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I'm not sure if you've actually used it for any duration, but it actually ain't too much of a gimmick. It's docked at home most of the time, but I took it on th
by xeromal 9y ago
I'm not sure if you've actually used it for any duration, but it actually ain't too much of a gimmick. It's docked at home most of the time, but I took it on the plane to iceland for example and was playing zelda the same as I do at home. When my buddy wanted to play mario kart I was able to take the joycons off the side and use each piece as a tiny controller. It definitely looks gimmicky, but damned if it's not convenient when you do need it.
- kennysmoothx 9y agoThe fact that a single controller breaks up into 2 fully capable controllers still surprises me to this day. You can play multiplayer from anywhere with a buddy next to you, also 2 controllers breaks into 4 thats great fun when you have guests over. The Switch all in all feels very polished and thought out, very happy with mine.
- iwebdevfromhome 9y agoNot fully capable, I believe it lacks some buttons ? Like the second joystick. But, if the game is designed with this in mind, then the joycons are more than functional!
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- EpicEng 9y agoThey are fully capable and no buttons are missing. Do you have a counter example? Do you even own one?
- Avenger42 9y agoYou can't use a single Joycon to play Breath of the Wild, for example (at least not as well as with the full controller). You need the second joystick to move the camera, all four of the right buttons and left buttons are assigned to different controls, the plus and minus buttons are different pause menus, and there's a use for the left and right triggers as well, which aren't accessible in single-Joycon mode. Yes, it's great for Mario Kart (before I got the Pro controller, my wife and I were playing with one Joycon each), and similar games (I assume ARMS and 1-2 Switch are built with single-Joycon use in mind) but it's not enough for every single game.
- EpicEng 9y agoI see what you're saying: >The fact that a single controller breaks up into 2 fully capable controllers still surprises me to this day. Right, each controller on their own is not fully capable. That said, I think it's an impractical goal (really; how would you play a game like BotW with one hand? Impossible.) and I'm not sure the Gparent meant it that way.
- baby 9y agoYou can't play Lego or minecraft with these, you need two pair of joy cons.
- EpicEng 9y agoTwo pairs? You don't need two pairs, you need one pair. Looking back though, I either misunderstood the OP or the parent is correct. One joycon is obviously not fully function on its own, I never meant to say that.
- readams 9y agoBanach-Tarski for controllers. I guess the axiom of choice applies in Nintendo world.
- QAPereo 9y agoI've used it for a while, because despite how little I've enjoyed Nintendo hardware for quite a few years now, I still love some of those games. I'm sorry, but I don't care about mobile, I don't like small screens, so there is zero appeal for me here. Putting your mobile and console lines together is, at the end of the day, gimmicky in a world full of tablets and easier ecosystems to use. Nintendo has been chasing that original Wii money, and that doesn't always mean we get the best consoles, or the best games.