Nintendo Switch Pro Controller | D-Pad Issue Easy Fix
771When I bought my Nintendo Switch's Pro Controller I noticed that something was not working well with the D-Pad. For example, when I pressed 'Right' the control also registered as if I had pressed 'Up' or 'Down'. This became really annoying when playing 2D games because it was impossible to control the characters with precision.
I made some research on the internet and found that many people were having this same issue. But there were also a lot of people commenting that they have had no issues at all with their controllers. Some were proposing some homemade fixes. I've tried a few and found that the combination of two of them eliminated the problem.
It's a shame that a company as Nintendo haven't detected this issue before releasing the product. Come on Nintendo! I also remember having this exactly same issue with the Wii U Gamepad's D-Pad. It's unacceptable. For years they have had a reputation of making premium quality hardware.
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DISCLAIMER
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The procedure on this video worked for me but I cannot guarantee that it will work for you. All the content in this video is based on my own experience. I'm just a gamer, I'm not an expert nor a technician on this matter. I'm not responsible for any damage that you can make to your controller or to your console. If you don't feel confident to disassemble, make any modification and reassemble the controller I don't recommend you to proceed. Before doing any modification make some research and get an expert's advice. Just to be clear: ONLY PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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D-Pad History
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(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-pad)
A D-pad (short for directional pad or digital pad; also known as a control pad) is a flat, usually thumb-operated four-way directional control with one button on each point, found on nearly all modern video game console gamepads, game controllers.
Sega Master System D-pad providing eight-directional buttons.
Although digital D-pads offer less flexibility than analog sticks, they can easily be manipulated (requiring little movement of the thumb) with very high accuracy. They are also far less demanding in maintenance and do not protrude very far from the controller, making them ideal for portable consoles such as the Game Boy, DS and the PSP.
A precursor to the D-pad was the four directional buttons used in arcade games such as UPL's Blockade (1976) and SNK's Vanguard (1981).A precursor to the standard D-pad on a video game console was used by the Intellivision, which was released by Mattel Electronics in 1980. The Intellivision's unique controller featured the first alternative to a joystick on a home console, a circular pad that allowed for 16 directions of movement by pressing it with the thumb. A precursor to the D-pad also appeared on Entex's short lived "Select A Game" cartridge based handheld system; it featured non-connected raised left, right, up and down buttons aligned to the left of a row of action buttons. Similar directional buttons were also used on the Atari Game Brain, the unreleased precursor to the Atari 2600, and on some early dedicated game consoles such as the VideoMaster Star Chess game. A controller similar to the D-pad appeared in 1981 on a handheld game system: Cosmic Hunter on Milton Bradley's Microvision.
Nintendo's known "cross" design was developed in 1982 by Gunpei Yokoi for their Donkey Kong handheld game. The design proved to be popular for subsequent Game & Watch titles, although the previously introduced non-connected D-pad style was still utilized on various later Game & Watch titles, including the Super Mario Bros. handheld game. This particular design was patented and later earned a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award. In 1984, the Japanese company Epoch created a handheld game system called the Epoch Game Pocket Computer. It featured a D-pad, but it was not popular for its time and soon faded.
Initially intended to be a compact controller for the Game & Watch handheld games alongside the prior non-connected style pad, Nintendo realized that Yokoi's updated design would also be appropriate for regular consoles, and Nintendo made the D-pad the standard directional control for the hugely successful Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System under the name "+Control Pad". All major video game consoles since have had a D-pad of some shape on their controllers, until the Nintendo Switch in 2017, which used the older four-button design on its included Joy-Con controller.