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Switch Pro Controller New Revision
- Thread starter SiG
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Check the box your controller came from. It's near the barcode:
Fire up Tetris 99 and see if you're getting any flubs/bad inputs from that game. If not, then you're in the clear.
Yeah I know how to check NOW, due to this thread lol. As I said, I looked at my box and have a "D." Yet, I have no problems with Tetris 99 (though by default I do have that new "up" de-sensitivity enabled in the options). I've also played some Contra NES from the Konami Collection, a game that used to give me fits when emulating on PC with other controllers due to "down" often registering as "down right," meaning me walking into bullets instead of ducking. I'm also doing dragon punches and hadoukens in Street Fighter Anniversary without problems. Like I said, I put it thru the paces in situations where it should be problematic, thinking I'd have to return or mod it. But it turns out I'm very happy with it. It's also registering my inputs properly in the Switch test menu.Check the box your controller came from. It's near the barcode:
Fire up Tetris 99 and see if you're getting any flubs/bad inputs from that game. If not, then you're in the clear.
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Keep your Pro Controller then. Congratulations on being in the clear!
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Hmm...
Anybody here willing grab one to do a teardown on their own? I'm kinda broke atm...
guess it's time to update the post from January! Also thanks for the pic.I recently stopped by nearby Best Buy just to buys some components and window shop. I wondered into the video game section and noticed something about their stock of Switch Pro controllers.
If I'm not mistaken, the last revision of the Switch Pro Controller was 104889D and not 104889E . I know some people have claimed that "D" still had some +Control Pad hiccups and that inputs would sometimes still fudge, though not as bad as launch day controlles. I was wondering if anybody has done a teardown of these "E" controllers to see if they've fixed the pad issue.
AFAIK, it's no more of an issue than it is on any other console controllers.
But, otherwise, yeah, it's been a disappointing showing from Nintendo for the Switch.
Spawnwave posts his findings. Raises pivot axis and new manufacturing confirmed.
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Spawnwave mentioned the new Switch Pro Controller pivots as being a few milimeters taller as well as a new manufacturing method. He also mentions them as being "clickier".
Though he claims raising the pivot doesn't do much, this is actually the opposite: the Pro Controller mod involves using tape to raise the pivot by a few millimeters. Mind you this pivot is already even longer than the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 controller revision.
I might decide to bite and grab one. Look for revision 104889E.
Though he claims raising the pivot doesn't do much, this is actually the opposite: the Pro Controller mod involves using tape to raise the pivot by a few millimeters. Mind you this pivot is already even longer than the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 controller revision.
I might decide to bite and grab one. Look for revision 104889E.
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Are you me at 9 years old. I remember the game pak/game cartridge thing from myself back then.
Unless we're thinking of different things, I thought the mod with tape was to reduce the chances of contact being made in unwanted directions with each press, hence why you're supposed to cover up to half of each contact?
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That's partially it, but press-fudging still occurs. I tested it using only the contact covering up and Tetris 99, and it still did screw with my inputs occassionally.
Then I also read of the additional step of raising the part where the pivot comes into contact with the board slightly to makes the Pad's "deadzone" ever so increased by a bit. This is the trickiest part of the mod, since raising the pivot too much will make your Pad feel really stiff and you will not be able to get any inputs in, but not enough increase means it could still fudge inputs. The trick is to finding that spot where inputs don't feel stiff, but are crisp enough so that they don't smush.
Might as well, that shit Nintendo does now does not even come close to a fucking dpad.
Thanks for the updates on this! If you do get, please let us know your thoughts.
