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A little feedback, music is a touch to loud. It's too hard to concentrate on your voice with sudden ups and downs of the music. I do love the smooth jazz tho. ;)
Macho Nacho Productions Hi there just wanted heads up you forgot to put the little dust Cover located in the original joy-con shell, when removing the joystick dust will get inside easier because it’s missing that.
His channel is only a year old... do you have any idea how long it takes the average TH-camr to build a massive following? It's a marathon, not a sprint. Relax.
I was looking for Switch D-pad solutions, and came across this old video. It's clear that over the past three years, you've grown as both a modder and a content creator. You're more confident now, and your production values have noticeably improved.
I don’t have a Switch, don’t intend to buy one, but watched this anyways. 😄 Love the little b-roll interlude of starting up the background music. I tend to comment on your vids because they are just so well done and clear, and you need to know that you are hitting it out of the park each time.
man this was so helpful, the quality, the editing, angle and organization. You've made me less anxious about trying this out on my own. I'll definitely highlight this video when I record my installation of my joycons. I got the great wave pattern with the D-pad
Thank you so much Carritube! So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful! The Great Wave is a really cool design. I got the eXtremeRate Great Wave shell for my Game Boy Color and made a video of it. If you run into any issues or have questions about your joy con installation let me know! Cheers!
Awesome tutorial! Just finished doing this to my joy-cons thanks to this video. I went with the EU SNES colours. Only fiddly bit was swapping out the battery tray as my joy-cons were the red & blue ones. I had to swap out the tray or I'd end up with coloured strips by my triggers. Getting them trigger springs aligned was a bit of a pain. There's also a couple of differences with your kit compared to mine. I didn't get the SL & SR buttons or any triggers. Just thought I'd mention in case anyone reading this wants the PAL colour scheme. My D-pad also makes fairly audible clicking sound compared to the original buttons. It's not a deal breaker or anything though.
I love the glimpse at you retro stereo reciever & turntable! Your production quality is fantastic. Great mood lighting, music, also the details in the narrative are helpful & this all makes for a pleasurable viewing experience. Thank you for covering the Switch, I know it's not a new console, but it's nice to see mods for it. I wish Boxy Pixel made an aluminum shell for it & the joycons. Keep up the good work Tito.
Thank you aLeKs! So glad you enjoyed the stereo sequence and I'm very happy you found the video helpful! I would love if Boxy Pixel made some metal shells for the Joy Cons! That would be so awesome!! Cheers buddy!
I'd really like to do something like this but the Joycons are such a pain in the ass to take apart IMO. Maybe it's just the stories of people bricking them when they do shell swaps scaring me. If I ever get Joycon drift I may do this when I have to swap out a stick.
I don't have a switch or any Nintendo products. Actually I have never a Nintendo switch before , still I watched till end I don't know why 🤣. But l liked it . Keep making amazing videos ❤️❤️
I think I'm going to do it, I feel a lot more confident just leaving the battery tray and Z button alone ... it will be nice not to have to unplug all the ribbons. The tiny bit of red and blue showing at the top will actually be kind of cute if I buy two kits and do pink and pastel blue! And the kits are so cheap I might as well! I'll definitely need some chill jazz when I do it too.
Haha Jazz is a must! That sounds like a really cool color combination that you're going for! I hope it turns out awesome! Let me know if yo have any questions! Cheers!
Great video. I've done several mods in the past, including soldering stuff on other consoles, but I was scared of doing joycon shell replacements, they seem so fragile! Your video gave me the confidence to give it a go, thank you :)
They also have a Soft Touch version that has a kind of a rubbery feeling to it. I've been very satisfied with mine. I've never once used a single joycon as a controller like they intended so the D pad is a much needed upgrade as far as I'm concerned. And even with the slightly thicker rubber coating my Switch still fits in my grip cases (Skull & Co and Satisfye).
I actually forgot to mention that my shells are also Soft Touch, they do feel great! Yeah same here, I've only ever used the joycons as a controller on very few occasions. Thanks for the input Josh, and hope you are enjoying the channel! Cheers buddy!
