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Irishsally OP t1_j6kczoa wrote

Reply to comment by pseudopad in New clueless wannabe gamer by Irishsally

This is a daft question but I thought the blue side and the red side where 2 different controllers.

Should I buy a spare blue and red ? To make one?

Thank you

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pseudopad t1_j6kfgk7 wrote

They're the same controller, but some games support using them as two tiny controllers instead of one regular. You get a... Thing, that mounts them together for using it as a regular wireless controller when the system is docked.

You should not get a spare blue and red in my opinion. They're not amazingly comfortable controllers. For couch play, get a Switch pro controller, and use the red/blue as a two player controller when needed.

Using the red/blue as two separate controllers is mostly just a gimmick in my opinion. It might work OK for an 8 year old, but anyone in their mid teens and up are going to get serious hand cramps using them like that for more than 20 minutes.

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