Testing Fake Joy-Cons for the Nintendo Switch 🎮 - List and Overview

We've avoided them for years but now we're finally putting third-party Joy-Cons to the test and the results were surprisingly impressive!

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► CHAPTERS 📑
00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Why Fake Joy-Cons?
00:36 - What we Chose
00:51 - Unboxing
01:44 - Designs
02:25 - Construction & Build Quality
03:02 - Buttons and Analog Sticks
04:32 - Battery and Charging
05:23 - Wake Function
05:30 - Rumble
05:54 - Motion/Gyro Sensors
06:08 - Missing Features
06:25 - Wireless
06:35 - Setup and Settings
07:05 - Experience/Testing
07:44 - Closing Thoughts
08:27 - Outro
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[itcamefromabox]

Took 7 years but we finally tested out knockoff joy-cons... and they're surprisingly good?! Up next, we're unboxing CRKD's NEO S controller and we've got another HAULED episode in the works too! Appreciate you watching ✌🕊

[Jhud]

Seems like a good option if your Joycons get bad drift and you don't have the time to fix it yourself, or as emergency Joycons when that happens and you gotta wait for the parts in the meantime. Or for people on a tight budget who buy the Switch in parts (you can get just the main unit witself with othing else for fairly cheap sometimes). Good to have them as an option for sure.

[heyjustj]

One of the best reviews of these out there! So many people do an unboxing connect them open a game for 30 seconds and say “wow these are great!” Haha. I bought a pair off Amazon that looked like the OG neon red and neon blue joy cons for about $30USD and they SEEMED good at first but then they were dropping connection every 5-10 minutes and I’d have to reconnect making them pretty useless. I was able to return them but I did notice the listing had been pulled down and it was like they never existed. Instead I bought some official ones from Walmart online for about $60 on sale. They arrived today and they are European ones so we’ll see if they work, or if they are just a better knockoff. The packaging and everything looks legit. I’ve bought a few things off Amazon and Walmart for the switch at a discount that when they arrived were European editions. Not sure why it’s cheaper for Euro version to be sold in the USA but so far I haven’t had any issues.

[fightrudyfight]

I have the Zelda blue ones in my cart. The originals are just way too pricy now to get so light go with these off brand ones. Awesome video 🎉

[Bluepandaiscool]

you nailed the lighting on the face cam :O

[tailscape]

0:45 can vouch for that - had issues with stick drift on a third party joycon and amazon replaced it.

[haviklink]

Digging the new setup, Sergio! I might need to grab a couple pairs for my sticky-handed roommates as well. Crazy how much better 3rd party hardware is these days compared to the Madcatz days of old lol

[dumbpup]

I wonder if the official joycons would fit in these shells. Could be a cheaper way of getting special edition joycons like the splatoon ones.

[robertjaysonalcantara]

I just ordered a pair for $13.56 with free shipping and bundled with a velcro cable organizer and micro usb cable (I actually have these last two as filler products just to get the free shipping). The caveat is that it will come in at least 2 weeks and the quality will be 50/50 with little warranty claims since it will come directly from the manufacturer in China. I also doubt they are hall effect sticks just based on looks. Not an issue for I will buy the hall effect kits anyway. If these come out pretty good on my end, I might just replace the sticks in these instead of my official V1 joycons since my official V1 is really not in a good shape outside of drift issues (loose rails, shoulder springs slowly becoming rigid, etc) anyway. These seem like good OEM imitations so I'll be more than glad to have one. Thanks to this review I know what to expect in the coming weeks.

[JackHobson]

Those black Joy cons look good in a white grip.

[PiranhaDubYT]

I can also relate to your problems with the Pokemon controllers, and they work pretty well with any game you choose to play. A problem for me was that the motion controls were not always accurate. In Nintendo Switch Sports' Golf, I had trouble swinging the club with the knockoffs because the sport required precise shots to get the ball going. I wanna use my officials but they all have drift and they're expensive to buy.

It didn't stop me from playing though, it actually got me to have fun with them. After figuring out how sensitive they are, I learned I only needed to snap the controller a little bit to get a full power swing. Knowing this I've mastered them at every sport and I am C rank in Bowling now.

P.S. The C buttons on the Left controller just don't feel right when pressing them.

[RukaIXR]

Might get some of these just to harvest the shells from them... if the designs are interesting enough haha. That Hori inspired Pikachu one doesn't look half bad

[eugenegoh]

Great review! Was about to pick them up 😂 — btw also what’s the game at 6:07?

[Oretal]

I was looking to get these for ring fit. Thanks for the heads up man, I won’t get these for ring fit now. I might still get these and leave my current ones on the ring…

[nauikun]

How's it after few months? Are they still working, how about the battery?i'm planning to buy one

[corvidaemoon]

I collect these because they are really cute when you grab them before they vanish forever. The gahstly/gengar one in the beginning of this video, you can not find anywhere and they are my favorite pair! After my first joycon broke when i was laying in bed holding my switch above my face, I did NOT want to spend 80$ for a new pair. I've never had an issue with these amazon nock off joycons, I have the pikachu ones, the eve evolution ones and the Ghost pokemon one (my fave). I and my friends use them all the time and still do not have issues with them. Though if we did have an issue with them, wed just get another pair for 20-30$. Good Sh**

[raraujo]

You uploaded this a little too late lol I was looking for a review on these and bought a pair for my toddler two days ago, and they're totally worth the price tag imo considering they costed me 30 and been working perfectly fine so far

[yicklemypickle]

I really like mine, I traded out the parts from some old joycons I had lying around so they could get more use and I could get my Splatoon special edition fix.

But I will say that the quality control is certainly poor with these controllers. Shocker, I know. Although every review and video I have seen on the Splatoon ones has had way more of that ombré blue to purple color like the authentic ones, that was not the case at all with mine. The color is much more of a purple to pink kinda combo, and the designs are way more muted than most anyone else’s. The right joycon was perfect, but the LEDs were bright green?? Just confused as to how there’s so much variation at this factory, but you get what you pay for and it really could be worse.

[delsinlockhart]

While the fake joycons are obviously lacking in quality build, they are probably the best cheap options and are actually not that bad

[jesuscervantesj]

I have the splatoons one they came with my switch