Best Video Game Controller for Start and Select button design

#1

The pause and top-panel controls are easier to reach than on the reviewer’s previous controller, making menu access a meaningful quality-of-life improvement.

#2

The simplified plus, minus, and Home area gives the front face a cleaner, more streamlined look than earlier Retro Fighters GameCube pads.

#3

The View and Menu controls are more prominent than on some related Thrustmaster designs, making them easier to find in play.

#4

Start and Select preserve the soft retro feel, but many users find them mushy, cramped together, or awkwardly centered. They stand out as less immediate than the surrounding controls.

#5

Menu, View, and Share controls are a recurring weak spot because they sit too flat, too small, or too far from the thumbs. They can be easy to miss by...

#6

The Plus/Minus placement is the most consistent design complaint. Their small, identical bottom-row position disrupts muscle memory and makes quick presses harder.

#7

Rearranged Home, Capture, plus, and minus controls are a recurring annoyance on Switch models, causing repeated accidental presses until muscle memory adjusts.

#8

Start, Select, Menu, and mode functions provide useful shortcuts, but the layout can become crowded. The capture and macro controls beneath the D-pad are especially easy to trigger accidentally.

#9

The extra ROG Ally shortcut keys repeatedly interfere with the usual Start/View layout. Several testers hit the wrong button or found the real menu controls awkward to reach.