What's going on boys and girls what's up where all the Austin John plays here and
today we're going to be reviewing a whole bunch of controllers for the
Nintendo switch and Super Smash Brothers ultimate I figured hey why should I
split this up in a whole bunch of different videos when I could just in
one video go over every single controller and that'd be great I'm gonna
be splitting this up into three different categories one is going to be
controllers that are similar to the pro controller for the switch one that's
similar to the GameCube controllers for the switch and one that's not similar to
either of the previous two first let's talk about the Nintendo switch pro
controller the actual official default Nintendo one this one I've actually got
to play with this for several hours for smash ultimate when I participate at the
e3 competitive event as well as some casual time with it the pro controller
has this very strange feel if you're used to using the Wii U pro controller
for smash Wii U then it's going to be great however if you're used to the very
traditional GameCube controller feel switching to the pro controller or
especially the joi cons may be a little difficult
although the button layout is somewhat similar in location having the very
large a button and then all of the other buttons that you would need to hit being
the Y button or the B button or flicking down to the smash stick maybe a little
bit more of a travel than you're used to because of the equal button layout it's
a strange switch going from no pun intended going from the GameCube
controller to a pro controller so I'm gonna review the pro controllers very
briefly also all the prices are gonna be in US dollars and there's links to
everything down below the pro controller from Nintendo is $70 it's a fantastic
controller I can't say anything bad about it it just may not be your
preference for smash ultimate jumping down just slightly in price but highly
customizable is the power a wireless controllers now there is a series of
wireless controllers and wired controllers there's only a few slight
differences the wireless controllers use double-a batteries not rigged
chargeable lithium-ion batteries as you can see back here however there's also
two programmable buttons on the back so if you wanted you could program this to
jump or you can program this to smash down or whatever you want for that so
there are some advantages to this the wired controller actually has a little
bit less travel than the wireless controller does let's get a zoom in of
that as you can see right there the joystick is significantly larger on the
wired controller than it is on the wireless controller meaning that you're
not gonna be able to do as precise movements that easily bundle that with
the fact that the wireless controller already has somewhat of a skewed running
scheme from the pro controller you're not gonna be able to do precise
movements however in smash that's not too much of a problem you're pretty much
just gonna be doing things like this so actually the wired controller may be a
great advantage for you because it's just that short little travel right
there in order to get all the way over to assign the direction that you want to
smash or use a special to I just realized that this is the exact same
controller just completely different color that's the weird thing about the
power a controllers whether you buy it at Target Walmart or Amazon or a Game
Stop they're in completely different colors games so these are the exact same
thing I have two controllers that don't fit the traditional GameCube style or
the traditional Nintendo switch pro controller style for very slight reasons
the first is the Hori wired controller now this controller actually has a
removable d-pad that you could put on top of the four directional buttons over
here so it acts a little bit more like a joy con it also has a turbo mode which I
don't think you'd be using that in Smash has a nice little place on the back that
you can store that d-pad if you don't want to use it and then you have access
to the four individual buttons like that as opposed to the power eight
controllers the travel on this is very similar to the actual pro controller so
if you're gonna be playing games like Mario Odyssey they may require you to go
only a short distance then you may prefer this controller over those it's
also worth mentioning that the Hori controller has a little bit more of a
of an old xbox controller feel meaning that your hands are gonna be angled out
more than they would be on a traditional pro controller so if you're someone who
has a wide stature and you want a little bit more of a wide grip and you're
really comfortable with the joi cons but you want something that fits larger
hands the Hori pro controller is probably a good bet for that a company
who reached out to me is called hickories and they sent over this
controller as well as a gamecube controller and this one is very unique
it's a wireless controller however it switches the location of the d-pad and
the joystick so it functions a little bit more in theory like a playstation
controller with your joysticks right there and then you have the same
shoulder buttons actually these shoulder buttons have a lot of travel like a
playstation controller it looks like you can be used for your Nintendo switch or
for your PC that's pretty cool or Android devices alright so they're just
trying to cover everything there the hickories controller also features a
turbo mode and all of the buttons are LEDs that's pretty cool that's pretty
cool you may not want to use this for smash just because you're gonna be
having an off angle control because you're gonna be using this instead of
over here my tiny little girl hands actually have trouble controlling that
joystick a little bit so if you have giant hands maybe it's for you that
brings us on to the Gamecube style controllers and I'm going to be talking
about the one that I've had on display for a while right here which is my
personal Nintendo switch GameCube controller that I got when I was a child
on release day it's filthy something to note about original
GameCube controllers that have gone through years and years of use is that
the joystick is extremely loose so you can see this is just a real real loose
ball right there and the original GameCube controllers that's a very
common thing here is another GameCube controller very loose stick but not
