Regardless of some gripes with the D-pad, it was powerful to think about how Nintendo would possibly enhance on the Change Professional Controller till we lastly bought our palms on the brand new one. And whereas it is a expensive improve and one that you just would possibly need to postpone when you’ve bought a superbly functioning Change 1 model, the Professional Controller 2 is a really good little bit of package.
As you’d anticipate, industrious avid gamers have been dismantling the console and its equipment since launch, and GameTraderZero has taken the brand new pad aside to see what makes it tick and the way simple it is going to be to restore ought to one thing go mistaken.
Giving us take a look at the innards, it seems that Nintendo turned to Alps Alpine (a Japanese firm that specialises in automotive and shopper digital parts equivalent to switches) to produce the sticks for this pad – or at the very least a few of them.
As identified by Nintendo Patents Watch, you possibly can see the again of the stick module bearing the producer’s identify and what seems to be a customized stick design for the Change 2 controller.
Maybe most excitingly for individuals who wish to restore, mod, or simply fiddle with their gear, GameTraderZero factors out that the design used means substitute is feasible with out the necessity to fetch the soldering iron. Hurrah!
Nevertheless, additionally they level out that “extra intricate inner design” of the pad and different elements make it extra difficult to disassemble in comparison with the previous model. Should you’ve performed Welcome Tour, Nintendo particulars the challenges of moulding the brand new pad in such a method that your hand would not relaxation on grooves which might accumulate on a regular basis grime and mud.
The extreme curiosity within the Change 2’s analog(ue) sticks stems from the notorious ‘Pleasure-Con drift‘ points that plagued the Change 1’s controllers. Teardowns of the brand new Pleasure-Con reveal sticks that look fairly much like the last-gen model, too, though Nintendo says they have been completely redesigned.
Whereas the Professional Controller did not undergo in the identical method, it is good to see these smooth-feeling upgrades within the newest ‘Professional’ pad. Hopefully, they’re going to stand the check of time.
