This DOOM Nintendo Switch Controller Sure Is Pretty, Pre-Orders Now Open

Yeehaw that surely is one purty controller. Mmmm drop dem pants boy...squeal piggy!

But yes, it looks like a very nice controller.

I've decided to stick with Joy-Con and Pro Controllers as they have my local multiplayer bases covered (and with rechargeable batteries to boot).

But a DOOM controller... even one running on AAs... I may not be able to resist.

Perhaps I'll use it to play DOOM Eternal on PC as I strongly doubt that Bethesda will fork over the goods for a 32GB or 64GB cartridge (and the cartridge will still be incomplete due to all of the DLC that had been announced a year and a half prior to the game's release; got to love modern gaming).

They missed a trick by not calling one of the mappable buttons the 'Panic Button' =0p

But is it ready to rumble ?

Same question. Rumble?

@3dcaleb @KitsuneNight : Most likely not, otherwise they would have disclosed it as a feature.

I'm surprised that Nintendo hadn't had the foresight to incorporate at least "generic" rumble capability where a standard rumble signal can still be sent to controllers that do not support HD rumble. It seems to be an "all or nothing" kind of thing where controllers must have HD rumble or no rumble capabilities at all.

Is it even worth buying Controllers from Power A?

@Silly_G

That was the joke .

@Nintendo4Sonic

Nah, just buy the Pro.
It's got anything you could want in a controller.

I'm always tempted by these controllers, but I've never bought any due to there not being any HD rumble. I could care less about motion, I just want my rumble.

Better DPad or the same?

Yeah any controller that needs AA batteries is a no for me.

@FX29

why ?
Serious question
I mean its so easy to just grab some AA's when your controller dies.
Instead of hooking it up to its charge station and wait a few hours.

I don't know maybe i'm just paranoid.

AA batteries, in 2019? No thanks. That's an instant deal breaker for me.

@Nintendo4Sonic Power A controller worth it? I have one of their controllers. It was cheap and an absolute JOY to play with. I'd say they are worth it, yes.

The only problem I had was that I wanted another one in the same series (I have a Super Mario one) and they were sold out everywhere.

I've read stuff like : after 2 months, the left Stick feels broken.
I have one of those Zelda themed wired controllers. It's ok and works. Last time I used it, the cable port felt broken, after a few times of use.
I think, it's always better sticking to first party hardware. Even though, one of my Joy Cons was broken a few weeks ago, I had to return it after 6 months.

Optional AA batteries on a wired controller are a welcome feature. But wireless only, and reliant on batteries, is a huge resource drain.

That being said, I think the controller design is gorgeous, and works well with the layout placement. For that reason alone, I'm not writing it off as a 3rd party knock off

Naw, just ordered a Xenoblade pro controller for 50 quid. Only did so because I no longer own joycons so needed an amiibo scanner and hd rumble for certain games. May order another Sn30 Pro + at some point, but that's all.

I dunno, it's kind of hard to see where all the buttons are. I would die a lot just trying to figure out where they are.

This is basically the same as the regular power A controllers already out.

Pros: super lightweight, two remapping buttons, price, d-pad.

Cons: no rumble, drains battery super fast(motion in this one will make it worse), analog sticks wear out, get chalky, scratchy. Analog sticks wear like old n64 controllers did, but not as bad.

Unless they fixed the battery issues you will need rechargeable batteries. My biggest issue is the analog stick problem and they need to fix this. I am skipping this since I have 4 of them and two are broken and all have the messed up analog sticks