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Today I’m unboxing and testing the Machenike G5 Pro Wireless Gaming Controller — and yes, it works with the Nintendo Switch! This sleek controller packs a punch with RGB lighting (5 modes), Hall Effect analog sticks and triggers, a 6-axis gyro, programmable back buttons, and tri-mode connectivity (USB, 2.4GHz, and Bluetooth). It looks amazing and feels premium right out of the box.
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🔹 Used on Nintendo Switch in this video
🔹 RGB LEDs with 5 customizable effects
🔹 Drift-proof Hall Effect sticks
🔹 Fast, precise analog Hall Effect triggers
🔹 Motion controls with 6-axis gyro
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we are going to check out this
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controller that was sent to the channel
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this is the G5 Pro Max SE controller by
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Machine Machineke i think that's how you
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pronounce it this was sent to the
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channel and it looks like a pretty cool
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controller you can see that it has RGB
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lighting it even has like its own little
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uh little base to rest the thing on this
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works for the PC the Switch and your
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Android and iOS device so let's go ahead
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and unbox this bad boy yeah so I'm
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starting to get some more controllers
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and accessories and stuff sent to the
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channel which is pretty cool you know
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it's it's a way to show you guys
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products and whether you guys would be
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interested in checking them out and
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stuff and with you know like the Switch
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2 and other controllers and consoles
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coming out and stuff we're going to be
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seeing a lot more of these on the
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channel so make sure you guys hit that
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subscription button so you don't miss
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when I upload so here's the controller
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inside and we also have the base and
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then I had a lot of paperwork that
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looked like it fell let me pick it
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up it looks like we got our
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instructions game pad instructions
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that's cool uh some stickers I guess if
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you want to add these to your base or
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something like that decorate it make it
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look nice we're not going to mess around
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with that now we got our
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type-C yeah our type-C cord so I believe
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this is what you plug into your console
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so your base could charge so let's go
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ahead and take a look at the base real
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quick the ace of
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base all right so we got some rubber
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grips on the bottom looks pretty
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standard put the thing on top on the
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back we have both a USB and a type-C uh
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port so looks like you might be able to
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charge something else if you plug it in
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at the same time we'll have to test that
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and again this works for PC Android iOS
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and Nintendo Switch i'm going be using
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it on my Nintendo Switch cuz it's always
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good to get a controller that could be a
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substitute for a Pro Controller right
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this looks like it has some really good
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weight to it it feels good i like the
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design nice sleek gray alien spaceship
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looking design right here guys it has
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like a texture on the back so has a good
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little grip we got some trigger buttons
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uh and we got some nice shoulder buttons
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now there are some features on this and
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I'm not the most technical sound guy but
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I know what I like and what I first like
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is the Hall effect joysticks that this
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thing has hall effects are important to
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me because drift you know like a lot of
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times these controllers begin drift but
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Hall effect joysticks are nice they feel
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great they feel pretty solid and uh
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overall the design is like an Xbox
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controller for the most part you can see
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it has the D-pad um D-pad feels okay i
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would have liked it to be a little bit
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more squishy if that makes sense and a
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little bit bigger but it feels all right
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and then we also have some other buttons
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like the capture the menu and stuff like
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that we're going to be taking a good
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look the buttons kind of have like a a
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gloss um I guess it if your fingers get
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sweaty it might help it i don't I don't
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I don't know uh my main thing is if a
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controller works so this one also
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apparently has ultra low latency it says
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uh thousand hertz pulling rate i don't
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know what that means on top of that it
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says that it's a it's able to be
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wireless so if you go on the back you
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can switch your platform you can see
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this little switch back here has PC
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Nintendo Switch and then 2.4 for I guess
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your Bluetooth so you switch it in the
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back we're going to be switching it to
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uh Nintendo Switch on the back so we're
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going to be testing it on that on top of
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this it says there's a built-in
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gyroscope for motion control support so
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I'm actually interested to see how that
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works um I can't think of a game off the
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top of my head that uses motion control
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except like Zelda Breath of the Wild but
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even then I'm not sure um and then of
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course the U RGB is
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customizable and you get the the base
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put the base right on in and uh that's
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how you go so we're gonna plug this
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sucker in just to see what it looks like
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um while it's glowing right because uh I
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think that's an
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important Right so we're going to put
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the type-C in the back of that and we're
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going to put uh Actually I I lied we're
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going to put the USB in the back of this
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because the type-C is going to go into
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the
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controller there's some type-C's at the
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back of that let's go ahead and uh we're
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going to plug
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in just to test it out real quick into
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the PC port uh put it the USB in
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there there it goes it's charging uh as
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far as customizing the
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RGB let's go ahead and take a quick
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gander apparently there's an app that
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you download for your phone to customize