I just ordered the eXtremerate D-pad Joycon kit, in Super Famicom style. Hope it goes well and will use your video for a assistance guide. Keep up the awesome work with mods
love your videos g, only advice (unless it's just an issue on my end) but your audio mixing needs a bit of adjustment from the episode prelude into the intro and after, your voice when using (camera mic?) is a bit quieter, just fyi either way, again, absolutely lovely work and presentation - stay safe out there and take care, thank you for what you do! x
I did this shell swap with the classic black & red nes style. Very stylish, but without a pivot the play experience in handheld mode is still significantly inferior to the hori left dpad controller. I've been thinking about ataching some sort of custom pivot to the bottom of the silicon pad under the dpad, but I'm worried about the pressure point damaging the board.
Worth checking your buttons work before closing up the shell. The ribbon cable came loose on my right one, SR didnt work only 3 buttons lit up. I thought I had damaged it, but it turns out that it just came a bit loose while installing everthing. If you dont want to die prematurely from going insane, don’t use the triwing screws to put the shell back on either. Use the black screws in the bag, theyr same size but regular philips.
Great video. I did the install and it worked out. One problem: on the right joycon one of the ribbon cables connecting the SL and SR button bar thing snapped, but fortunately all that doesn't work are the LEDS that light up (as far as I know). I might buy a broken right joycon and see if I can replace it, but for now the whole kit and kabootle works great.
Thats dope! What i actually did was, i bought a Set of WiiU Gamepad Buttons, because i needed the Dpad, i then opened my left Joycon, modded the Shell and put the WiiU Dpad in there. I had to sand alot to make it all fit and then paint it, but it looks pretty legit now and works great! :)
A lot of eXtremeRate products are soft touch which look nice at first but with time the oils on your skin will start to permanently smudge/stain your joy con, so I would recommend buying their non soft touch products such as the clear purple shell replacements as an example.
Definitely a better method than how extremerate themselves show it, but you will have to use the battery case the shell comes with, if you don't use a pair of gray joy cons (which seem to be the rarest color) for the mod. With all other colors the plastic part between R and ZR / L and LR will most likely not match the color of the new shell... This requires at least one ribbon cable to be removed, plus you need to install ZR and ZL with two springs each and you need to reuse the micro switches from the original joy cons. So yeah, a little more effort may be required, but apart from that it's very much doable the way you show it here. Thank you for the well made instruction video.
You definitely should Sean! The d-pad is great if you play some 2D games or NES/SNES games on Nintendo Online! As always, great to hear from you! Cheers friend!
Unusual question, not sure if you can answer. Do you think the hori joycon d-pad will fit into any of these reshells? Since that d-pad has a pivot, it might actually feel even better than this d-pad. If that worked, that would 100% be the ultimate way to get a d-pad joycon.
I have 4 dpad Joycons & they are awesome. I have an SNES one, an NES version, a white one & a Black one. I wanted one from boxypixel which are $100 & by the time I decided to give in, they sold out.
Hi, i loved the video but i sas that you forgot to transfer the joycon dust protector. I hope your joycons didn't encounter any issues related to that❤
Thank you Gabe! I'm so happy that you enjoyed the video! That is an Insignia Switch Dock that I bought from Best Buy. It's not bad, definitely not as good as the original, but it's much smaller. Here's the link: www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-dock-kit-with-hdmi-and-usb-for-nintendo-switch-black/6065700.p?skuId=6065700 Cheers Buddy!
This is so wonderfully done!!! the video and the mod! I really want to do this too(i have the grey joycons too and need some color), but I'm too chicken. I just saw that the video tutorial that eXtreme Rate has for this mod and it's wrong....they uploaded another video with just a fragment of the process so it just made the whole thing more confusing.... This is one of the few videos out there that has this, glad you made this :)....but still on the fence XD
Very good content, the guide looks straightforward enough and well explained. But I'm a joycon drift repair veteran and know how much these things can be a pain to open, and how easily some parts will break even being super careful. So I'm gonna pass even if this mod is music to my ears. Why Nintendo doesn't sell official left joycons with d-pads is totally beyond me.
