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[alphachino]

I've picked back up with Switch after the last Direct and I'm a big racing game fan, but the lack of analog triggers really lets down the whole system IMO, almost to the same degree as the lack of r2+r3 on the VITA.

In Art of Rally, not being able to control the throttle makes the vehicle impossible to control and in FAST RMX, when you get to the higher speed classes, the lack of analog air brakes becomes extremely noticeable and detrimental to the whole experience.

With the rumors of a new F-Zero game coming out, I really hope it's coming to Switch 2 with analog triggers.

Does anyone have any insight into why analog triggers were left out of the Switch or feel that they're unnecessary?

 

[Hardensoul]

I've picked back up with Switch after the last Direct and I'm a big facing game fan, but the lack of analog triggers really lets down the whole system IMO, almost to the same degree as the lack of r2+r3 on the VITA.

In Art of Rally, not being able to control the throttle makes the vehicle impossible to control and in FAST RMX, when you get to the higher speed classes, the lack of analog air brakes becomes extremely noticeable and detrimental to the whole experience.

With the rumors of a new F-Zero game coming out, I really hope it's coming to Switch 2 with analog triggers.

Does anyone have any insight into why analog triggers were left out of the Switch or feel that they're unnecessary?

Cost and not many games other than racers need analog triggers is my guess. Mario Kart doesn’t need analog triggers.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

It would be nice - I find that I'm really in love the PS5 triggers after buying one, but I don't think it's "necessary". I still love my Switch as it is.

 

[Skifi28]

I don't think it's the biggest mistake, but it's certainly an odd one considering it's been a standard for many years.

 

[Hardensoul]

I don't think it's the biggest mistake, but it's certainly an odd one considering it's been a standard for many years.

Not standard for Nintendo controllers, they haven’t had triggers since they first added to GameCube controller. Ever console generation Nintendo has changed their controllers. The only standard is Nintendo will have a new controller for their new consoles.

Please don’t change now we don’t need Joy-cons as standard for Switch 2

 

[blacktout]

The biggest [hardware] mistake Nintendo made with the Switch was stick drift, but I agree that the lack of analog triggers sucks.

Both could be resolved by a joycon redesign for the Switch's successor.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Not when there’s so much stick drift.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

It makes Snowrunner a total shitshow..

It hadnt bothered me until I played that on this system.

 

[Filben]

It took me six months after using a Switch to notice the lack of analogue triggers. The games I play on the Switch wouldn't benefit at all from having these triggers.

It would be cool though if there was Pro Controller version with them.

 

[THE DUCK]

The crappy thumbsticks are a serious issue as well.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

Use right stick for gas/brake. Works flawlessly in racing games.

 

[zeomax]

Besides racing games the triggers are used as "digital" triggers in the most games anyways.

 

[Banjo64]

In some games like Grid Autosport you can remap accelerate/brake to the right analogue stick and steer with the left.

 

[Robb]

I don’t play any sim-racers so I’ve never really thought about it.

I wouldn’t mind seeing them return though.

 

[nkarafo]

With the rumors of a new F-Zero game coming out, I really hope it's coming to Switch 2 with analog triggers.

F-Zero X played much better on the N64 with the digital shoulders. You could double tap very fast and bump your craft left and right to hit enemies or enter tight corners without much speed loss.

In GX, because of the analog triggers, you couldn't tap as fast so they changed the whole system to a single crappy attack move on a face button so it wasn't as good. And you couldn't use it to bump into corners. That was a huge regression for me with the controls VS the previous game.

There's no reason for analog triggers in F-Zero anyway. What's the use for analog leaning left of right? Like, is there even a difference when you lean a tiny bit or a lot?

 

[Gobjuduck]

Switch games don’t really call for analog triggers like Xbox and PS games do.

Switch Pro controller is perfect for the switch.

 

[nkarafo]

Use right stick for gas/brake. Works flawlessly in racing games.

Yeah but the analog triggers feels more like pedals. The right stick feels more like a transmission lever.

 

[cireza]

Right joycon button layout is the biggest mistake. That stick is always in the way. Awful. Then, the shitty d-pad is the second biggest mistake.

 

[Tams]

1. The Joycons are small, so analogue triggers would be expensive to implement.
2. Few games actually make use of them, and the genres that do (pretty much just racing games and sims) aren't that popular.

 

[Trilobit]

OP, I agree with you whole heartedly! When the Switch was my sole console I was looking for racing/rally games, but it was there and then I realized the analog trigger issue. Suddenly I felt transported far to the past when analog triggers wasn't a reality.

If there's one thing that makes the Switch feel cheap it's exactly that thing.