Finding The BEST Nintendo Switch Controller 

Broke: "It costs $5.99 to win smash" Intellectual: "It takes $280 to win smash"

Imagine being a Little Z fan and then lost to him as he was playing with a slime controller

That Slime controller looks weirdly fun to use. If it wasn't so expensive, i would 100% want to try it out.

17:25 the reason us terry mains use the input power dunk is that not only is it stronger but around 6% for lighter characters and 0% for heavy characters up air short hop dair nair f tilt power dunk is a true combo that kills very early especially for the heavies

Can't wait for MKLeo to pull up to EVO with a single joycon and reverse 3-0 Tweek

I mean, everyone knows that Single Joycon is the most Optimal way to play Switch Games, especially Smash

“This is marketed toward boomers” Me, a 25 year old with 3 arcade sticks: Oh

24:54 My favorite part of the video. Loving the musical syncing here.

I wonder how good KAZUYA would be for drums you have the Lazer, 10 hit combo, auto turn around tough guy armour...

Just wanna say, the production on this whole video is fantastic, the editing, the camerawork, the skits, the jeffery bezos mashup, and of course the variety of controllers. Fantastically done!

I still really wanna see some one roll up to grand finals of a super major, reach into their pocket, and pull out the slime controller. Or the super tiny one. And I'm guessing any character with auto-turn would be best for the drums.

23:16 that voice crack tho

Jordan’s delivery of that Splatoon joke was top tier

“Who bothers doing inputs” this hurt my terry main soul so much

3:29 I find it hilarious that Poppt and Hop are both smiling while doing this scene.

The funny thing is I'm pretty sure I'd like the 8bit tiny controller. As a guy who played most of his video games on a gameboy advance sp, I like the smallness of the joy-cons, and when using only one joy-con it feels too long. I genuinely think the 8bit tiny controller would be comfortable for me and my super weird tastes.

We need a backstory for why Zack was so pissed that someone was playing Mega Man, causing him to throw his controller

As someone who mains Terry and actually uses an arcade stick, can confirm.

_You had me at secondary inter-cardinal directions_

I need a full version of that Bezos mashup as soon as possible, that slapped!

Now we need a “we made Poppt1 bad 2” with that fight pad controller. It actually looks pretty awesome if you can get used to the button layout.

I think the 8 bit is built for kids, I've been trying to teach my nephew how to play, and it's hard for him to hold a pro or joycons for that matter. I think the 8 bit would be amazing for him

This made me realize how much I miss Little Z's music covers.

Really liked the video. Loved the skit and intro at the beginning. I think adding chapters to the video would be helpful if people are looking to check for your take on a specific controller. Great video either way!

my buddies and i were talking about our favorite smash players the other day. Most of em claimed faves like MKLeo or Marss. My favorite is still Little Z even though i'm pretty sure Zack stopped playing competitively before I even picked up smash lol. Dude just makes me happy. I may live below 4 million GSP and be a dreaded Zelda main but it's thanks to Zack and the other Underdogs that I'm still able to enjoy smash despite all the toxicity

5:13 - "Melee wasn't even out" - "BRAWL was the game I started with" w u t

2:26 "my mom got for me so that I can play splatoon" xD (that's my favourite game actually)

8:10 me, playing on a joy con and able to do 0-to-deaths and pretty hard combos: ok

1:41 That was the most perfect throw I’ve ever seen. Can we get a replay of that?!

People who use a USB adapter to use PS5 controllers *sweating nervously*

8bitdo pro 2 controller would be literally the perfect controller if the dpad had a slightly better texture and shape, ive always liked the feel of the ds dpad and ive thought itd be amazing if someone could replicate the feel of it on a regular controller. Also the dpad sometimes makes a slight noise when pressed, although im pretty sure this is a result of the way they have designed it to not have the same issues as things like the switch pro controllers dpad. Edit: btw, i bought the controller basically entirely for 2d platformers and tetris, which it is amazing for.

4:05 love the modified version of "Bezoz I". Great song from Inside

You should’ve tried one of the fighting game characters on the drum controller. They auto turn around so you don’t have to worry about aiming. It would surely still be shit, but maybe a little bit less shit?

Someone had to say it: Can't wait to see what his BEST controller is!

I actually have that exact Mayflash model, it's pretty great for traditional fighting games But yeah it's not quite built around Smash or most other games lol

"How often do you see someone playing Mario Kart with one of these..." I feel personally attacked. As a melee player mainly, that gamecube skit at the beginning had me cracking up.

3 things: 1. You should’ve tested out a Power A controller because there are 2 easily programmable buttons on the back and they are really comfortable (at least for me) 2. The drum controller would work best with a shoto because of the auto turnaround (but it would still be terrible) 3. I loved the video, this was great content to watch.