Totally understand dude! Getting these things apart is pretty tricky. Yeah, I think it would have been great if Nintendo gave the option to have a traditional d-pad! Cheers!
@Macho Nacho Productions do you happen to have used the Hori Dpad joycons to compare the feel compared to this mod? I have the Hori, but there are some things I don’t like about it like that it’s not quite the same size as an original which feels weird (and they don’t provide a matching right joycon which is frustrating), lack of wireless support, and in general the dpad feels OK but not as good as I would like. I’ve been thinking about doing one of these shell mods since I literally never use the joycons as single controllers, but if the feel isn’t any better than the Hori pad then maybe it’s not worth it...
Hey Ben! Unfortunately I haven’t tried the Hori dpad joy cons. I will say that the implementation of the dpad with the extreme rate kit is very good, it feels like it came from the Nintendo factory with a dpad. I hope that helps a little. Cheers buddy!
@@MachoNachoProductions That's definitely promising... The Hori pad isn't bad, but it's definitely not amazing and the other downsides really suck. What I really wanted to do was buy a set of used joycons and re-shell those while keeping my originals, but jokes on me, used joycons even years later are still stupid expensive haha! I have a second Switch, tablet only, that I bought used a while back for modding purposes to keep my main switch clean, and figured I'd end up picking up used joycons for it eventually, but the prices somehow never came down lol. Anyway thanks for the review and detailed installation guide. I've done a lot of modding and hardware stuff in general, but anything with the Switch still scares me a little with all those tiny ribbon cables and stories of ruined joycons, but maybe I should just suck it up and try it out on my main joycons. The thing that really stings is that the dpads on the official Switch Pro controllers reeeeeally suck (constantly hitting wrong directions ruining my Tetris 99 games by accidentally hitting up haha), so they're not even a good way to use a dpad unfortunately (what happened to you Nintendo!? You literally invented the dpad!!) so I really would love to have a solid performing dpad on my joycon.
To be honest, more than anything, it allows you to hit UP & RIGHT for example, much easier as you would be able to normally, the same way you would on a retro dpad. Unless your sincerely mentally disabled, hitting multiple buttons accidently is not really going to happen. Its like asking “can I accidently hit Z & ZR”. After having installed the black NES classic last night, can say I have absolutely no regrets. Dpad & controller quality is superb.
@@MachoNachoProductions Nice video bro! what about the paint and plastic? You have almost a few months testing the shell. Do u see any problem with the paint the Super Nintendo details?
It sounds like it could be a damaged joystick. You can buy a replacement pretty easily and they are also fairly inexpensive (about $8). Check eBay for a replacement. Replacing the joystick should be easier than swapping the shell. Best of luck! Cheers!
Macho Nacho Productions bro i did that ...still didn’t work 🤦🏼♂️ it kept drifting..I put the old one back on and it worked little better but still not working properly... maybe I just bought a defective one
Without a pivot, it does NOT feel like a real, professional, Nintendo brand dpad. Far too easy for wrong imputs when you accidenrally push the whole dpad down, activating all four directional inputs at once, especially when you're trying for diagonal inputs.
These shells are pretty good and are of much better quality than the first batches of dpad shells, but the fact that they are just a bit thicker than OEM shells bug me a bit
Great question! I haven’t run into any issues, but I’m pretty careful with my switch. They seem to be somewhat durable but I’m sure they can be scratched it one tried hard enough. Hope that was helpful. Cheers Reuben!
great video. I am currently in the middle of editing the same mod video I did myself. there is a program to change the color that your Switch thinks the joycons are. even the buttons and it will show in the switch whatever color you chose. it's great software and it has many other tools in it like testing the IR sensor in the right joy-con like a camera. its free gbatemp.net/threads/tool-joy-con-toolkit.478560/ great channel. nice production value. I just started my channel and I feel discouraged in keeping up with it now LOL
I watched your most recent videos and loved them, wanted to watch more but this one is unwatchable for me due to a very high pitched constant noise coming from your mic :(
This completely voids the warranty from Nintendo themselves, and they won''t fix the inherit drift all of their joy sticks suffer from this generation. As cool as this are, would you really want to drop $60 usd on new ones every year?
