Nintendo might have originated the idea of the cross D-Pad, however the firm has virtually deserted this management methodology on each the Change and Change 2 (though fortunately not on the Change Lite and Professional Controller), leaving some old-school gamers feeling somewhat not noted.
A type of individuals is famous recreation designer Hideki Kamiya, who has been talking to 4Gamer about his gaming impressions of 2025 (thanks, Stealth).
Kamiya spoke about choosing up a Change 2 this 12 months earlier than discussing the truth that it lacks a conventional D-Pad:
“For some cause, on this age of range, the producer itself has stubbornly refused to supply the choice of a “Pleasure-Con with a D-pad” for the reason that Change 1. This simply did not match into my gaming life-style, the place I normally play whereas mendacity down, so I’ve no alternative however to make use of the Pleasure-Con when enjoying video games.”
The person behind Satan Could Cry, Great 101 and Bayonetta reveals that he really reverted again to the unique Change because of this, as a result of he might use peripherals which add a correct D-Pad (like Hori’s particular Pleasure-Con, we assume):
“By some means I used to be capable of get by. I used to be capable of proceed my day by day routine of “one Tetris 99 a day,” besides, as somebody who continues to submit shady issues on social media day-after-day within the shadows on the very fringe of the video games business, I made a decision that I ought to regularly make the Change 2 my common {hardware}, and as I used to be penning this, I bought a brand new Cyber Gadget “mini grip with D-pad,” which I exploit with the Change 1, and after some sanding and modifying it in order that it might be hooked up to the Change 2, the place the button format is barely completely different, I used to be capable of make my very own “D-pad Pleasure-Con 2,” which lastly allowed me to play titles from “Arcade Archives 2.”
Had been you hoping to see some extra selection within the Pleasure-Con 2 choices by now? Or do you like utilizing the analogue stick? Tell us with a remark.