nearly as loose as the previous one so the original GameCube controllers
even though they feel amazing they have that original feel there may be sticky
buttons especially for the shoulder buttons and
the joystick needs a little bit more a little bit more up to get it in a
direction which brings us to the newly released smash GameCube controller now
this guy made by Nintendo is fantastic the buttons feel just as you remember
them your joystick is brand-new of course however the plastic is slightly
different I from holding in and messing around with it on the Wii U and when
your hands get really sweaty and a little oily it starts to get very
slippery I've noticed that which I haven't
noticed with the original plastic I don't know the exact plastic difference
that they used however if you don't have access to an original GameCube
controller with an intact joystick this may be your best bet the people who
provided the led pro controller the company called hickories they also have
a GameCube controller something to note it's very light it's
significantly lighter I don't even need to look up the specs this has no rumble
feature this has no rumble feature inside here it does have a turbo mode
which I don't know how useful that is gonna be for smash the plastic feels
similar to the new plastic on the smash controller as opposed to the original
plastic on the original GameCube controller and the Z button is extremely
clicky I don't know how I feel about that like you hear that that's supposed
to I don't even know if you heard that the actuation point on the buttons is it
as tactile oh no hang on like these have a little bit more of a travel distance
these have less travel distance it's also super noisy now onto the creme de
la creme of controllers this is an original Nintendo GameCube wavebird
controller this is the only wireless controller when I was a child for the
Nintendo switch it does not have any rumble functionality it uses two
double-a batteries on the back however you get an option on which channel you'd
like to program on so you can have essentially six
teen wave birds all operating at the same time it has an on/off button and if
you're lucky enough to find one secondhand you're going to try to find
one that has your joystick not yellowed the yellow where it is the more
indication it is that it's been used really really viciously or just not
taken care of I've managed to find one that's in great condition and my entire
time playing smash I'm gonna be using this wave bird I also reviewed a new
wave bird style controller from a cheap Chinese company can't recommend it don't
buy it if you're gonna go wireless you need to get an original wave bird
and the brand new power a wireless Nintendo switch controller in the
GameCube style this is the power a GameCube controller for the Nintendo
switch this one is very different from the GameCube controllers and the fact
that all of the buttons have a very similar actuation point to the wired
controllers it does not have a rumble feature it is wireless and works on
double-a batteries they've also added a second Z button so
instead of having Z Allen are you still have LR ZL and Zr these are big fat lies
there is no actually there is this does absolutely nothing until you reach at
the very bottom and then once you hit that final that's how you know that
you're activating your shield so it's a very fast travel as opposed to the
analog sticks that have that spring in there until you hit all the way down and
then also unique is that it has buttons on it very similar to the pro controller
so you could take your screenshots activate your home menu things like that
and the best part about this controller is that unlike every single other
GameCube controller that we've talked about that require a GameCube adapter to
plug in this one's bluetooth and just connects to your switch wirelessly
there's even a sync button on top that's how you know that this one is it's its
own Beast really so this one kind of falls between
a GameCube controller and a pro controller which is weird and amazing
I'm not mad at it it's also worth mentioning that for the Powerade
controllers you need to be on firmware 6.0 which doesn't sound like could be a
problem to anyone you don't need to be on 6.2 and yeah you're good to go
so there you have it guys reviewing a whole bunch of Nintendo switch
controllers before smash ultimate so you can use whatever you want I hope this
guy was helpful give you some good ideas as far as what direction you want to go
if you want to go the cheap route if you got some money to blow if you're gifting
this to someone my overall recommendations if you're
buying a switch exclusively for smash and then you're also going to be playing
some other games mainly for smash you need to get your hands on a GameCube
adapter for your Nintendo switch if you can't find the official Nintendo one may
flash makes one and it also has a pc mode which is dope for controllers
plug-in there takes of two USB ports 10 out of 10 recommends the power a switch
GameCube controller is a little pricey it is a wireless controller you don't
need the adapter which is nice but if you have the adapter lying around or if
you plan to have multiple people playing then try to aim for the GameCube
controller if you find an intact original one go for it if not go with
the brand new released smash 1 it functions exactly the same it just feels
different you get some sweaty palms so it's not the worst thing in the world if
you can't find any of those which I'm not too sure why you can go for a
third-party one like the one from hickories if you're able to find the
holy grail of old-school gaming and you're a thirtysomething like I am I'm
30 not a 30-something if you're a
millennial like I am then get yourself a wave bird and all the memories are gonna
come back to you if you want to stick exclusively with pro controllers if you
don't have the money to blow on a Nintendo switch pro controller which I
recommend then you can save a few bucks by going for the power a wireless one
which has your quickfire buttons on the back which is pretty cool or if you
don't have that money at all and you want to go wired
you can go for the power a wired ones or for the holy d-pad one but yeah there we
have a guy's a whole bunch of controllers for the switch by whichever
one you think is right there's gonna be links down below to pretty much all
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