable battery or any kind of rumble really kills it.

Because I so rarely get a chance to game on the the TV, there is usually a chance that my official Pro Controller has run out of battery, or will run out of battery mid-game (regardless of how good the controller is, nothing will ever top that Wii U Pro Controllers battery life of about 90 hours lol), so I am going to wait until Black Friday/Christmas and invest in one of those official, cheap, wired controllers, as I hear they have a 10 foot cable. The one the Pro Controller comes with to charge the thing is really very short in comparison. I love the Splatoon one and the Mario one (both the gold one and the red pattern). They're only around £25-£30 so will wait until I see one for £15-£20.

Very tempted to one of these if they have a good d-pad

@Link_of_Hyrule AA batteries are great. You can have a spare set so you're never without power. They're easy to recharge without needing to charge the controller itself. And you're won't end up with a dead non-replaceable battery in your controller.

@javiboy2 I would guess standard rumble is actually hard to implement. It would have to interpret the HD rumble signal and convert it to a standard on/off rumble.

Very nice controllers, then only flaw I can see is the lack of rumble. While converting HD Rumble output into standard Rumble... controller vibration is just something people take for granted nowadays.

No mention of the wireless GameCube style equivalent? This seems far more appealing, even with the AA battery and lack of rumble. https://www.powera.com/us/gamecube/

Does it have any rumble?

@Lord Based on @Shadowkiller97 's link to the Gamecube styled versions, there is no rumble at all.

That took you forever to report.

@chardir I would think HD > Standard rumble could actually simplistic. Analogue to Digital, so 0.1 to 30 would just change to 0 to 1. (There's even a node to do this in the new Labo kit garage now)
But it would mean even tiny rumbles would be the same output as a point-blank explosion, so it would be poop.

All in all about the controller; While I wouldn't get it, it's at least an option for folk. And it's always good to have options.

@DanteSolablood Finally, someone makes a Game Cube controller with the same amount of buttons as a modern controller. I only wonder now if the sticks click.

They look OK, but I don't like the fact that they don't have internal batteries. I don't really care about rumble, HD or not. It's just never appeal to me or added anything to a game.

Might be getting one as I was holding off on a pro due to price.

Cool!

I Literally Wanting This A Few Days Ago

These look good but I've said this before and I'll say it again... If im expected to spend this much money on controllers i want them 100% supported.

A mainline Nintendo IP not supporting these do not fill me with confidence to go and invest my money in them.

Pass. I'll happily stick to the tried and true official pro-controller. It's by far my favorite controller to date. All I would change about the official controller is to give it a D-pad with actual texture like older Nintendo D-pads. I seriously doubt the programmable buttons would actually be that useful, since they aren't supported by any games.

So Nintendo life posted a Youtube video talking about how Sony Copied Nintendo blah blah blah and only 1 or 2 points were valid. Do we get one about how this is obviously copying Xbox and then Sony? lol

They look cool but the missing features are worth the extra $20 to buy the Pro in my opinion.

These controls look nice. If they add the option to use on PC, then this may be a good buy. ^^

@earthinheritor Well these are actually produced and designed by another company....not Nintendo. I believe the article does say that they are like the Xbox controller too.

I think you're taking that video a little too serious.

Wouldn't the battery requirement negate any savings in the long-term? :/

Ooh maybe I could map my monster hunter arts to those buttons??!!!!!

@1UP_MARIO I hope they use AAs efficiently. I’m worried about how long my lithium battery controllers will survive.

@rushiosan rechargeable eneloops is the next best thing

Batteries, sigh. I would have preferred wired in that case. They seem quite nice otherwise.

@1UP_MARIO : I do not see a charging port. Stock up on AAs

I came to this page, lured by the pretty controllers in the photo, thinking: please don't let them be Power As . . . Hori, where u at?!?

any bleutooth controllpad with actual rumble, rather then the hoax HD rumble, suits me.

Never liked the soft HD rumble wich does not add anything to extra gaming experience. give me playstation and xbox one rumble, even the rumble pack of the n64 and gamecube where way better.
i realy missed it in the legend of zelda breath of the wild, like ocarina of time showed how fun it is, to have the rumble function on.

