- Nintendo Switch 2 Pro controller is official
- It has three new buttons, including button ‘C’ and the new GL and GR buttons
- And finally there is a 3.5 mm headphone connector
As part of the revelation of Nintendo Switch 2, we also obtained a new Pro controller to go with the hybrid console.
You will have to strengthen a bit in the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro controller to immediately detect any difference of the Pro Switch Pro controller, apart from the shoulder and the triggers that become a clear gray instead of black.
But let your gaze remain in the controller and spy on the new C button that triggers the characteristics of the game’s chat; This is the first baked chat function that Nintendo has brought to its console.
And there is a 3.5 mm headphone connector, which seems small, but it was not a feature in the previous professional controller, despite the Xbox and PlayStation controllers that have a connector for years.
Thanks to the technical magic of the wireless audio step, this means that you can reproduce the switch 2 in docked mode and obtain sound in their headphones when they are connected to the Switch 2 Pro controller. Barely revolutionary, but a welcome addition.
Another new feature is the new GL and GR buttons found in the back of the grip handles.
“Players can assign any button input that wish to these two new buttons. In addition, the assigned button inputs are stored for each game and each player. Therefore, you can easily customize them by assigning buttons inputs that you frequently use to them or in the buttons that are difficult to reach at the same time,” said Kouichi Kawamot of development and development. “For example, if you assign the capture button to the GL button, you can use it to take screenshots without removing your thumb from the stick L”.
Out of these new ones … features, you will not find much more than it is fresh, since the Switch 2 Pro still comes with Bluetooth connectivity, HD Rumble, NFC support to use with amiibo models and cards, and the switch 2 Pro controller also has turoscopic pointing to games that admit it.
I liked the original Switch Pro controller rather, although I would like it to have analog triggers to modulate the tickets, and that is not the case with this new controller. With a price of $ 79.99 / £ 74.99 (the Australian price is TBC, but it is probably around AU $ 125), the Switch 2 Pro controller is a bit more expensive than its predecessors, but unfortunately that is the general theme of Switch 2 and console games in general.
While I don’t think the Switch 2 Pro controller is an essential purchase, I think it will be the controller to obtain if he plans to play Switch 2.
Do you want more news and opinions of Switch 2? Then go to our Nintendo Switch 2 live blog live for a blow account of what was announced in the last direct.
