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★★★★★
I'd recommend this over buying more joycons or replacing existing joycons
I bought this thing because the joycons that came with my console started having issues that recalibrating was not fixing. I was so used to playing with joycons after a year of only using them. They were very comfortable as a controller in their own right, with or without the shell. I still want to get the joycons repaired or replaced someday when I get more multiplayer games/
It took me a day to acclimate to the new controller, but it already feels just as, if not more comfortable than the joycons in the joycon shell. It's heavier but not uncomfortably so, it's comfortable to grip for a few hours of gameplay. Most of the buttons have decent feedback. The battery seems to be almost as good as the joycons were, I got mine last week and still haven't had to charge it since the first day.
If I had any complaints, it's that the home menu and snapshot buttons are in an awkward location and don't have any good feedback, as they don't protrude out at all. I used to be able to take a video recording in the middle of a Splatoon game without getting pulled out of the action, but now it feels like I have to stop the action to reach the button.
EDIT: Just so you know... it turns out Pro Controllers are not immune to drift. I've got some pretty irritating drift that comes and goes.
I still say buying one of these is better than buying any more of those stupid defective joycons. You only require joycons for what, one game? A bad remake of an old pokemon game nobody asked for? The only good thing about Joycons is that you can make them into two tiny controllers but i'd honestly rather splurge to have two normal controllers.
July 2018 · Video Games · verified purchase