HD rumble is just cheap technology presented as something special, with a special price tag. i think its developed for small children that often are scared for normal rumble

No rumble? Garbage.

The fact that it runs on AA batteries killed it for me. I'd rather pay 10-15 more for a pro-controller because of that alone. :/

Awesome that they finally went wireless. I really liked the design of their early releases but since they were wired only it was a deal breaker for me. May pick one if these up now.

This line would make a nice controller for guests.

New Switch Pro Controller Elite Edition vs Xbox One Controller Elite Edition. So Which is better comfortable?

Wow, these are looking really great!

@Razer I'm confused, what game doesn't support them?

No amiibo/N.F.C. support? Oh, well. I can live without alternate costumes and rewards items (the standard joy-con can swap in and out for it's use anyway).

No H.D. rumble? So? Only like 10 games uses it.

@BionicDodo Mario Party

@Razer But the official Nintendo Pro Controller isn't supported in Mario Party either... Are you saying you'll only buy JoyCons because some party games require them for the mini games?

http://www.indecabusiness.com/en/platforms/Catalog/show/-428272

This one is better honestly. I have this one that offers the same features plus vibration.

@BionicDodo no I'm saying i refuse to spend £60 on a pro controller that Nintendo already hasn't supported with a mainline IP of theirs.

I also believe 1-2 Switch doesn't support the pro controllers either...

No what is the logic in spending so much money for a pro controller when Nintendo already has games that wont support them, not even 2 years in... Also when joy cons cost the same and are supported by every game and in all honesty the middle grip to make the joy cons into a normal controller is more than enough.

No need to spend money on a pointless over priced item when it isn't fully supported, especially as other items for the same price work just as well and are supported.

@chardir Originally I thought this was the case but the Mayflash adapter that allows connection to dualshock 4's as well as many other controllers translates hd rumble to standard rumble just fine

Huh! Gonna wait for some reviews on this! Colour me intersted. If the D-Pad is better than on the official pro controller, I'm sold.

PowerA controllers work great IMO.

@Razer

To each is own, but playing action games, is night and day for me with the pro controller versus the joycons. Not that the joycons are bad, pro is just miles better or in my case preferred.

Plus the added benefit that you can leave the joycons on the switch and there is no need to put them on and off all the time if you want to go from docked to undocked play.

Now it's just pro controller for couch play, grab it out and resume play in a sec without a hassle. That alone is worth the pro or another controller for me.

@Guiltygear i prefer the Pro Controller too but im not spending this price for controllers... I already dished out on an extra set of Joycons for my partner and that middle grip is feckin sold separately too... For an extra £25

Nah this time Nintendo can swivel on my Johnson if they think im gonna buy separate accessories for separate experiences.

Surprised some people seem to think having removable, replaceable batteries is a bad thing. You can get very affordable rechargeable AA batteries and a charger these days, or you could simply stock up on cheap disposable ones and then recycle them. Either option is better than a sealed-in battery that leaves your entire device useless when the battery conks out. That's the only bad thing about the Switch itself. I hope the eventual second iteration will have a user-replaceable battery like the Wii U.

These sound great. For a significantly cheaper price, I can do without the HD Rumble and NFC Reader and just use the Joycons when I want to use those functions.

I know it says no HD Rumble support --- but does it have any rumble at all? I can't find it on the support docs on their website. $50 seems like a lot with no rumble. I really want one, though.

@Dualmask they have plenty of wired options

@okamiki but its not officially licensed by Nintendo

@VAblackbelt2005 I know, I have an official Nintendo wired Pro Controller and a Hori one (which actually feels better and more comfortable than the Nintendo one) but neither of them have extra programmable buttons.

@Dualmask I mean that PowerA has many wired options that look great and feel great

@VAblackbelt2005 oh, well that's good to know. If I ever decide to replace the Nintendo one, I'll give it a look. Though I've been leaning toward the 8BitDo controllers since they tend to put the analog sticks and D-pad in more comfortable places on their designs.

@Dualmask they're pretty awesome, i highly recommend, i have almost all of them

https://www.powera.com/products/?product_type=17&product_platform=141