You are contributing to society: you're making me laugh, which is good

You and the underdogs need to do a video where you do smash with randoml generated controllers (then you can use these again) :D

5:35 I also grew up playing brawl on a wii remote. I'm not old, just broke.

3:35 Hopcat when poppt picks Lucina

Underrated thumbnail. I think this has to be one of the hardest his thumbnail artists has worked lmao. This is a classy thumbnail. The controllers have a thin black outline, Little Z and the Slime controller have a slight white glow, and the background is dimmed down. Art at its finest.

I see the video production went up by alot, good job!

When the guy shows up to the tournament with the slime controller 5:54

you should make another video on mastering the fighting game controller, that would be cool

I'm just gonna drop this here since Arcade Sticks are something I always liked to talk about, so in case anyone is wondering "why do people still use these", here's a little ted-talk: One reason is of course nostalgia. But the big one is that most combo systems in fighting game heavily rely on cancels, which require you to perform inputs in quick succession. Smash doesn't really use cancels outside of Ryu, Ken, and Terry. You don't cancel a move into another, you *link* them. To do these quick button presses it's often simply way more comfortable to have your hand resting on the controller, enabling you to use more than just 2 or 3 fingers while you can dedicate your other hand entirely to stick movement, which also has to be precise and quick and makes use of unusual motions (like the legendary pretzel input). Seriously, try this on a normal controller: Use your stick to draw a half circle from right to down to left, then immediately push right again and press A and B in quick succession. How fast? Ideally you want to press B one or two frames (aka 1 or 2 60ths of a second) after A. This is the input for a Kara Potemkin Buster. And hell on a controller. These control schemes have their roots way back in the past. Old arcade cabinet layouts influenced the way fighting games are played and in turn nowadays fighting games pass that influence on to the peripherals we use. Smash ain't different. It's not all black and white of course, games or even specific characters/techniques can be more comfortable on a pad than on a stick and player preference is a thing. Some pro players even switch back and forth during a tournament. DBFZ explicitly avoided inputs not well-suited for a typical controller. So the tldr is: Execution in fighting games was heavily influenced by old arcades. The techniques and conventions from this era are still around and can be uncomfortable to make use of on a pad. Since these games often can't really make use of an additional stick or dpad many players opt for a stick to make said inputs easier. And now I slink back into my cave again.

20:31 little Z is now cancelled

I love the gamecube controller for smash, but when I played Splatoon I was all about detached Joy-Cons, it just felt good to me to move the camera with motions controls with just my right hand, but the issue with that ended up being, joy-cons suck and drift, so I had to switch to the pro controller.

I love how after he puts it in his mouth he just continues like it’s not the craziest thing he has ever done

That was incredible. I love these style videos and Cogger is always hilarious too! 😂

One of the best interactions of the pro controller is the power A ultra controller or whatever it is. Super nice to hold. And good inputs and customizable sticks.

I'd like to add a contender: The BigBigWon Elitist is probably the best feeling Switch controller IMO. Yes, even better than the Nintendo Pro due to the concave thumbsticks. Unfortunately it's not quite tournament legal due to Turbo and Macros...

haha hearing the ''emotion'' theme at the start of the video has made me really wanna do another Gen 5 run, Thanks Little Z (or whoever edited the video to have the song in to begin with)

25:27 I was actually laughing my ass off to that tier list, way too accurate

The quality of this video's is insane, love u lilz

24:53 that was so clean bro, excellent job on that bit

Wow production level on the steady incline, it's been cool to see you grow, keep it up Z

9:37 "And Knuckles, 3d, dx, with New Funkey Mode!"

Quick recommendation if you ever make a part 2 of this, hori split pad pro joycons and binbok joycons are amazing alternatives for regular joycons (though hori split pad only works on tablet mode so getting footage may be a problem)

7:50 AND THE ABSOLUTE DRIFT!

2:35 this is way too funny to me

I actually have that fight stick at home. I bought it for Skullgirls, but I had a hard time setting it up and a harder time getting used to it. Nevermind the fact that I'm not that good at traditional fighters. But it does seem really solid if you can figure it out. Which I really should put more effort into

9:54 Thanks for telling me what that T Button does, I have be using that controller for a while I didn’t know what that button did

2:49 what's funny is that today a pikachu main at our local was talking about making a notch for every single quick attack angle

Processing gang!

The octagonal gates on the gamecube style joycons look like they're at the wrong angle?! You should have tried the PowerA Wireless Gamecube controller

Amazing video, my only critique is you using the joy cons without the grip, it's way easier to reach everything comfortably with large hands when you use the grip in my experience

For the Taiko controller you could ask for a modification, connect a long cable with a Joystick at the end, attach it to your mouth, at your teeth, and control that with your tongue. I thought of this back when you played DK with DK Bongos.

