I’ve been testing plenty of new Change 2 equipment just lately, nearly all of which have been produced earlier than the businesses that made them ever touched an actual Change 2. Even a millimeter’s distinction in dimensions might utterly throw off a design, and a few merchandise I’ve tried lack an ideal match. For instance, Genki’s Assault Vector has problems, which the corporate is now remodeling. It’s in all probability not the one one. Nevertheless, Dbrand’s Killswitch package provides the most effective match and finest safety proper out of the gate.
I adored the package once I examined it on my Steam Deck, and this one doesn’t mess with the successful method. Dbrand needed to engineer its personal USB-C dock adapter since a Killswitch-equipped console doesn’t slot in Nintendo’s dock. Its adapter is included, with no cutbacks to visible constancy in docked mode. It’s a little bit clunky, however I’m primarily simply pleased that it really works, so I don’t should take the Killswitch off each time I wish to dock the Change 2.
Essentially the most primary “Necessities” package is $59.95 and features a grippy, form-fitting shell that latches across the Change 2’s again, barely latching across the entrance. It may be secured to your console with some small adhesive strips. A separate, adhesive-backed strip of safety for the kickstand comes with the package, too. Dbrand consists of two Pleasure-Con 2 shells which have thick, textured grips that make them considerably extra comfy to make use of with out including an excessive amount of weight. In contrast to Pleasure-Con shells from different accent makers, these have been as straightforward to put in as I hoped they’d be, sliding securely into place due to the Killswitch’s robust, however just-malleable-enough supplies.
The $79.85 “Journey” choice provides a troublesome latch-on cowl that protects the entrance of your Change 2, and a tray that matches inside it for storing as much as 10 recreation cartridges. Of the circumstances I’ve tried thus far, I’ve the fewest reservations about placing my Change 2 on this one. With the entrance cowl on, it supplies arduous case safety. When indifferent, it provides stable safety with an understated search for the elements of the Change 2 which are most weak to wreck.
The most costly $99.80 “Extremely” package consists of every thing talked about above, plus further stick grips and two glass display screen protectors. The added value isn’t outrageous should you nonetheless want a display screen protector.
The Killswitch is nice. I usually neglect that it’s put in. I believed I’d miss the console’s slim design, arguably one in all its largest promoting factors in comparison with chunkier handhelds just like the Steam Deck. However, after primarily utilizing a Deck as an alternative of the getting old Change, I’m spoiled by huge grips, and the Killswitch turns the Change 2 into one thing that I wish to use in handheld mode.