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hyper focus my attention oh yeah baby surface new dimension in when it comes to officially licensed controllers for the switch there's really three main third-party companies that are pumping options out PDP power a and Hori and what we've seen wired options for all of them come out wireless has been a little more slow going we've gotten to from power a that's it but today we have a new one from Horry so we're gonna take an in-depth look at what this one does well and not so well and compare it to the other third-party Wireless options out there first let's just take a look at the design and button layout of the controller and how comfortable it is so at first glance this is very similar to search pro controller it uses the same kind of default stick and button layout one of the immediately noticeable differences however is that this is a much larger controller in always the grips are larger the button sticks everything is just a little bigger ons controller compared to other options out there and I think that's something that's a really big strength this controller versus competition is that it offers something that's a little more of a unique alternative in that it's a lot more comfortable for larger hands you can even just holding this controller you immediately feel the difference in the grip and how it accommodates for a bigger hand size a lot of the official switch ones and even once from power a are very small grip sizes and don't really work out well for everyone and I think this is a good alternative and it's even accented by the fact that this design has this little grip texture on the side it's very similar to the kind of grip texture you get on the official switch pro controller and I think it's a nice little addition now where this does run into some problems is the button quality which isn't anything particularly new or unique to it as far as third-party controllers go I think where it's really most noticeable and maybe a light issue is the main front facing ABXY buttons they just have a tiny bit more stickiness to them they just want to stay down a little longer it's not a big deal for most people if you're just gonna play games casually with this but if you're in any kind of competitive pro scene kind of thing not gonna be a great choice otherwise everything else in this controller is fine actually like the sticks on it the d-pad is okay same goes for the shoulders there's nothing stellar on here but nothing too terrible either another thing that do define to be a small and communis but this controller too though is the weight which I know is a common complaint I have about a lot of third-party controllers I always want a little more weight than these normally give you but it just seems more apparent with this one because a it's a larger controller so I think my brain just wants to have a little more heft to begin with and B this is actually a rechargeable controller instead of being one that uses double-a batteries which I do like but with a lot of the other options out there when you add the batteries that just gives that a little bit of extra weight you want to have this doesn't have that and so the weight just never really increases on it and it's not the thing that never really ruins the experience of the controller but I think a lot of people have this very major cree action of light controllers feeling cheap it's not necessarily true but that's just the reaction people get because you're so used to actual mainline controller as having all these things in here like rumble packs and extra stuff that just adds a little heft and you don't get that here I will say something that I do like about these controllers that kind of balances out as well is aesthetically I really like the visual design of them they've made two different ones this is the Mario red design featuring Mario's logo right here and just little shades of a star 1up mushroom and question block they also have a black controller option that features the Hylian crest in gold which looks really pretty as well I think as far as just being a good looking controller goes Hori did a good job here now of course being a third-party controller there are some features and functions that are missing here it does still have motor controls which is looking to become pretty common for a lot of the wireless options which I do appreciate however it is still missing Rumble which is a big deal for me personally and it doesn't have the ability scan amiibos which that alone isn't that big of a deal so overall this is actually pretty solid controller I mean has the subset has downs but I kind of like it it just has one very big specific problem that bothers me a lot and that's their approach to recharge your battery no I really like the idea of going with rechargeable battery because their other competition so far has really focused on using doublea's which is fine there are people that prefer to that but there are other people out there that just like the idea of just plugging in charging whenever you need to and I like that personally however it's very odd how they chose to approach this because they're using a microUSB cable which is not the standard for the switch and that would be maybe okay except it also doesn't come with the cable for this at all if it was either one of those issues alone I'd be a little more forgiving because yeah whose USB see but have the cable fine you probably have one laying around for your switch you can at least charge it with the switch power cable if it came with the microUSB it'd be like oh that's weird it's not the same thing but hey I've got the cable but both of those at the same time it's just it seems annoying especially when you're paying that much for a third-party wireless controller option so how it is compared to the other wireless controller options out there for the switch well when it comes to the officially licensed one the Hori is now the fourth choice there is of course the official Nintendo switch ones which I would say quality wise are the best ones out there you're just spending more money on them especially you want to get some kind of special edition design there is of course also the power a GameCube style controller which is bit more of a specialized option because it's a very different roller shape so specifically I'm going to compare the Hori controller to power a's wireless controller option now once again the immediate difference you can notice here is just the overall size of the Hori controller everything about it is just a little bigger which i think will work out a lot better for a lot more people and while I am very annoyed with how they chose to approach a rechargeable battery it still stands at it's a were chargeable controller which a lot of people do prefer over having to worry about batteries sure batteries can last a while but as soon as they're out if you don't have any sitting in these drawers guess what you have to run to the store and that's really annoying with that in mind though I do to say that when push comes to shove if I have to tell you which of these ones I think the better controller is it's still the power a you know just overall I think the buns everything are a little more crisp they're still not quite the same level as the official switch ones but they aren't an improvement and it does give you the extra function of having the reprogram buttons on the back whereas the Hori well it still has motion controls which the power array has as well but that's really where the whole line ends it's not the worry is necessarily a bad controller I think it's actually a pretty fine one the only issue I had once again is that light stickiness to the front facing buttons which for most people is honestly pretty ignore Mille I think at the end they that big thing with the Hori is that if you like a bigger controller if you don't like how small a lot of the switch options out there are this is gonna be a great choice for you but for everyone else stooop with power a or the official switch one