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Everything from its shape and build quality to overall performance and responsiveness is on point.
Circling back to HD Rumble 2 quickly, it definitely felt really nice during play.
The overall feel this time strikes a good balance between smoothness and depth.
Smashing scenery to bits inDonkey Kong Bananza,for example, felt appropriately immediate and chunky.
The biggest improvement here is in the feel of the thumbsticks.
The face buttons also feel significantly less spongy than their predecessors.
Pressing the face buttons, bumpers, and triggers all felt impressively immediate.
Again, this will be fantastic for games that require quick and precise inputs.
But I can understand some may lament the omission of an analog trigger option or trigger lock implementation.
My impressions arent quite as glowing when it comes to the D-pad, though.
Not because its bad - it gets the job done just fine.
Its more that I couldnt discern any major differences when compared to the original Pro Controllers D-pad.
To drift or not to drift?
Theyve been designed to have bigger and smoother movement.
Though right now, it seems we wont know for sure until folks get them into their own hands.
Overall, I already really like the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller.