You Can Now Get Switch Joy-Con Inspired By The GameCube Controller

Before buying you might want to watch this to see if they're for you or not.

https://youtu.be/2uOTDGZiQe8

I really want these, but they're very expensive. But they seem very feature complete!

Great idea and I would love to see NES and SNES variants. I don't think I would buy these unless the charging was done with USB-C or preferably charged like a standard joycon.

@Spoony_Tech yeah I'll wait for a revision or if better one comes around.

@rhaydeo Are the OFFICIAL NES ones a joke to you?

@rhaydeo If you watch the video the Switch treats these just like Nintendo"s joycons. They charge the same and you can even update them.

Microusb? Gross. No.

What kind of vibrations? I don't think it's HD rumble.

WHY ARE THE OCTAGONS WRONG?!?!?! AND WHY HAS NOBODY MENTIONED IT YET?!?!

@ELRinley doesn't say officially licensed.

@L45TPH45E D:< No excuses! This is blasphemy! Nay. This is HERESY!!!

@SpiderSquid
They are to me. They have no thumb sticks, only work for nes games, and require an online subscription. That, to me, is a joke.

Spawn Wave is the best.

The sticks are soldered in, so would be harder to replace. I'll stick to split pad pro for handheld and pro / sn30 + for anything else.

The c-stick is wrong. It should be pointed at the top, bottom, left, right and diagonals, not flat.

I don't get the USB-charging when they can just click into the switch :-/

"The wireless Home button wakes up the host, which provides quick and convenient."
"Randomly updated"

Well I'm definitely sold on.

@SpiderSquid Don't get me wrong, I have the NES controllers, but an official joycon with NES color, buttons and D-pad is what I'd be after. A pair that works in portable mode for retro games but plays deep in to that nostalgia =)

The C-stick's notches kill my interest. Required Micro USB charging only adds to that. Had it been executed properly, I would've jumped on this in a heartbeat.

Most GameCube games were built around the A button being the important. That isn’t as much the case now, so if a game has mapped the jump action to B, it’s going to feel odd playing with these joycon.

i'd rather have them actual size, a bit like the ex-machina joycons

How this controller only manages to read amiibo? And they can be used wirelessly, and are seen as regular joycons by the switch??

I call black magic, or shaddy process involving original pcb (or reverse Ingienering)

@xzacutor Unbelievable how they would get something like that wrong. How hard is it to buy one Gamecube controller for reference. ^^'

On a more positive note, I do think they look quite nice and if I had as much love for the Gamecube as I do for the SNES, I'd probably want these.

I might just stick with my PowerA GameCube controller for the Switch right now. I find it quite comfortable.

Now, if only someone made something like the Split Pad Pro, but fully functional as joy cons ...

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Raziel-chan

It might be made for nostalgic gamers, but it still sucks.

Can't to see the reaction if these start drifting

“The wireless Home button wakes up the host, which provides quick and convenient.”

Is this the first third-party controller to have this feature? If so, I wonder if future third-party controllers can do this as well.

What's up with having to charge them both with a cable though? They can't replicate the charging pins of the regular Joy-Con?

Yeah, nah.
Even if they fix the drift, I'll stil pass

Like the D pad though.

@Baker1000

Might be too expensive.
Or more likely, might be a Nintendo patent.

Meh! I want Snes inspired joycons without analog sticks.

After watching the video from comment #1 this set doesn't look like a good deal at all. Less functionality (IR, HD Rumble), smaller battery and weird feeling of buttons. So you basically pay for GC design and a not ao great D Pad...

@ELRinley This is exactly what I noticed. The incorrect placement of the octagon will surely make using either analog stick a problematic experience.

@ELRinley
I was interested in them until I noticed that. So much for Smash Bros use.

@JHDK he really is. Professionalism is the Gaming/youtube industry in hard to come by but he does a great job of it. Daily news, tech waves, predictions, "should you buy" videos, he does it all. I watch him every day.

I''d get them just to avoid Joy-Con drift, but the button layout doesn't really suit most Switch games I play. And that C Stick...man, they screwed that up. Someone didn't do their research at all. Oh well.

Not half bad! Looks neat!

No analogue shoulders, octagon is all wrong on c stick, not officially licenced. It’s a no from me

@jtmnm Charging isn't required through MIcro USB, all normal charging methods works as well.

I don't use joy cons that much at all so will pass. They do look cool though.