If your confident in doing this, then your confident enough to stick a 1mm piece of cardboard behind your joycon, on the odd chance you get drift. Problem solved.
This is not 'easy' and the relaxing casual music is not reflective of how you feel when a tiny spring flies across the room or one screw ends up behind the couch, the screws lose their heads, making it impossible to get them in or out. I assume that this is sponsored content? It is not impossible but it is a challenging mod. You acknowledge that it is challenging right at the end of the video but I wonder how many people watched the first five minutes of your video and only saw this comment after trying to use the tutorial, and messing up their joycon?
Thank you for the comment. I hope people who try to attempt this mod watch the video in its entirety before attempting it so they can ascertain the difficulty for themselves. Agree someone shouldn’t attempt this mod on a whim.
Dont reuse those effing triwings, use the replacement screws they have regular heads. If you use the triwinh you will shoot yourself in the balls tryinh to tighten them
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A little feedback, music is a touch to loud. It's too hard to concentrate on your voice with sudden ups and downs of the music. I do love the smooth jazz tho. ;)
Thanks for the feedback! Cheers!
Macho Nacho Productions Hi there just wanted heads up you forgot to put the little dust Cover located in the original joy-con shell, when removing the joystick dust will get inside easier because it’s missing that.
This is some of the most high quality content on youtube right now, I'm so surprised you don't have more subs.
Thank you very much Mathew! That really means a whole lot to me! Cheers buddy!
100% Agree
His channel is only a year old... do you have any idea how long it takes the average TH-camr to build a massive following? It's a marathon, not a sprint. Relax.
@@camdevtube it's still damn good content
Man your vids are pleasure to watch, quality content!
Thank you Olegs! That really means a lot to me! Cheers buddy!
I was looking for Switch D-pad solutions, and came across this old video. It's clear that over the past three years, you've grown as both a modder and a content creator. You're more confident now, and your production values have noticeably improved.
I don’t have a Switch, don’t intend to buy one, but watched this anyways. 😄 Love the little b-roll interlude of starting up the background music. I tend to comment on your vids because they are just so well done and clear, and you need to know that you are hitting it out of the park each time.
Thank you so much Paul! Glad you enjoyed that little sequence for the background music! Always appreciate your comments dude! Cheers!
This video is great but you can see how much you’ve improved and refined your editing, and overall process over the years. Good job.
man this was so helpful, the quality, the editing, angle and organization. You've made me less anxious about trying this out on my own. I'll definitely highlight this video when I record my installation of my joycons. I got the great wave pattern with the D-pad
Thank you so much Carritube! So glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful! The Great Wave is a really cool design. I got the eXtremeRate Great Wave shell for my Game Boy Color and made a video of it. If you run into any issues or have questions about your joy con installation let me know! Cheers!
Awesome tutorial! Just finished doing this to my joy-cons thanks to this video. I went with the EU SNES colours. Only fiddly bit was swapping out the battery tray as my joy-cons were the red & blue ones. I had to swap out the tray or I'd end up with coloured strips by my triggers. Getting them trigger springs aligned was a bit of a pain.
There's also a couple of differences with your kit compared to mine. I didn't get the SL & SR buttons or any triggers. Just thought I'd mention in case anyone reading this wants the PAL colour scheme.
My D-pad also makes fairly audible clicking sound compared to the original buttons. It's not a deal breaker or anything though.
I'm starting this project today 7/26/2021 and this is such a good video to follow and the music is the cherry on top LOL
I love the glimpse at you retro stereo reciever & turntable! Your production quality is fantastic. Great mood lighting, music, also the details in the narrative are helpful & this all makes for a pleasurable viewing experience. Thank you for covering the Switch, I know it's not a new console, but it's nice to see mods for it. I wish Boxy Pixel made an aluminum shell for it & the joycons. Keep up the good work Tito.
