On 5ch’s Hardware & Industry board (Gaming Hardware), users have raised a string of complaints about the official Pro Controller for the Nintendo Switch 2 (Pro Controller 2), claiming that pressing the D-pad diagonally often registers the wrong direction. Some reported repeated move-input mistakes while playing “Dusk Blood,” and others recommended switching to third-party pads like 8BitDo. Meanwhile, other posters shared image guides on the “correct” way to hold the D-pad, sparking a broader discussion about workarounds.
This garbage controller registers 'up' even when I'm pressing sideways.
In Dusk Blood I've had this happen like 30 times: 'press left to switch special moves → it registers up instead and I use a healing item.' Absolute garbage.
>>2
Same here (literally me).
When I was testing Dusk Blood, I meant to press left but it registered down, so I threw a Molotov at my own feet and took damage.
Same here (literally me).
When I was testing Dusk Blood, I meant to press left but it registered down, so I threw a Molotov at my own feet and took damage.
Yeah, the official Pro Controller 2's D-pad really is mushy and hard to use.
I bought an 8BitDo Ultimate 2 as a replacement and honestly prefer it — it's all I use now, on PC and Switch alike.
I bought an 8BitDo Ultimate 2 as a replacement and honestly prefer it — it's all I use now, on PC and Switch alike.
The Joy-Con already got separate D-pad buttons — couldn't they redesign the Pro Controller the same way?
>>9
Right?!
Those clicky, separated D-pad buttons are easier to press and harder to misinput.
I like the Xbox controller for the same reason — I wish more pads did it that way.
>>9
Right?!
Those clicky, separated D-pad buttons are easier to press and harder to misinput.
I like the Xbox controller for the same reason — I wish more pads did it that way.
>>3
So that means you've moved on to Switch 2 and aren't playing on the original Switch anymore.
Quite different from the barrier of not buying a PS5 or a PS5 Pro.
So that means you've moved on to Switch 2 and aren't playing on the original Switch anymore.
Quite different from the barrier of not buying a PS5 or a PS5 Pro.
>>11
You're actually playing on a Switch 2?
Show me the Pro Controller.
You're actually playing on a Switch 2?
Show me the Pro Controller.
>>33
If you're going to run a smear campaign, you should change your ID (5ch's daily poster tag) — you're bad-mouthing Nintendo in other threads too.
If you're going to run a smear campaign, you should change your ID (5ch's daily poster tag) — you're bad-mouthing Nintendo in other threads too.
>>36
I'm not >>3 posting under a different name or anything.
All I'm saying is, if you're playing Dusk Blood, the Pro Controller is absolute garbage.
It's obvious Nintendo never designed for intense games where you work the left stick and the D-pad at the same time.
Even now that FromSoftware has joined the Nintendo family, the hardware foundation for core gamers just isn't there.
I'm not >>3 posting under a different name or anything.
All I'm saying is, if you're playing Dusk Blood, the Pro Controller is absolute garbage.
It's obvious Nintendo never designed for intense games where you work the left stick and the D-pad at the same time.
Even now that FromSoftware has joined the Nintendo family, the hardware foundation for core gamers just isn't there.
Yeah, PlayStation's D-pad is just the best.
>>39
It's impressive that you don't feel anything off about that one.
Are diagonals and fine adjustments really that easy and natural on it?
It's impressive that you don't feel anything off about that one.
Are diagonals and fine adjustments really that easy and natural on it?
>>41
For diagonals you'd just use the stick, no?
For diagonals you'd just use the stick, no?
>>41
You operate it with the pad of your thumb.
You operate it with the pad of your thumb.
I really didn't expect them to still use potentiometer-type sticks even in the Pro Controller 2.
Given the drift issues, they should've switched to a contactless stick design.
Given the drift issues, they should've switched to a contactless stick design.
>>48
I haven't really heard about drift issues with either the Joy-Con 2 or the Pro Controller 2, so I think it's safe to say they properly fixed that.
I haven't really heard about drift issues with either the Joy-Con 2 or the Pro Controller 2, so I think it's safe to say they properly fixed that.
https://kakuge-guide.com/kakuge-padoyabyubiitai/
This is the correct thumb placement for the D-pad.
This is the correct thumb placement for the D-pad.
>>45
PlayStation's directional buttons are split in the middle, so if you operate them with the pad of your thumb, the corners dig in and it hurts.
