I have to be honest. My two biggest concerns with the Switch as a gaming console were both related to the joy-cons. First and foremost was my lack of faith in wireless controls. Perhaps I'm too old school, and haven't had much experience using newer systems and newer game controls, but I have always had a wired connection to my consoles in the past. My second concern was the size of these devices. They're tiny! But as it turns out, these things have been (so far) absolutely flawless both in form and function. Both the set I recieved with my Switch as well as the spare set I purchased in order to play some serious local 4-player Mario Kart tournaments have not given me any troubles. Battery life is phenomenal, the capabilities of the devices are really impressive (play a few mini-games on 1-2-Switch to check out some of the neat capabilities of these devices!), and the motion controls are far more accurate than I could have believed possible before purchasing my Switch. Even playing with one joy-con in the horizontal orientation is much more manageable than I expected, although it is admittedly not comfortable for longer gaming sessions due to the diminutive size of the device. But if you intend to do any sort of local multi-player type gaming on your Switch, then you definitely need to pick up a second set of joy-cons, regardless of color. Yes, you can play with two players on your standard set that comes with your device, but it's a lot more comfortable to play with one in each hand, and it doesn't hurt to have the option to expand your two sets into four separate controls. I'm way more impressed with these than I thought I would be, and I think that everyone who owns a Switch really ought to have at least one spare set of joy-cons to go with it.

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