Thank you aLeKs! So glad you enjoyed the stereo sequence and I'm very happy you found the video helpful! I would love if Boxy Pixel made some metal shells for the Joy Cons! That would be so awesome!! Cheers buddy!
I'd really like to do something like this but the Joycons are such a pain in the ass to take apart IMO. Maybe it's just the stories of people bricking them when they do shell swaps scaring me. If I ever get Joycon drift I may do this when I have to swap out a stick.
I agree Willard, there is a ton of stuff crammed into such a small device. But if I can do it, you can too bro! Cheers!
Loved your video man! As always super informative, thorough, and relaxing! Now you're making me want to custom out my joy cons!
I don't have a switch or any Nintendo products. Actually I have never a Nintendo switch before , still I watched till end I don't know why 🤣. But l liked it . Keep making amazing videos ❤️❤️
Thank you Abhishek! So glad you are enjoying the videos! Will do! Cheers bud!
I think I'm going to do it, I feel a lot more confident just leaving the battery tray and Z button alone ... it will be nice not to have to unplug all the ribbons. The tiny bit of red and blue showing at the top will actually be kind of cute if I buy two kits and do pink and pastel blue! And the kits are so cheap I might as well! I'll definitely need some chill jazz when I do it too.
Haha Jazz is a must! That sounds like a really cool color combination that you're going for! I hope it turns out awesome! Let me know if yo have any questions! Cheers!
Great video.
I've done several mods in the past, including soldering stuff on other consoles, but I was scared of doing joycon shell replacements, they seem so fragile!
Your video gave me the confidence to give it a go, thank you :)
Awesome! That’s great to hear! I’m happy I was able to help! Cheers buddy!
So relaxing. May have to listen to them while I'm falling asleep.
They also have a Soft Touch version that has a kind of a rubbery feeling to it. I've been very satisfied with mine. I've never once used a single joycon as a controller like they intended so the D pad is a much needed upgrade as far as I'm concerned. And even with the slightly thicker rubber coating my Switch still fits in my grip cases (Skull & Co and Satisfye).
I actually forgot to mention that my shells are also Soft Touch, they do feel great! Yeah same here, I've only ever used the joycons as a controller on very few occasions. Thanks for the input Josh, and hope you are enjoying the channel! Cheers buddy!
Ive been waiting this mod off got a pair of greys that dont work so well gona go atomic purple :p
Great vid Tito!
Thanks dude! Atomic purple is a great color! I was also thinking of going with a transparent color too! Cheers friend!
Great Video. After over a year of having this done, I'm interested how the reshell held up and if your feelings on it have changed any.
They trash I got white shells and week later started discolor. Granted the white is worse out of all colors but they fade.
I just ordered the eXtremerate D-pad Joycon kit, in Super Famicom style.
Hope it goes well and will use your video for a assistance guide.
Keep up the awesome work with mods
Can we talk about the smooth ass transition around 17:18 ?!
Haha, definitely one of my favorite effects. Having an electric slider is what makes this possible. Cheers!
love your videos g, only advice (unless it's just an issue on my end) but your audio mixing needs a bit of adjustment from the episode prelude into the intro and after, your voice when using (camera mic?) is a bit quieter, just fyi
either way, again, absolutely lovely work and presentation - stay safe out there and take care, thank you for what you do! x
Thanks for the heads up backprints! I'll def look into the the audio. So glad you are enjoying the videos! You stay safe too bud! Cheers!
I did this shell swap with the classic black & red nes style. Very stylish, but without a pivot the play experience in handheld mode is still significantly inferior to the hori left dpad controller. I've been thinking about ataching some sort of custom pivot to the bottom of the silicon pad under the dpad, but I'm worried about the pressure point damaging the board.
Thanks for the video great guide came in handy as i just did mine.
Thanks for the tutorial! Have you considered doing a full Nintendo DS re-shell/refurb video (In contrast to the GBA macro video)?
