Turtle Seashore’s authentic Rematch Wi-fi is what I might name an honest and reliable funds pad, and round what you’d count on to your cash. It regarded and felt surprisingly premium in its buttons, its responsive D-Pad, and in its many alternative designs.
Now, Turtle Seashore is again with the cunningly-named ‘Turtle Seashore Rematch Wi-fi Controller For Swap 2’, which brings just about precisely the identical fully-licensed controller again to the desk. Besides! This time it is received a flashy new design that includes Mario (by no means heard of him) and a few flash semi-translucent grips. Oh sure. Far more importantly, although, it is also received itself a ‘C’ button. Sure, that bizarre little button that I’ve by no means used. It has a kind of!
I jest, in fact. I am positive numerous individuals are having a good time with the chat features and whatnot on Swap 2, and this revamp provides us a controller, nonetheless in the identical funds ballpark (£54.99), that seems like a pleasant various to the costlier official Professional Controller 2 from Nintendo if £75 is out of your value vary.
I alternated between the Swap 2 Professional Controller and this new Rematch for my assessment of Mario Tennis Fever (as they’re the one C-button-wielding pads I personal, and that is the way you do science, you see) and clearly the massive distinction right here is that lack of rumble assist. It is a kind of issues I actually battle to do with out these days, particularly when you may really feel the distinction in pictures and energy. However taking this omission as a given, I have been principally impressed by the remainder of each the construct high quality and the general really feel of this pad.
It is received stiffer face buttons than the Professional Controller which really feel good in their very own manner – very responsive and agency, there isn’t any mistake in urgent them and no mushiness. They are a good match for a sturdy D-pad that sits up properly from the controller face and clicks via its factors extra noticeably than the costlier Professional. It is private choice with lots of these things, however I do respect having the ability to really feel each level being reached so I do not ever must verify my bearings as I play, particularly in preventing video games.
When it comes to weight, as this can be a USB-C-charged affair with no detachable battery, and given the shortage of rumble tech in there, it feels very mild. Once more, I am truly a giant fan as a result of my wrists are fabricated from haunted mud, but it surely does really feel barely ‘cheaper’ (as a result of it’s?) than the Professional.
Talking of the battery, the official particulars inform me you get 40 hours on a single cost, and being that I’ve performed a whole assessment sport with it and only one different pad, and with no recharges required, I am gonna go forward and say I undoubtedly received 30+ hours out of that single cost up to now.
The TMR sticks really feel nice, as anticipated, the house and screenshot buttons are well-placed simply above your menu buttons, and that all-important ‘C’ button takes centre stage, as a result of why would not it? I must also point out that I like the massive purple clacky additional buttons on the again. They really feel rather less primo than the dinky little hidden ones on the Professional Controller, however they’re much simpler to search out and to inform that you have pressed on them in any respect. The Professional is a little bit mushy on this regard.
In your fingers, the Rematch is greater on its rear aspect and barely flatter on the entrance than the Professional, which makes for a greater grip general for me, and between the 2 I even have to offer this pad the nod for its triggers. I like the form of those, as they flick upwards relatively than tailing off like those on the Professional, making them simpler to search out blind and, properly, they only really feel extra ‘trigger-y’, that means your finger stays on there and would not begin sliding when issues get intense in Stardew Valley or what have you ever.
Different issues of observe. You should utilize this controller together with your OG Swap. There is not any 3.5mm jack. Boo! However there are movement controls smuggled in to sweeten the deal. Hooray! Properly. Form of hooray.
My largest subject with this completely respectable controller, you see, is that for only a little bit additional money, you possibly can nab one thing higher. If you happen to’re on a super-duper strict funds, or just should have this design in your assortment, issues are totally different, however contemplating this one is retailing at £54.99 on the official website and I might decide up the superb 8BitDo Professional 3 for much less with a little bit looking out, it will get difficult quick. The Professional 3 provides you TMR sticks, Corridor-Impact Triggers, and rumble assist. You see the difficulty. Even when you do not just like the Dualshock-apeing fashion of the Professional 3, there’s additionally the Final Wi-fi/Bluetooth 2 to contemplate, which once more I can discover on-line for related cash proper now.
This controller cannot get up the console, and it additionally has no rumble/amiibo-scanner as well. So, while you get a pleasant licensed pad that feels nice, seems nice, performs nice, and has received that C-button, it is potential to get alternate options with different bells and whistles for cheaper.
If you happen to love the livery or if that C-button is a should to your amazingly social gaming way of life, then this can be a very strong pad, as long as you may make do with the omissions I’ve famous.
