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we reviewed a lot of switch controllers on this channel and normally when I review them I do my best to be pretty objective about it what I think is its strengths its weaknesses what kind of people might want one version or the other that's not today's video today's video is I am rounding up all of my favorite switch controllers that we have covered and I've used and still used to this day either because it's my regular go-to or it's one night to breakout for certain specific games or special occasions so let's talk about my favorite switch controllers when it comes to more specialized controller designs than the switch that are officially licensed there's really not that much out there just yet it's mostly normal controllers enjoy culture news but what we do have our fight sticks I love fighting games I'm not particularly great at them sadly but I love playing them and I love using a fight stick because it gives me this feeling of old-school nostalgia playing on an actual arcade cabinet and for the longest time I actually used the ps4 version of this stick right here the rat 4 and once it was able to get this one on the switch it just felt like home the fighting game genre has been growing on the switch in fact we just got the release of Mortal Kombat 11 so there's starting to be a lot of great excuses to pick up a fighting stick and I just love the design of this one it uses Hori zone in-house button and stick designs and if you're not a fan of those or you want to get the really high-end stuff these are two pretty easy to customize if you want to open them up and replace it with what you prefer now while I am a huge fan of this stick in particular whore he's actually also got an alternative stick design they've just recently released which is also a great option to pick up which is over here on the side now this is their mini pet now the Hayabusa is a great stick but also pretty expensive this is meant to be a more portable affordable option that is way less money and works really great still good buttons good sticks and a lot easier to carry around with you well I love using the wrap 5 as sort of my at home switch fight stick it's not something I really necessarily want to carry around with me whenever I'm going to a friend's house or playing somewhere else so this ends up being a great portable option for me if I want to play fighting games and still have that stick in our face but not be lugging around this giant thing the only downside of the stick is that the stick only acts as a d-pad which for the vast majority of fighting games is not an issue at all that's what most have used for controls but because this is designed for switch there is one specific example where it's a problem and that's Super Smash Brothers if you want to use Super Smash Brothers with a fight stick this one might work for you because this is only gonna cause you to taunt and you'll not be able to move around but for anything else if you just want a small portable and affordable option to use a fight stick on the switch great option the power a GameCube controller now I know there are those purists out there that are always gonna argue oh no if I'm playing smash I'm using a real official Nintendo GameCube controller I'm gonna use the adapter or maybe one of the wireless mate but oh nothing comes between a man in this game controller new for Nintendo GameCube that's cool that's fine this gets the job done perfectly for me it's giving me that feeling of a GameCube controller and while it isn't perfectly exactly the same when it comes to the feeling of the sticks or the button presses it is so very close while giving me the benefit of having additional buttons that make it a full-blown switch controller and is Wireless this is my main go-to for Super Smash Brothers ultimate and also use it for a couple other games in docked mode the main reasoning behind it is whether or not I think the design of the game fits the ABXY setup on the game controller if you haven't heard me rant about this before one of the things I love about the game controller design is the different approach to ABXY and it's something that doesn't work out great for all games but for any kind of game where the a button is a central focus and everything needs you to access the other buttons by rolling from it it is so great for those it's a very specialized design that doesn't work for every single game out there but when it does it is a huge win and something that I really appreciate that power I did with this one is they did release it in both a wired and wireless model so I like using the wireless one it's just one of the main benefits of having the controller to me but if you just like the idea of a newer style GameCube controller and you don't want to spend as much money on the wireless there's that option out there too another cool thing is that power is released these in a variety of different colors which are all based on the actual old-school GameCube controllers you can get them in the traditional indigo purple which I know a lot of people are bigger fans of you can get in black I personally went for the silver or platinum is actually what Nintendo calls them but I had flattened GameCube growing up that's the color I've always loved and associated I know it's not the main traditional everyone goes back to but it just has the strong nostalgic factor for me by the way if you want a really cool and easy way to customize your switch you can grab skins like these from today's sponsor dbrand they're totally safe to use they come in a variety different colors you can afford on the switch yourself or the dock check out the link down below now exit roller is honestly a little bit of a boring answer for some of you but honestly it's the truth the standard straight of switch pro controller this is a great controller it's not the cheapest one out there it doesn't necessarily have any kind of additional crazy special features but it has an excellent shape and design to it that I think is really comfortable and just makes it a really safe go-to for me for any kind of gamer I'm not entirely sure what button layouts gonna