Junhuan Wireless Switch Controller

Hardware Type: Controller

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Review:

(Note: This product was received at no cost for review via the Amazon Vine program.)

At this point, it’s becoming difficult to think of new ways to start a review for a budget pro-style wireless Nintendo Switch controller, so… here’s one of those from the company Junhuan.

As with many of the Pro-style controllers released for Nintendo Switch, Junhuan’s controller is pretty comparable in size and shape to Nintendo’s own Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, with a comparable button layout, and asymmetrical analog stick placement. However, Junhuan’s controller weighs less, has concave analog sticks (not hall effect sticks, so drift may eventually become an issue), and has grips that are textured both on the front and back. This is a pretty comfortable controller to hold in your hands, so let’s see how it performs!

The D-Pad and face buttons all feel pretty good, a nice halfway point between squishy and clicky, with L and R buttons that are clicky, which works well for those buttons. I should note that this controller comes with a few caps to place on the D-Pad for those who prefer something more like the Xbox One Pro controller or an odd sort of notched round pad. I don’t personally prefer either of these to a standard D-Pad, but it’s nice that they give players the option to choose among these.

The ZL and ZR trigger buttons are both analog, which is nice for this controller’s functionality on other platforms (more on this in a bit), but it does mean that they’ll be a bit less responsive on Nintendo Switch, which can’t recognize an analog input. It’s a minor issue though, and I generally consider this a good tradeoff for analog triggers for play on other platforms.

The secondary face buttons on the controller are mostly comparable to Nintendo’s standard Pro Controller layout, though they’ve been swapped around in a way I’m thinking of calling the “Turbo Shuffle”, considering how often it happens – A new turbo button is on the left of the controller where the screenshot button usually is (this button works in the usual way Turbo buttons on these sorts of controllers tend to do), the screenshot button has been moved to the right, where the home button usually is, and the home button has moved dead-center. As I’ve said elsewhere, if a controller is going to move these buttons from their standard layout, this is my preferred alternate layout.

When it comes to the other features of Nintendo Switch controllers, this does a decent job covering the standard stuff. It can wirelessly wake the Nintendo Switch from sleep mode, has decent gyroscopic motion control, and it has an adjustable rumble (in place of HD Rumble, something I tend to consider an even tradeoff). It doesn’t have the ability to scan Amiibo figurines, but this is rare in third-party Nintendo Switch controllers and not something you’re likely to use often.

Finally, on the back, we have a pair of macro buttons and a button to adjust the controller’s lighting. The macro buttons allow you to memorize a sequence of commands (like a Street Fighter “hadouken”), though oddly I can only get M2, the left macro button, to accept a new command sequence, with M1 seemingly forever stuck as a second B button. This is a frustrating issue, and I wonder how this was allowed to pass quality control.

Finally, I should of course mention the compatibility with PC, Android, and iOS platforms, of which I was able to test the controller with the former two, and in both cases it performed flawlessly – the wireless connectivity was good and controls were responsive.

For a budget controller, the Junhuan Wireless Switch Controller is mostly pretty decent and a solid choice, though I would still recommend others in this price range, like the eShopperReviews 2024 Game Awards‘ Best Hardware winner, the ECHTPower Wireless Switch Controller (ES01). For what Junhuan’s controller lacks that the other controller doesn’t, this is missing hall effect sticks, and of course there’s the busted right macro button. Overall though, this is a solid controller that’d absolutely be worth getting if it weren’t for better options at this price.

tl;dr – The Junhuan Wireless Switch Controller is a Pro-style wireless controller at a budget price, and it’s mostly a pretty solid budget controller, with swappable D-Pad caps, nice textured grips, and good PC and Android support. However, the lack of hall effect sticks and a malfunctioning macro button keep this controller from reaching the top tier of budget controllers. It’s definitely not a bad controller, but you can do better.

Grade: B

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