I don't think I've ever used a genuinely bad d-pad other than the Xbox 360, but maybe I'm just easy to please
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(Apr 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM)Spritanium Wrote: I don't think I've ever used a genuinely bad d-pad other than the Xbox 360, but maybe I'm just easy to pleaseThe Pro Controller's D-Pad is well known as being absolute dogshit, what's appalling is that they never bothered trying to fix it beyond very tiny mitigations in some of the later released special versions. It's incredibly imprecise, so you wind up making mixed inputs often (unintentional diagonals and outright wrong inputs everywhere) which matters in virtually every scenario in which you'd need a D-Pad. Puzzle games, sidescrollers, etc are all better on the fucking button D-Pad the Joycons offer which is disastrous.
(Apr 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM)Spritanium Wrote: It's funny cause I normally use the d-pad for anything 2D and all menus, and I never thought it was great but never was too frustrated by it. It's like a bigger Gameboy one, which I'd also classify as unremarkable but serviceableIt's usually serviceable for menus and 2D Marios, but it has a nasty little tendency to read false inputs which can be disastrous for fighting game players and the like. It's pretty easy to get an upward or downward press when pressing left or right with just a slight shift of your thumb. I first noticed it was a little squirrely in Breath of the Wild when I kept accidentally bringing up the wrong equipment menu.
(Apr 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM)Spritanium Wrote: This case looks sweet https://dbrand.com/shop/grip/nintendo-sw...s#featuresYeah I was looking at this one the other day and couldn't find the actual price anywhere so I ended up going with the Spigen Nano Pop. I doubt it offers much actual protection, but it should keep the console from being scuffed while docking which is all I'm really looking for. I don't know why Nintendo is so averse to an open face cradle for the Switch, they must really want you to play Operation where the stakes for touching the side is some lovely cosmetic damage to your 450 dollar game system.