If you've been feeling let down by the Nintendo Switch's four detached directional buttons and miss the classic D-Pad, worry not, as gaming accessory manufacturing company Hori will soon be releasing a Joy-Con that has a real D-Pad. Hori's official Japanese site already has a picture of what it'll look like, as well as the technical specifications of the controller. Of course, there are a few drawbacks to this; you can only use it in portable mode as it has no wireless support, there's no HD Rumble or gyro, and there are no SL or SR buttons on the inside of the Joy-Con. This third-party left JoyCon will be hitting retail in Japan sometime this July, will come in a dark blue color only, and will cost 2,480 yen, which is equivalent to about $24.99.

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[pedro702]

You are missing the point. If the joycon is at all under 100% it will still be charged by the switch. So in turn, it will still drain the switch battery. My original point was that they didn't add any of that as a way of cutting costs, and giving consumers a cheaper alternative to the oem joycon. You started the whole battery tangent. Having a battery in the joycon will not stop the joycon from leeching off the switch battery, having less in it to power will lessen the amount being leeched though.

hmm you dont know how joy con charge works do you? joy con only draw batery from the switch in portable mode when they are in red batery... wich is under 15 % if i recall if they have 60 or 30% they do not take any power at all get your facts correct...

lol thinking joycons would take power from the switch if they were at 99%...

 

[YourHero]

But will it brick? Hori usually has official Nintendo licensing though.