Great suggestion Adam! The DS doesn't get as much love as it deserves! I'll def look into it! Cheers bud!
thank you! I just instaled a pair of blue transparent shells for my joycons and they look cool.
your video is very helpfull!
You’re welcome! Glad it was helpful!
Just did this. Your video was very helpful. Went with a black shell because I like it and also scratches and chip are inevitable.
Nice dude! Good color choice!
Cuando estas tranquilo en la cuarentena y pum el tío tito te azombra con esa maravilla, es hermoso sigue así sorprendiendo a todos cada viernes 😃😁🤙
¡Estoy feliz de que disfrutes los videos! ¡Salud!
The diagram is a really good idea!
Worth checking your buttons work before closing up the shell.
The ribbon cable came loose on my right one, SR didnt work only 3 buttons lit up.
I thought I had damaged it, but it turns out that it just came a bit loose while installing everthing.
If you dont want to die prematurely from going insane, don’t use the triwing screws to put the shell back on either.
Use the black screws in the bag, theyr same size but regular philips.
Great video. I did the install and it worked out. One problem: on the right joycon one of the ribbon cables connecting the SL and SR button bar thing snapped, but fortunately all that doesn't work are the LEDS that light up (as far as I know). I might buy a broken right joycon and see if I can replace it, but for now the whole kit and kabootle works great.
Thats dope! What i actually did was, i bought a Set of WiiU Gamepad Buttons, because i needed the Dpad, i then opened my left Joycon, modded the Shell and put the WiiU Dpad in there. I had to sand alot to make it all fit and then paint it, but it looks pretty legit now and works great! :)
Whoa! That’s sounds awesome! Must have been a lot of work but I bet it does look great! Thank you for sharing NinjaChris77! Cheers dude!
A lot of eXtremeRate products are soft touch which look nice at first but with time the oils on your skin will start to permanently smudge/stain your joy con, so I would recommend buying their non soft touch products such as the clear purple shell replacements as an example.
That’s really cool mod, I wouldn’t mind having a D pad
Definitely a better method than how extremerate themselves show it, but you will have to use the battery case the shell comes with, if you don't use a pair of gray joy cons (which seem to be the rarest color) for the mod. With all other colors the plastic part between R and ZR / L and LR will most likely not match the color of the new shell... This requires at least one ribbon cable to be removed, plus you need to install ZR and ZL with two springs each and you need to reuse the micro switches from the original joy cons. So yeah, a little more effort may be required, but apart from that it's very much doable the way you show it here. Thank you for the well made instruction video.
That intro hora me every time 👌💪
Thank you 🙏!
Very cool! Might have to try this sometime.
You definitely should Sean! The d-pad is great if you play some 2D games or NES/SNES games on Nintendo Online! As always, great to hear from you! Cheers friend!
Incredible video.
Unusual question, not sure if you can answer. Do you think the hori joycon d-pad will fit into any of these reshells? Since that d-pad has a pivot, it might actually feel even better than this d-pad. If that worked, that would 100% be the ultimate way to get a d-pad joycon.
I have 4 dpad Joycons & they are awesome. I have an SNES one, an NES version, a white one & a Black one. I wanted one from boxypixel which are $100 & by the time I decided to give in, they sold out.
Super good tutorial!
Thank you 🙏! I hope it was helpful. Cheers James!
Hi, i loved the video but i sas that you forgot to transfer the joycon dust protector. I hope your joycons didn't encounter any issues related to that❤
Great video as always! What is that tiny switch dock that you are using?
Thank you Gabe! I'm so happy that you enjoyed the video! That is an Insignia Switch Dock that I bought from Best Buy. It's not bad, definitely not as good as the original, but it's much smaller. Here's the link: www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-dock-kit-with-hdmi-and-usb-for-nintendo-switch-black/6065700.p?skuId=6065700
Cheers Buddy!
Macho Nacho Productions Thanks! Keep up the good work!
Nice review. Well done 👍
Thank you Isaac! Much appreciated buddy! Cheers!
