Skull & Co. D-Pad Button Cap Set for Nintendo Switch and Switch OLED Joy-con

This works amazingly well and is an excellent solution for those who still want all the functionality of a joycon with a decent d-pad. Most other options (hori pad etc) are either very expensive or don't allow for wireless play. I've just tried this with Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Edition and I am easily able to pull off dragon punches etc. Seems sturdy, simple to apply. Definitely recommended.

First of all, I was a little put back with the negative comments but I have skull & co products for both my switch oled and switch lite ( grips, cases and analog covers ) so I thought give them a go seeing they are cheap but definitely glad I bought them, they do work and feel very much stuck on, would recommend for the d-pad if your wanting the d-pad and also the classic uk snes colour buttons... even though I have actually replaced the actual buttons for that on other joycons but saved me opening my new white oled joy cons

Oddly enough, the circular d-pad cap works really well as a quick mod for the d-pad on the Lenovo Legion Go. I had use super glue in the end though because the adhesive that comes with these caps is incredibly weak. Super glue is a more permanent solution but it's also less intensive and risky than taking the Legion Go controller apart and changing the d-pad with a 3D printed alternative manually. As a d-pad, the circular cap works brilliantly - no longer am I wearing my thumbs down trying to get consistent diagonals in Street Fighter 6 or half-circles in King of Fighters XV. It's super responsive and I would argue it's even better than the Steam Deck's d-pad, which I found mushy and prone to misinputs. As long as you have super glue to hand, this makes the perfect solution to the Legion Go's shoddy d-pad.

I like the fact that these are very cheap to buy and do a very good job. The dpad works far better than the standard 4 buttons. There is a pivot for the dpad(it is the sticky foam square that comes perforated in little circles. Just fit 1x dead centre to the back of the dpad before installation. (See pictures )Installation is easy, just fit 2x double sided stickers inside the left and right button cover and make sure the arrow inside one of the dpad holes is aligned with the up button.

I thought this looked worth a try because it was a lot more affordable than a d-pad joycon and especially a Switch Lite. I had low expectations but it’s worse than I expected.Firstly the stickers are rubbish - The instructions tell you to put them on the buttons and pull the backing off, but the sticker comes off with the backing. I wasted a lot of the stickers trying to get them to stay. An online video said to scrape them with your fingernail first and that helped.The circular d-pad was the one I chose to stick on (I love a good SEGA style 8-way d-pad) I applied the pivot to the middle and put it on correctly. I tried playing Sonic Mania and it was immediately evident that diagonal directions didn’t work at all, making the circular d-pad completely useless.So I removed that with the intent on trying the cross d-pad, the stickers came off with it, but none of the other stickers would stay attached to the buttons, no matter how much pressure I applied. I’m guessing the residue from the previous stickers must have done something to the buttons to make them less... sticky??So yeah... This is pointless.

These are great love the easy instructions and install. They make the switch look good and retro.

I recently upgrade from a Lite to a full sized Switch (to use on TV). The d-pad on the Switch Lite was surprisingly accurate and great for fighting games; I knew the joycon's pseudo d-pad was going to be a poor substitute hence the reason for purchasing this product.Applying the glue dots and the pivot point was quite straightforward (have patience, people!). Once the d-pad and button caps are on and you've given then a good rub to ensure the adhesive takes grip they feel quite solid. I've tried both the plus and circle d-pad (I've stuck with the circle) and they both feel great - so much more comfortable than the 'd-pad buttons' on their own.So why the low score? Unfortunately it's not really the product's fault - it just can't patch over a bad design on Nintendo's part. As Skull & Co's instructions mention themselves, the d-pad buttons aren't actually symmetrical - left and right have a wider distance between them than up and down. What this means in practice when this product is applied is that it only takes a tiny bit of pressure to activate up or down.In turn - that means constant unwanted diagonals!So that's fighting games out. I tried it with Gunbird 2 (a shmup) and found that I had to really concentrate to get purely horizontal movement.Comfortable - just not accurate./Andy

Fine if you just want to change joy con appearance.I bought hoping to effectively change a 4-d dpad into an 8-d dpad for a fighting game without having to buy a new controller, didn’t work consistently, ended up getting a new controller.So basically ignore and don’t use the 8-D dpad cover that comes with this, it gets in the way of gaming far more than it helps you game, the other covers work fine