8Bitdo Lite Bluetooth Gamepad for Switch Lite, Switch & Windows (Turquoise Edition)

There are few good controllers with clicky D-Pads, and there are even fewer with GOOD clicky D-Pads.This is the diamond in the rough. Do not make the mistake of getting any other impression. If you like clicky D-Pads, here's your controller. If you don't, then that's not the fault of the controller.Straight up, if you want a good way to play NES/SNES classics, or any game that requires precise digital controls on Switch or PC, this is it. Just buy it. But if you want a few more details, here you go...The controller fits comfortably in my medium to large sized hands. It should feel fine whatever your hand size, I think. The shoulder buttons line up well with my fingers, with the tips of them landing on the L2 and R2 buttons and the lower part resting on the primary L and R buttons. The D-Pad and buttons all rest is comfortable places, and the (+) and (-) buttons are in good spots that you won't hit by accident. This also goes for the home and record buttons (which visually appear as heart and star buttons, respectively).While you can press down all directions at once, it's really hard unless you actually try, which you're NEVER going to do by accident. Using it normally, the game will just go in the direction you push without any shenanigans. No, "I swear I didn't push up!" Just good functionality.The downside is, there's a reason you can press all four directions at once at all. When you do that, the game counts that as an L3 or R3 press. The problem is that it's not easy to push all the directions down at once, which is good for all cases except when you actually want to use L3 or R3. But lets face it; you aren't getting this controller to play any games that make frequent, mandatory use of the L3 or R3 buttons. Any game that requires you to do that is a game this controller wasn't meant to be used for, anyway. But if you NEED to pres L3 or R3 occasionally, the functionality is there.This controller is an excellent accessory to your joy-cons and/or pro controller. It will never replace either of those things for what those are good for, but for other things this will do it. Make no mistake; if there's a game where you NEED the analog functionality of a right and left analog stick, this won't do the job. But that's not what it's for. The D-Pad on the pro controller sucks, and the directional buttons on the joycons aren't great for some types of games, like shooters or fighting games. This gives you the option to use both a great D-Pad as well as directional buttons at the same time. And some games actually benefit from having digital controls for the Right Stick as well.EDIT: Previously, the Left D-Pad could only fuction as the Left Analog Stick, but a recent firmware update now allows you to switch the functions of the Left D-Pad and the directional buttons around. Now, you can make the DPad work as the directional buttons instead of the Left Analog stick! So for games games like Tetris 99, where you can't use the Left Analog stick to move the pieces, you can simply press and hold (-) and the left directional button (<) for a few seconds, and it will map the Left Stick to the directional buttons instead! Now you can move pieces with the D-Pad and change targets with the directional buttons! And you can easily change it back by pressing the same button combination again! This gets rid of the only real downside this controller had, so hats off to 8bitdo. If your controller did't come with the firmware update preinstalled, you can easily download the update for 8bitdo's support page. Just Google "8bitdo support" and you'll find the page, which will have all the latest firmware updates for their controllers ready to install quickly and painlessly.Also, on top of all the other cool features it has, it also has turbo functionality. While in PC mode, instead of using the star button to take screenshots, you can hold a button and press star to activate turbo for that button. It's a nice way of giving functionality to a button that would otherwise be useless on PC.All in all, this is a very nice controller. Even far beyond the appeal of the Switch, this controller offers great functionality for any PC or phone, and should serve you for years. I'm definitely hanging onto this this for the foreseeable future as my controller of choice for any game that doesn't require an analog stock to play properly.

I got the 8Bitdo Lite because the controller I used to use developed drift, and although I have PS3 and 4 controllers, I don't care for the feel for them. I also play a lot of retro games, so having a more retro styled controller seemed like a good idea. Imagine my surprise when I got a just fantastic controller that worked for (almost) all of my games.The 8Bitdo Lite is small, and fits well into smaller hands like mine. It's light, but it feels solid and the plastic has a smoothish texture that feels great in the hands. The yellow color is bright and cheerful, with white buttons and controls that stand out without looking garish. It has Switch-based button labels, which is less than ideal for many PC games since they tend to be more Xbox-layout oriented these days, but if you go by physical position instead of reading labels, you won't have a problem.The slim form factor means that the "trigger" buttons are placed on the same plane as the shoulder buttons, which takes a bit of getting used to. They're also binary rather than analogue, which makes them a less than perfect fit for racing games, but they otherwise work well. The real surprise, though, was the crosspad controls in place of analog sticks. These effectively provide a digital feel for your analogue controls, which is great for a lot of games, since the analog doesn't matter or is the difference between a walk you rarely use and a run you use all the time. I'm sure this will make a big difference to some people, but it's been perfect for everything I've used it for so far. The best part is that because of the design, controller drift is non-existent.The 8Bitdo has quickly become my go-to contoler for most games. The only exceptions are FPS (which I exclusively use mouse and keyboard for) and racing games where I need more precision in acceleration. It's super portable and fits right in my pocket, which also makes me happy. Maybe the best part, though, is the flawless bluetooth pairing with my Windows PC, my Linux laptop, and my Switch. I adore this controller, and I'll be looking for more 8Bitdo products in the future.