This is so wonderfully done!!! the video and the mod! I really want to do this too(i have the grey joycons too and need some color), but I'm too chicken. I just saw that the video tutorial that eXtreme Rate has for this mod and it's wrong....they uploaded another video with just a fragment of the process so it just made the whole thing more confusing.... This is one of the few videos out there that has this, glad you made this :)....but still on the fence XD
Thank you Meno! So glad you enjoyed the video. It is a complicated mod but I think it’s quite doable. Cheers buddy!
Very good content, the guide looks straightforward enough and well explained. But I'm a joycon drift repair veteran and know how much these things can be a pain to open, and how easily some parts will break even being super careful. So I'm gonna pass even if this mod is music to my ears. Why Nintendo doesn't sell official left joycons with d-pads is totally beyond me.
Totally understand dude! Getting these things apart is pretty tricky. Yeah, I think it would have been great if Nintendo gave the option to have a traditional d-pad! Cheers!
Just wan’t to say, this is a much better tutorial than the one extremerate provide 👍.
Thank you!
Which Matthew McChesky song do you use for your intro?
Nice. That's why i bought the hori dpad joy con. A must own for switch
I love Hori products! They’re always very high quality! Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
@@MachoNachoProductions they are good. They have been since way back too
@Macho Nacho Productions do you happen to have used the Hori Dpad joycons to compare the feel compared to this mod? I have the Hori, but there are some things I don’t like about it like that it’s not quite the same size as an original which feels weird (and they don’t provide a matching right joycon which is frustrating), lack of wireless support, and in general the dpad feels OK but not as good as I would like.
I’ve been thinking about doing one of these shell mods since I literally never use the joycons as single controllers, but if the feel isn’t any better than the Hori pad then maybe it’s not worth it...
Hey Ben! Unfortunately I haven’t tried the Hori dpad joy cons. I will say that the implementation of the dpad with the extreme rate kit is very good, it feels like it came from the Nintendo factory with a dpad. I hope that helps a little. Cheers buddy!
@@MachoNachoProductions That's definitely promising... The Hori pad isn't bad, but it's definitely not amazing and the other downsides really suck. What I really wanted to do was buy a set of used joycons and re-shell those while keeping my originals, but jokes on me, used joycons even years later are still stupid expensive haha! I have a second Switch, tablet only, that I bought used a while back for modding purposes to keep my main switch clean, and figured I'd end up picking up used joycons for it eventually, but the prices somehow never came down lol.
Anyway thanks for the review and detailed installation guide. I've done a lot of modding and hardware stuff in general, but anything with the Switch still scares me a little with all those tiny ribbon cables and stories of ruined joycons, but maybe I should just suck it up and try it out on my main joycons.
The thing that really stings is that the dpads on the official Switch Pro controllers reeeeeally suck (constantly hitting wrong directions ruining my Tetris 99 games by accidentally hitting up haha), so they're not even a good way to use a dpad unfortunately (what happened to you Nintendo!? You literally invented the dpad!!) so I really would love to have a solid performing dpad on my joycon.
How is the dpad with fighting games like qcf punch or dragon punches in street fighter?
I did the exact same mod to my joycons maybe 6 months ago, best decision tbh.
Agree dude! Fantastic mod for the Joy Cons! Cheers!
Would this disassembled state be opportune for cleaning out the joysticks?
Absolutely!
Nice vid. You forgot one thing though. You forgot to transfer the dust cover rings around the joycons to the new shells.
does the dpad pivot or is it possible to input opposite directions at once?
If I remember correctly it is possible to hit them all at once much like the unmodified joycon
To be honest,
more than anything, it allows you to hit UP & RIGHT for example, much easier as you would be able to normally, the same way you would on a retro dpad.
Unless your sincerely mentally disabled, hitting multiple buttons accidently is not really going to happen. Its like asking “can I accidently hit Z & ZR”.
After having installed the black NES classic last night, can say I have absolutely no regrets. Dpad & controller quality is superb.
@@MachoNachoProductions thanks for the answer after such a long time :)
That D-pad looked like it didn't have a 'nub' in the middle of it, is it possible to press all four buttons at the same time?