@link3710 Big, if true. Really, though, the C-stick notches are already enough to dissuade me. It would've been nice if that was noted in the article, anyway.

As much as I looovvveee the GameCube I still wouldn’t get these. Smash, Mario Kart, Mario Tennis, etc are the only games that feel good with them. Trying to use a GameCube-styled controller in Mortal Kombat 11 and Bayonetta feels off because of the layout of the face buttons.

I already have a PowerA wired GameCube controller, and I barely use that in favor of their normal wired controller. Stuff like this feels kind of useless in the long run unless Smash is the only game you play docked.

Would be worth it for the d-pad alone, if I didn't have the Hori left-con already. The lack of a proper d-pad is the Switch's biggest flaw.

Micro-USB?! In 2019?!

That's a deal breaker. ESPECIALLY for a Switch product.

Nostalgia B+

Practicality E

@jtmnm these JoyCons can be charged via the JoyCon rails.

I'm just going to copy/paste my Amazon review here:

"Almost Perfect, Just Need a Little More!"

When people would ask me the question, "what is my favorite controller", I used to reply with the GameCube controller and Wii Remote/Nunchuck combo equally. The reason for that was simple. The GameCube controller has the best layout for non motion gaming and the Remote/Nunchuck combo was great for motion gaming. Both controllers however shared the same idea. Make the most important buttons have a memorable shape so that you never have to look down.

This controller combines the best of all worlds while making a few sacrifices. Overall this GameCube styled JoyCon makes for a good replacement. There is no HD rumble but basic rumble is here. The right JoyCon has a NFC chip for Amiibo support. Both JoyCons can be charged on and off the Switch and they also support gyro controls.

Notably missing from the right JoyCon is the IR camera. It's a shame because I'm sure many people would have paid a tad more for a fully functional device. On the wishful thinking side, analog triggers would have been nice, just to top off all the bells and whistles. I only have two gripes with these JoyCons. First, you're going to have to "break in" ZL and ZR to get them to feel right. That should happen within your first hour of play. Second, I really, really wish the face buttons were not nearly flushed with the controller. All face buttons need to be elevated a bit more with X and Y being a touch higher than A and B.

For Smash players, the octagon gates are not in the same position as a real GameCube controller. In all honesty it's not like it matters. The analog sticks are modeled after the official JoyCon. The travel is so low that you will never touch the gate. Personally, I did not buy this controller for Smash. I'm just a huge fan of the GameCube button layout. If that is also your case, you will be happy with a purchase of this JoyCon set. For those of you that are not into the button layout, you may want to pass. In the end, consider me a happy customer!

TLDR....

Pros

• Wireless
• Easily synched
• Gyro support
• NFC support (for Amiibo)
• Basic rumble support
• Can charge on and off the Switch
• Recognized as part of the console in portable mode.

Cons

• The face buttons could be a bit higher. They're nearly flushed
• No IR camera
• Purple L and R buttons would have been nice
• ZL and ZR practically require your fingers to be at the edge for the press to register. Gotta break the triggers in.

Nope. Official or GFYC

Oh cool a gamecube themed Joy con that's unusable as an attached joy con... seems worth it.

@LightyKD Big, if true. Really, though, the C-stick notches are already enough to dissuade me. It would've been nice if that was noted in the article, anyway.

Heres the thing I will buy IF YOU MAKE GAMECUBE GAMES GOT IT!

Am I the only one ticked off by the COMPLETELY WRONG octagon shape around the sticks? They made it so you can't lock the sticks in a forward, down or sideways position, only at useless angles.

@RudyC3 the octagon gates don't matter! If this was a full sized controller I would get the complaint but the stocks on these JoyCons are exactly like the ones on the Nintendo official JoyCons. The range of motion is very limited to the point of never feeling the gates. Because you will never feel the stick gate, it doesn't matter if the gate position is wrong.

I can only think of a handful of titles that would really benefit from the right side's button layout, and the B button looks uncomfortably low. If the left Joycon with the d-pad has vibration though, that would almost make it worth the purchase.

@ReaperExTenebris Fun fact: Gamecube's sticks have a LOT of tactile feedback. Notice the slight bumps you hit when rotating a Joycon stick? Multiply that by a dozen or so. GCN sticks are pretty much the ONLY analog stick suitable for 2D platformers, and that's before you add the octagonal gate.