be perfect just yet part of this comes from the fact that in the long standing forever war of PlayStation versus Xbox one of the big debates is of course controllers that you like and I've kind of always enjoyed and found the Xbox style controller to be more comfortable and that's something that the switch pro controller means a lot more in the direction of in terms of how the grip is shaped and the fact that it uses the offset sticks instead of the parallel design something I love about Nintendo's approach to the pro controller as well is that they have been releasing other designs but it's not just the standard like oh we made a red one or a blue one which I would still like to see as well but I love they've been doing a lot of different special edition designs inspired by different games for instance this is obviously the Smash Brothers design with the silver smash logo on it with the white handles which I think looks really really nice I'm also a huge fan of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 design suppose dudes alright it's not quite my thing as much but it's still a good-looking well-designed controller I just think when it comes to aesthetics they're really starting to find a better way of tackling special edition controller designs and I'm really excited to see more of these down the line plus if you're not a fan of any of the designs that are actually currently out it's surprisingly really easy to do a shell swap on these I mean I've done shell swaps on a couple different Nintendo products Joey cons are very difficult switches themselves up to hard for at least the backplate pro controllers are the easiest thing it just takes a couple screws to take out nothing's complex are not rewiring anything really simple job you can find all kinds of different third-party designs out there including stuff like glow-in-the-dark handles or even a Pokemon style one this a safe slightly uninspired choice sure but for good reason now I might lose some of you on this next one it's gonna be a little bit of a break from tradition and maybe a little awkward for some but honestly it's one of my favorite recent releases for the switch the a bit doughy m30 which is a Sega Genesis style controller thank God good night beat CPU duel tonight I know this is a weird crossover of old-school enemies but when it comes to retro games on the switch I love having a good old-school deep head to use on it and a pedo is one of the best companies when it comes to making deep heads on controllers and a lot of pee we'll go to the s and xxx Pro which is a great awesome option if you want a more SNES shape style controller it does well and that's what I used before this one came out but this has completely taken over as my new favorite the main reason being that while it isn't exactly a traditional Nintendo shape or button layout it is a very comfortable and roller design probably one of the most comfortable retro style controllers that I've used and it has one of if not the best d-pad I've ever used flat out it's great for traditional directional movement but also awesome for rolling inputs they also added shoulder buttons to this so it adds more control options that'll make it actually fit for a lot more games on the switch though might make use of more than just the six right here on the front and while I do personally prefer to use the stick in fighting games if I wanted to use a pad option outside of the game computer roller or smash again that's its own dedicated option but any other fighters if I want to use a fight pad this is the way I go but you can also buy a special dedicated 2.4 gigahertz model that connects specifically to an adapter that plugs into Sega Genesis so if you want to have the fastest cleanest connection possible and use it on old school system that's another option out there for you next let's take a break from standard controllers and talk about joy cons or in this case joy car this is the hoary d-pad controller and at first glance there are some things about it that some people get scared of right away the fact that it doesn't have any kind of wireless connection it doesn't have Rumble none of that matters because it addresses one of the biggest issues that a lot people have with the switchin handheld mode no built-in d-pad this is a problem that a lot of people have had with the switch design there's been a lot of different solutions to offer for how to fix this including different covers that you just put on top of regular joi cons there's shell exchanges we've done before and those give you the feeling of a d-pad in the sense that there is a d-shaped button you can press but the problem not deceived the crush it that's an outtake while this gives you the feeling of a d-pad where you have a cross-shaped thing you can press it's not really a d-pad it's just for clicky buttons that now have a different shape to them and it doesn't have the same kind of feeling that an actual retro d-pad would have the hoary d-pad on the other hand actually feels like a real deep at something that's inspired by retro controllers and so when I'm playing retro games and hand out on the switch this is something that I really like to have on hand instead of the traditional joi cons basically anytime I want to play a game handheld and use a d-pad this gets attached and abilities I haven't seen these before they do come in a couple different designs outside of this Zelda one they're all inspired by different major Nintendo franchises like there's a Pikachu pokémon one there's a Mario and that's red I personally like the Zelda one the most though I think the black and gold is always a really good color combination and something it does a little differently from the other two is that they both kind of have a patterning effect on the front which doesn't look bad I just think the very more intentional specific layout on this looks a lot better really the only major complaint I have about these is the fact that they are a wired or I guess directly connected option only there is no wireless versions just yet hopefully that's something we see down the line because I would love a wireless droidcon that gives me that d-pad option