Great question! Yes, one can press all directions at once. Hope that helps! Cheers!
@@MachoNachoProductions Nice video bro! what about the paint and plastic? You have almost a few months testing the shell. Do u see any problem with the paint the Super Nintendo details?
Still holding strong! No complaints as of yet! Cheers!
what scrredrivers/tips are you using? have a nice selection but nothing will give at all! any pointers welcome plz!
Ifixit tool kit. I think there’s a link in my video description.
@@MachoNachoProductions have the pro kit, couldn't figure it out though
My origins joycon did not had the rubber thing where the 4 buttons where placed like huh
Bravo!
Thank you Alex! Cheers!
Tried to replace my shell , now my left stick doesn’t probably 🙄...it only goes left and right for some reason ...any suggestions??
It sounds like it could be a damaged joystick. You can buy a replacement pretty easily and they are also fairly inexpensive (about $8). Check eBay for a replacement. Replacing the joystick should be easier than swapping the shell. Best of luck! Cheers!
Macho Nacho Productions bro i did that ...still didn’t work 🤦🏼♂️ it kept drifting..I put the old one back on and it worked little better but still not working properly... maybe I just bought a defective one
Name of the classical music in the video?
Without a pivot, it does NOT feel like a real, professional, Nintendo brand dpad. Far too easy for wrong imputs when you accidenrally push the whole dpad down, activating all four directional inputs at once, especially when you're trying for diagonal inputs.
Is the dpad clicky?
I wanna do the same but with Famicom buttons
John I agree, that would be awesome! Cheers dude!
3 Years to late but be careful with the right bumper ! Mine just broke and now i had to buy an new joycon. So be careful with the little switch !
These shells are pretty good and are of much better quality than the first batches of dpad shells, but the fact that they are just a bit thicker than OEM shells bug me a bit
Agree! They're pretty great! I hadn't noticed that they were thicker. I'm gonna check that out. Thanks for the heads up! Cheers!
Does the shell scratch easily?
Great question! I haven’t run into any issues, but I’m pretty careful with my switch. They seem to be somewhat durable but I’m sure they can be scratched it one tried hard enough. Hope that was helpful. Cheers Reuben!
@@MachoNachoProductions alright thanks :D
You’re welcome!
It kills me that you don't remove and reinstall the ring around the analog stick.
Sup dude
Yo yo!
great video. I am currently in the middle of editing the same mod video I did myself. there is a program to change the color that your Switch thinks the joycons are. even the buttons and it will show in the switch whatever color you chose. it's great software and it has many other tools in it like testing the IR sensor in the right joy-con like a camera. its free gbatemp.net/threads/tool-joy-con-toolkit.478560/
great channel. nice production value. I just started my channel and I feel discouraged in keeping up with it now LOL
Thank you Vince! Whoa that is some pretty cool software, I'll have to check that out! Cheers buddy!
I watched your most recent videos and loved them, wanted to watch more but this one is unwatchable for me due to a very high pitched constant noise coming from your mic :(
This completely voids the warranty from Nintendo themselves, and they won''t fix the inherit drift all of their joy sticks suffer from this generation. As cool as this are, would you really want to drop $60 usd on new ones every year?
If your confident in doing this, then your confident enough to stick a 1mm piece of cardboard behind your joycon, on the odd chance you get drift. Problem solved.
This is not 'easy' and the relaxing casual music is not reflective of how you feel when a tiny spring flies across the room or one screw ends up behind the couch, the screws lose their heads, making it impossible to get them in or out. I assume that this is sponsored content? It is not impossible but it is a challenging mod. You acknowledge that it is challenging right at the end of the video but I wonder how many people watched the first five minutes of your video and only saw this comment after trying to use the tutorial, and messing up their joycon?
Thank you for the comment. I hope people who try to attempt this mod watch the video in its entirety before attempting it so they can ascertain the difficulty for themselves. Agree someone shouldn’t attempt this mod on a whim.
Dont reuse those effing triwings, use the replacement screws they have regular heads. If you use the triwinh you will shoot yourself in the balls tryinh to tighten them