PlayStation's directional buttons are split in the middle, so if you operate them with the pad of your thumb, the corners dig in and it hurts.
>>57
>>49
Like this — you rest your thumb joint right on the center.
>>49
Like this — you rest your thumb joint right on the center.
What matters on the Pro Controller 2 is gyro accuracy — the D-pad barely gets used, who cares about it?
The only thing you'd even use it for is Tetris 99, right?
The only thing you'd even use it for is Tetris 99, right?
>>55
I use it constantly in Dusk Blood.
I use it constantly in Dusk Blood.
Nobody even uses the D-pad these days anyway, right?
>>102
Plenty of Soulslike games use it regularly.
Plenty of Soulslike games use it regularly.
>>102
Call of Duty and Battlefield use it heavily too.
In hectic PvP games, the 'Monster Hunter claw grip' (holding the pad with fingers wrapped to hit face buttons and D-pad at once) ends up being essential.
So in the end the PS default layout is the way to go —
competitive scene players don't bother with all those extra buttons on cheap Chinese multi-button pads.
Call of Duty and Battlefield use it heavily too.
In hectic PvP games, the 'Monster Hunter claw grip' (holding the pad with fingers wrapped to hit face buttons and D-pad at once) ends up being essential.
So in the end the PS default layout is the way to go —
competitive scene players don't bother with all those extra buttons on cheap Chinese multi-button pads.
>>136
All of them, lol.
All of them, lol.
>>138
Huh?
The Joy-Con's separated D-pad buttons can't really misinput though.
Huh?
The Joy-Con's separated D-pad buttons can't really misinput though.
>>140
That's a 'directional button,' not technically a 'cross-shaped button' though.
That's a 'directional button,' not technically a 'cross-shaped button' though.
>>142
The Joy-Con's D-pad is officially called a 'cross-shaped button'
Nintendo's own materials list it as '十字ボタン' (cross button).
The Joy-Con's D-pad is officially called a 'cross-shaped button'
Nintendo's own materials list it as '十字ボタン' (cross button).
Layout is just personal preference.
It's not like you can only own one pad — use whichever fits the game.
https://jpeg.men/1IvU6CDJMHf.jpg
It's not like you can only own one pad — use whichever fits the game.
https://jpeg.men/1IvU6CDJMHf.jpg
↓ Here's Dusk Blood's control scheme
And this is for a super hectic PvP game?
FromSoftware clearly never actually play-tested it, lol (or so I hear).
And this is for a super hectic PvP game?
FromSoftware clearly never actually play-tested it, lol (or so I hear).
>>155
Way too much load is put on the Y button.
Way too much load is put on the Y button.
>>155
It's rough unless you can work the stick with the base of your finger while also pressing buttons.
The left-hand side is a dealbreaker.
It's rough unless you can work the stick with the base of your finger while also pressing buttons.
The left-hand side is a dealbreaker.
Calling it a 'D-pad' (十字キー) shows respect.
https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch/accessories/img/controller/img-spec-fc-01.webp
And yet, for some reason, the Nintendo fanboys ('Nishi-kun') are denying that it's called a D-pad.
https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch/accessories/img/controller/img-spec-fc-01.webp
And yet, for some reason, the Nintendo fanboys ('Nishi-kun') are denying that it's called a D-pad.
>>161
Doesn't it literally say 'cross-shaped button' (十字ボタン)…?
Doesn't it literally say 'cross-shaped button' (十字ボタン)…?
>>161
>>174
Okay, this is actually hilarious.
>>174
Okay, this is actually hilarious.
Generations of handheld consoles
Handhelds are always full of shape compromises.
On the Vita, the buttons and stick don't interfere with each other.
For handheld form factors, neither symmetrical nor asymmetrical layouts really work.
Maybe putting both sticks up top like the Wii U GamePad would be better.
And yeah, it's probably an impossible ask either way.
Handhelds are always full of shape compromises.
On the Vita, the buttons and stick don't interfere with each other.
For handheld form factors, neither symmetrical nor asymmetrical layouts really work.
Maybe putting both sticks up top like the Wii U GamePad would be better.
And yeah, it's probably an impossible ask either way.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware & Industry / Gaming Hardware) thread “Why isn’t anyone criticizing the Switch 2 Pro Controller’s D-pad even though it’s industrial waste?“
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