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Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (model number: HAC-013) is a game controller developed by Nintendo for use with the Nintendo Switch hybrid console. It serves as an alternative to the Joy-Con controllers.
- First released
- 2017
- Made by
- Nintendo
- Type
- Controller
Overview
The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (model number: HAC-013) is a game controller developed by Nintendo for use with the Nintendo Switch hybrid console. It serves as an alternative to the Joy-Con controllers. The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller, which features additional buttons, serves as an alternative controller to the Joy-Con 2 controllers of the Nintendo Switch 2.
Details
- Developer
- Nintendo PTD
- Type
- Gamepad
- Released
- March 3, 2017
- Discontinued
- EU February 2027
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth, NFC, USB-C
- Input
- 2 × clickable analog sticks Accelerometer Gyroscope Digital D-pad 8 × digital face buttons 2 × digital shoulder buttons 2 × digital triggers Sync button
- Predecessor
- Wii U Pro Controller
- Successor
- Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller
- Manufacturer
- Nintendo
- Works with
- Nintendo Switch
Works with
More from Nintendo
- NES Zapper 1984
- NES controller 1985
- R.O.B. 1985
- Famicom 3D System 1987
- NES Max 1988
- Power Pad 1988
- Game Link Cable 1989
- NES Satellite 1989
- NES Four Score 1990
- Super NES controller 1990
- Super NES Mouse 1992
- Super Scope 1992
- Super Game Boy 1994
- Satellaview 1995
- Nintendo 64 controller 1996
- Nintendo 64 Controller Pak 1996
- Rumble Pak 1997
- Game Boy Camera 1998
- Game Boy Printer 1998
- Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak 1998
- Nintendo 64 Voice Recognition Unit 1998
- Super Game Boy 2 1998
- Transfer Pak 1998
- e-Reader 2001
- GameCube controller 2001
- GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable 2001
- GameCube Broadband Adapter 2002
- WaveBird Wireless Controller 2002
- DK Bongos 2003
- Game Boy Player 2003
- Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter 2004
- GameCube Microphone 2004
- Nintendo DS Rumble Pak 2006
- Nunchuk 2006
- Wii Classic Controller 2006
- Wii Remote 2006
- Wii Sensor Bar 2006
- Wii Balance Board 2007
- Wii Zapper 2007
- Wii Speak 2008
- Wii Wheel 2008
- Wii Classic Controller Pro 2009
- Wii MotionPlus 2009
- Wii Remote Plus 2010
- Circle Pad Pro 2012
- Wii U GamePad 2012
- Wii U Pro Controller 2012
- amiibo 2014
- Joy-Con 2017
- Joy-Con Charging Grip 2017
- Poké Ball Plus 2018
- Ring-Con 2019
- Joy-Con 2 2025
- Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller 2025
Sources
- Wikipedia overview and specifications
- Nintendo-Switch-Pro-Controller-FL.jpg
- Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Zelda.jpg TaurusEmerald CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Smash Bros.jpg TaurusEmerald CC BY-SA 4.0
The overview is adapted from Wikipedia and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Checked October 2026.
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