Arcade-style joysticks were expensive to manufacture ... Gunpei Yokoi, the designer of the D-pad and NES controller, espoused ...

but then i googled around saw there was a kit you could get to solder up a usb joystick for macs and pcs out of the old nes controller. grab some emulators and you’ve got some up down a b select ...

Like the original Switch, the Switch 2 will get more dedicated classic Nintendo controllers. Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2 is getting the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) controllers.