For those wondering, fightpads like the mayflash cannot give you tilts or walk/run in smash because the stick is digital

I’m a little late to the video since RU-vid notifications are the great, but I was the one who recommended the taiko drums! I’m glad to see that my recommendation made in the video! I did warn him that you could only taunt, but it was still great to see him try!

4:44 "How often do you see someone playing Mario Kart on one of these?" What if I told you I see them almost every day?

Didn't know Cogger had that good of a mullet before

I use Wiimote and Nunchuck with the Mayflash adapter and I love it! Feels so comfy in my hands

Finally little z will be using 100% of his power with his best characters AND his *best* controller

Same. I also started with Brawl and a sidewise wii mote.

You know what is good? Seeing a Little Z video on your frontpage, because you always know they will be quality content. (Except for the squad strike videos, but the man need views)

You have to remap your buttons to accommodate whichever controller you're using! Default uses two of the faces buttons to jump. That really takes away from most the controllers used like the Zero 2 and the fight stick. For the fight stick I would suggest mapping your main actions to the homerow the your fingers rest on so each finger has a dedicated action.

Regarding the official Pro Controller, I changed my bindings to simply have the "Y" button as a second "A" button (thus leaving "X" as my only option for jumping) and it just feels so, so much more natural to reach with my clumsy fingers. Also, as far as the regular Joy-Cons go, it's not all that much help, but the wrist strap bar (or whatever it's actually called) does help slightly, if only for adding some minor bulk for gripping comfort.

Feel like you should've remapped your buttons every time you switched controllers. When I occasionally do single player stuff in Smash handheld I have special moves on Y and regular attacks on B so it's closer to a GameCube layout.

21:00 -"How often do you see someone play Mario Kart with this" Speaking of the most used controller for MKWII

What about an episode of deadly espectate with the underdogs? If its a two player match its for teams, if its a four player brawl every one choose a character and if its a doubles match the losers team does each punisment

I accidentally skippes to 4:11 and my brain just got fried, Also he should have used a controller cam

i love how on the the 8bitdo pro2 he says that feels like to person who made know they were doing but they are also the carters of the tiny one

Personally, I use a switch pro controller in smash. It just meshes into my hands so well. I also just can't get used to the a and b buttons on the gamecube controller.

"Notches? Isn't he the creator of Minecraft."

It was HILARIOUS when Kazuya started investigating what you were doing

I actually have an 8-BitDo Pro +. It’s legit, I really like it man, glad you see it so highly too. Tbh I forgot about it since I’ve been playing a lot of PC games like Apex lately, so thanks for the reminder haha. Didn’t realize that they made a new rendition though, neat 👀

A friend of mine is actually a solo Steve main who's fairly high ranked and only uses the Slime Controller, they're really amazing

4:04 nice to see some good music picks on videos like these. Shout out to the G man Bo Burnham.

I am personally a pro controller user since I really like the layout. I’ve used a GameCube controller before and it just didn’t feel right with me, but it’s Defo a really good controller. For a 3rd party controller the power a spectra is really good. Has the layout of a pro controller and feels pretty well made for 45 dollars CDN. I take it over to friends houses for offline smash and overall really like it, especially since I can just unplug it and forget about it.

I find the notches on the gamecube controllers make them second to fight sticks in terms of proper traditional fighting game characters for me. I tried for hours to figure out electric wind god fist on hand held switch, only hit the input 20 percent of the time, then I switched to the gamecube controller and after 20 minutes 4/5 were proper Electric wind god fists. Only issue I had was that I prefer the pro controller button layout for easy short hop neutral b's.

2:57 "East East West"

My favorite part of Little Z videos is picking out all of the music from games he's never played

Song at 0:27 is "Mewmore // Emotion (Pokémon Black & White Remix) "

I always love watching your videos, they always are the perfect videos for when I just wanna watch some good content

That beboncool controller reminds me of a pair of joy pad replacements I currently have. Haven't experienced drift yet but MAN do those things tend to have some button delay. (or not pressing the right area)

I personally think using B as jump and Y as special for the pro controller in smash, makes it feel more natural to me because most games i play are platformers and thats usually the control scheme

The ending. OH MY GOD that ending was beautiful!

7:55 That's exactly how I like to play the Switch XD, even Smash.

lol 8bitdo made the controller adapter I use to connect my ps4 controller to my switch its pretty responsive too in my opinion good video love your humor and wouldn't mind meeting all of the underdogs crew stay safe and blessed buddy