Animal Crossing: New Horizons players on Nintendo Switch will soon have a new way to play thanks to PowerA’s latest controller design! The controller has a Nook, Inc. inspired design and is an officially licensed Nintendo product. The improved wireless controller from Nook, Inc. is apparently launching on April 1 and pre-orders are currently available on Amazon for $ 49.99. Animal Crossing players are all too familiar with Nook, Inc.’s pattern scheme. New horizons, and these controller channels that look pretty good. It also offers a more subtle design compared to some of the previous Animal Crossing controller options!
An image of the controller can be found below.
For those unfamiliar with PowerA’s Enhanced Wireless Controller, the company offers an alternative option to the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. The PowerA design has a lower MSRP, resulting in some trade-offs. Notably, the controller doesn’t offer Rumble features or amiibo support. As such, players wishing to use the upcoming Animal Crossing Sanrio Collaboration amiibo cards will need to do so while the console is in portable mode or with a Pro Controller. Those who don’t use amiibo probably won’t miss the feature.
The PowerA controller features “advanced gaming buttons to map.” They do not appear on the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, but are a standard option on PowerA’s controller releases. The additional buttons give players some customization options, which Animal Crossing players may like. The button assignment remains in the controller’s memory even after it is disconnected from the system. More information can be found here on the PowerA website.
Since the game’s release a little over a year ago, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has turned out to be one of the biggest success stories on Nintendo Switch. The Animal Crossing franchise has always been popular for Nintendo, but New horizons far surpassed its predecessors. That success has led to increased support from Nintendo, and it looks like new items and features will be added to the game in the near future!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available exclusively on Nintendo Switch. You can check out all of our previous coverage of the game here.
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