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it even further but uh that's just
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outside my wheelhouse i'm more
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interested in checking out the
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controller and seeing if it works but
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yeah it gives you like a little QR code
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for uh additional customization and
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things like that so I'm guessing that's
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where the RGB uh colors come into play
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now real quick before I begin playing on
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the Switch just a heads up you have to
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do switch mode so you got to put on
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switch and then you hold the function
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key which is this button and A for three
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seconds and then it'll switch your
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layouts because you know how like Xbox
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the X and Y and the A and B are reversed
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you have to get it into switch mode so
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to do that you have to hold the function
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key and A and then it'll correct the
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face stuff so then you just ignore the
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X's and all that so it'll be in switch
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mode and it'll work picture perfectly on
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it now if you want to make things easy
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you could just hook it wired with the
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wire that's included and it'll instantly
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respond and work with you on your
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Nintendo Switch no problem at all
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playing it wired again pretty easy
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plug-andplay i'm assuming you could do
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that with your PC as well it instantly
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work uh but to connect with your phones
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and stuff you'll have to use the uh the
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dongle which was included with it so
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this dongle is like a Bluetooth dongle
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that you put into your uh USB port so
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this is the dongle of course pretty
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standard if you've seen one you've seen
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them
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all probably just goes into your
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Nintendo Switch so I'm going to play
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wired real quick it does seem like it's
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pretty responsive not half bad then
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again I'm pretty stupid when it comes to
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technology and finding out how bad lag
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is and stuff for me I'm pretty simple if
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it works it works right and so far seems
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like it's working everything's
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responsive uh again like I mentioned
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with the triggers uh the triggers feel
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pretty good uh on the top or the
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shoulder buttons I should say and uh
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you're able to customize the macros and
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everything for me I'm basic i don't need
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customized uh layouts for FPS's and
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stuff like that uh I'm an old school
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gamer so I'm sure you guys could find
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something useful with that especially if
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you're competitive I guess uh again
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there's software that you can download
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onto your iPhone or your Android and you
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could customize stuff i'm assuming
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that's how you would customize the
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lighting and things like that there's
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actually more in-depth reviews on
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YouTube if you want to go ahead and
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check those out but for me I'm basic
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like you guys how easy it is it to plug
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in and use and does it work and I have
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not played Kirby in forever now if you
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want to pair it via Bluetooth for the
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Switch you got to have it on the 2.4G
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Switch which is Bluetooth and as long as
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you have ProController wired
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communication enabled uh it'll work
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instantly so I have the dongle plugged
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into the Nintendo Switch and it's it's
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responding now we're going to check a
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fun one called Iron Meat shout outs to
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Retroware for Iron Me it's basically a
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Contra clone but it has its own charm on
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it we're playing again Bluetooth
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wireless on the Nintendo Switch you
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connect it with the 2.4G and as long as
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you have uh ProController communications
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on it'll instantly like detect it so
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worked pretty good worked like a glove
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and if you haven't played this game and
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you're a big Contra fan you're you're
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missing out right now it works pretty
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good but it feels like it's a pretty
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solid uh controller i don't feel too
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much as far as lag goes i saw some
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people in some reviews saying there was
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there was lag but in my opinion I'm not
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I'm not feeling anything like that uh to
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me it works again I'm not looking into
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all the advanced customization options
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and stuff like that but I'm pretty sure
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they're pretty easy to figure out if you
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guys wanted to uh try them out i'm not
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going to use this on my iPhone either i
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don't really mobile game as much you
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know no no need for the WWE Champions
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Time but uh for the Nintendo Switch and
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what I need it to be used for as I suck
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at this game um works pretty good you
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could either just plug it in wired and
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it would respond as long as you have it
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in Switch mode and
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uh or you could just use Bluetooth and
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it and it worked as well um and again
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don't forget you have to switch your
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controller layout to Switch mode because
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XB A and Y are different than on Xbox
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but other than that it was pretty good
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and you know a neat little neat little
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controller with a little uh charger base
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good little features and
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stuff
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so awesome and again this is a game that
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you guys should definitely check out if
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you have
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not shout outs to
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Retroare look at this lots of blood
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chaos you name it so yeah this was the
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G5 Pro you guys want to go ahead and
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check it out max SE controller from
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Machini uh special thanks to them for
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sending it out to the channel i like it
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i like it it feels nice it doesn't feel
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like a cheaply made controller so check
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it out
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