Hori’s Split Pad Pro Attachment for the Switch costs $20 too much
You might already know about Hori’s $59.99 Split Pad Pro, which reimagines the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers as if they got jacked in the gym. Hori launched the controller a couple of years ago alongside Daemon X Machina. It’s made for people with big hands, or rather, anyone whose hands feel cramped using the Switch’s included controls. Like Joy-Cons, the Split Pad Pro slides into the sides of your Switch, but it’s about twice as wide, thicker, and has ergonomic grips and contours. Every button, trigger, and stick is larger and, thus, easier to control. With those changes, the Switch feels like an entirely different (and better) console to play on the go.
Since it debuted in late 2019, Hori has released several colorways, but this week, the company launched an entirely new accessory. It’s called the Split Pad Pro Attachment, which bundles the Joy-Con-like gamepads with a wired USB attachment that can let them be used with your Switch while it’s in docked mode.
The attachment is light on extra features considering its $79.99 price, outside of giving you a wired controller option. It offers a headphone jack, and there are buttons to adjust volume or mute your headphones’ mic, if it has one. That’s really the entire pitch for this new bundle, and strangely, the attachment can’t be purchased separately.
There’s little reason for current Split Pad Pro owners to feel compelled by the attachment, but it’s more alluring for first-time buyers. Although, if you spend more time using the Switch on the go than docked, I’d suggest just getting the gamepads to save some money. For such a pricey accessory, it feels limiting to be connected to the Switch via a cable, not to mention that headphones will dangle another cable
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