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Hardware Review: HORI Switch Battle Pad GameCube Style Controller

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Just in time for Smash.

The release of
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is just around the corner. With it, the perennial revival of the greatest controller of all time is upon us. As usual, Nintendo has brought back the GameCube controller to please the most hardcore of Smash fans, and alongside it, multiple third-party manufacturers are offering up their own versions. Today, we're taking a look at HORI's take on the classic controller: the Switch Battle Pad GameCube Style Controller. Let's just call it the Battle Pad for short.

As its name implies, the Battle Pad takes most of its design cues from Nintendo's original, but calling it a copy would do a disservice to the work HORI has put into creating something unique. Some design changes are apparent, like the addition of the home and screenshot buttons on the new controller, the translucent shell, or the changes made to the shoulder buttons, removing the GameCube controller's Z button and replacing it instead with similarly shaped ZL and ZR buttons, with a more traditional L and R button configuration behind them.

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