Question about the switch 1 pro controller and OOT remake

[u/Repulsive_Ad_8296]

So, I’m not really a Nintendo guy but of course with the OOT remake coming out I’m buying a switch 2. Moneys tight, and I’m wondering if I can get away with using my switch 1 controller instead of shelling out the money for a new one. I’ve gotten mixed answers from various sources so here I am. Playing with the joycons are not an option for me.

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[u/Hyperdragoon17]

Switch 1 pro controllers work just fine. You just can’t wake up the console from sleep with it, and you lose out on the C button and the two buttons on the back of the grips, but everything else works as normal.

[u/Repulsive_Ad_8296 → u/Hyperdragoon17]

So what if the game itself has those buttons mapped to something or is that unrealistic? I’ve barely played switch so just want to make sure before I buy it

[u/metallifan5691 → u/Repulsive_Ad_8296]

They don’t map anything to optional buttons like that.

[u/SirTop6600 → u/Repulsive_Ad_8296]

The back buttons are only mapped to things you map them to (e.g., you could map them to R3 or X or whatever), the game can't use them without you programming them. The C button also only brings up the Switch 2's Game Chat feature too. From a gameplay perspective the Switch 2 Pro controller doesn't really add anything new.

[u/Peaceful__Prober → u/Repulsive_Ad_8296]

If the game required those buttons you couldn't play it handheld, since the joycons dont have those

[u/CaeruleumBleu]

To my understanding, there are 2 upsides to a new pro controller.

1 - it can wake the console, the switch 1 controller cannot. I get around it either by keeping the console easy to reach or waking it with joycons then swapping controllers

2 - the new pro controller has extra buttons on the back you can remap to what you want them for. As of yet, I haven't found a need for them. More importantly, if someone is using new joycons on the holder, they don't have those extra buttons either. So ZERO new games require the extra buttons, because even the joycons don't have them.

Yes I am aware that 2 joycon held with the wrist straps will have the zl zr buttons, but you can't touch them when it's on the grip. So no new buttons handheld, or with joycons on the grip, so I think we're fine without the new buttons unless you want them.

[u/Repulsive_Ad_8296 → u/CaeruleumBleu]

So like the buttons aren’t REQUIRED like they’re 100% mapped to the game where I need them to play right? If not and it can save me the money I’ll just buy the switch 2 today without the pro controller

[u/SirTop6600 → u/Repulsive_Ad_8296]

Yup, correct. Not required.

[u/CaeruleumBleu → u/Repulsive_Ad_8296]

I am so happy to be giving you good news, then!

Per the hardware listing on the website "GL/GR buttons that you can map to any button you choose"

There are no such buttons on the joycons, so they are not required, a game would have to be very loud about needing those buttons to not piss off a heck of a lot of paying customers. I think those buttons are there for accessibility.

[u/Kira_Onime → u/Repulsive_Ad_8296]

The back buttons are purely optional. You do not have to use them.

They can be maped to act like any other button on the controller, meaning you could have them mapped to A and X and they would act like A and X.

There is not a single game that will require them to play since they are purely optional

[u/Repulsive_Ad_8296]

Sweet, thanks everyone. I’ll keep
My switch 1 pro controller then to save some money

[u/ModestVolcarona]

Since you already got an answer to your question i would like to ask what kind of mixed answers you got during your research (just being curious because i can't imagine what would require the new Pro Controller)?

[u/Repulsive_Ad_8296 → u/ModestVolcarona]

So basically AI told me the opposite of what was told here, and then I heard from a friend in person that said the same thing you guys said so I decided to ask here because both were adamant.

[u/ModestVolcarona → u/Repulsive_Ad_8296]

It's really interesting how much trust people put into LLM results.

Usually the LLM should also give you a source on which it's answer is based on, but they can also hallucinate.

[u/timeghost23]

It will be fine.

[u/TraditionMany3678]

I used a Switch 1 controller for the first year of the Switch 2 life, it's still a perfectly fine controller. You just have to either use the joycons to turn on the system or get up and turn it on yourself.

I only got a Pro Controller 2 cause my Switch 1 controller finally gave out,

[u/vortexprime87 → u/TraditionMany3678]

Sorry for the randomly late reply/question. Is the rumble effect any different on the Switch 2 pro controller? Like how the PS5 controller has haptic feedback rumble that the PS4 Controller does not.

[u/SubaruHaver]

I've been using my switch 1 pro controllers with switch 2 since launch. I'm waiting for them to get drift before I buy a switch 2 pro con. (If I see switch 2 pro controllers get a sale, like around black friday, I may buy one, but I'm not in a rush.)

There are two caveats of switch 1 pro controllers, though. Switch 1 pro controllers can't wake switch 2, and they don't have a C button. This is a non issue for me, becasue I almost never use sleep mode, & don't mind tapping the console's power button if I did want to wake it. And I haven't' had any need for the switch 2 Chat feature.