{"id":4350,"date":"2017-11-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/your_joy-con_can_now_have_a_d-pad_if_yourre_brave_enough"},"modified":"2017-11-04T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T13:00:00","slug":"your-joy-con-can-now-have-a-d-pad-if-youre-brave-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/04\/your-joy-con-can-now-have-a-d-pad-if-youre-brave-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Joy-Con Can Now Have a D-Pad if You\u2019re Brave Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"BE4A342B-DAC4-455B-8D72-BE10A780B781.jpeg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/your_joy-con_can_now_have_a_d-pad_if_yourre_brave_enough\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/your_joy-con_can_now_have_a_d-pad_if_yourre_brave_enough\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"BE4A342B-DAC4-455B-8D72-BE10A780B781.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Since time immemorial, or at least since the console was announced, many Switch fanciers have yearned for a traditional D-Pad on their left Joy-Con. The button alternative makes sense for using the controllers on their side, but it can be frustrating to use for many of the 2D games available.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo hasn\u2019t offered a solution, but now a third party has leapt into the fray. You may well remember our custom white Joy-Con mod from a while ago, and now that same manufacturer is offering a version with a <em>real<\/em> bonefide D-Pad.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the cheapest solution, and it does require a degree of confidence as you\u2019ll need to install it all yourself, but if you\u2019re bold enough it may well be worth it.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/your_joy-con_can_now_have_a_d-pad_if_yourre_brave_enough\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/your_joy-con_can_now_have_a_d-pad_if_yourre_brave_enough\/attachment\/1\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"1DEAF998-963C-433E-B9DA-DD4D17CD507A.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That is, of course, providing that the build quality is up to snuff. These products live or die by how well they\u2019re made and handle, and we\u2019re unable to attest how they perform, so picking one up is a bit of a gamble.<\/p>\n<p>You can grab them in various colours, but they\u2019re currently <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/BASSTOP-Translucent-Controller-Replacement-Electronics\/dp\/B076SJV32D\/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1509797782&amp;sr=1-1&amp;th=1&amp;tag=nlife-20\" rel=\"nofollow\">only available in the US<\/a> unless you want to import them <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/store\/product\/D-PAD-Version-Replacement-Housing-Shell-Case-Cover-for-Nintend-Switch-NS-Controller-Joy-Con\/3114051_32835036174.html?spm=2114.12010612.0.0.69b953dfAuZp7Z\">directly from China<\/a>. Is this something you\u2019d be keen to explore? Let us know in the comments down below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since time immemorial, or at least since the console was announced, many Switch fanciers have yearned for a traditional D-Pad on their left Joy-Con. The button alternative makes sense for using the controllers on their side, but it can be frustrating to use for many of the 2D games available. Nintendo hasn\u2019t offered a solution, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}