Hmm, this controller looks awfully familiar! You may have seen our friends over at Nintendo Life highlighting the GuliKit KingKong Pro 2 controller for Nintendo Switch earlier this week, and Xbox fans have since been taking to social media to point out just how similar the design looks to a standard Xbox One or Series X|S controller.
And to be fair, they're totally right! There's barely anything that separates this from an Xbox controller, although obviously it has a few extra buttons and a different A/B/X/Y button placement, but that's about it.
There's been confusion amongst those who haven't seen the original article about whether this is a first-party controller from Nintendo or not, but the answer is no, it isn't. That means you get some cool extra features that GuliKit has added into it, such as an "FPS Mode", as well as the promise that it won't suffer from the dreaded analogue stick drift.
So, if you're an Xbox and a Nintendo Switch fan, and you're interested in picking up a Pro controller for your Switch that operates almost identically to an Xbox controller, maybe give it some thought. We're biased, but it sounds good to us!
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I am a fan of how Nintendo allows anyone to just make bluetooth controllers. Sadly both Sony and Microsoft insist any wireless controller for their consoles needs to use their proprietary protocol, making it very expensive for any third party to offer wireless controllers, so almost all offerings from third parties end up being wired.
Does 3rd party mean no HD rumble?
@Tharsman Most people have concerns at bluetooth controllers due to the extra lag - on series x its twice the response time of a normal wireless controller.
Might not be such an issue for the switches demographic, but input lag is a big factor for other player bases.
Having control of this like Sony and Microsoft seems to be a good thing from my perspective.
Not surprised it copies xbox so closely. Its not my absolute favorite, but most people love it and if you are going to copy you might as well copy the best
I switched to Xbox because the controller is so great. The pro switch is great too. I ran through so many ps4 controllers. Grips wore out, battery life zapped, constantly pressing the middle button.
Switch Pro controller is great and uses exactly the same analogue part as Xbox and PlayStation have for years. While drift is possible it's statistically quite rare.
Not sure of the need for this as you lose other features like HD Rumble, that for me is a bigger deal than the unlikely risk of drift.
Meanwhile Joycon's analogue sticks are junk.
I'm happy with the Nintendo one but this is pretty nice, too.
Edit: Feels weird saying this on an Xbox site, but here we are...
That should be the controller that comes with the switch
I saw this on Nintendo Life and I am definitely interested in it. Been thinking of getting a Pro for the Switch so I might just get this one.
My joy con's have drifted for years but luckily my pro controller still works perfectly. I refuse to buy more joy con's
@Halucigens And still see people trashing the xbox controller for requiring batteries. Give me the freedom to choose rather than require me to replace the whole thing when the battery dies. I've been using the same charger and eneloops since the 360 and I don't want it any other way.
Not sure if I'm gullible enough to get this bit of kit
@CunningPig exactly. Much rather change batteries or charge a battery pack then being tethered to a 3 foot wire for my “wireless” controller.
You can pair one with it using an 8bitdo usb stick
Haven't had any drifting issues with my Pro Controller.
The D-Pad, on the other hand...
@Sakai it’s funny because my original joycons have not shown any sign of drift but my pro controller started to drift after a few months. Weird how it’s different for so many 😂
Xbox controller layout, etc, at least to me, is the superior controller. The Playstation controller with centered sticks is the only reason I've not bought Playstation in over decade.
@Titntin Options are always good. Hell XBox and PS controllers both also support Bluetooth but only to pair them with PCs and smartphones (although Sony still forces you to use a dongle or a USB cable on PC.)
Just give me the option to use any Bluetooth controller on my xbox! If steam can do it, so can Xbox!
I'd rather Xbox comes up with cool controllers like the Switch. Both Sony and Nintendo have extra features in their controllers, but Xbox is sticking with basically the same design and feature set since 2005.
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