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Is it the best third party joycon? FUNLAB Luminous Joypad Review

Jun 08,2024 | FUNLAB-Cheriko

The Beautiful Nintendo Switch joycon controller for Pokemon fans and professional gamers

Aim at one of the best third party joycon: FUNLAB Luminous Joypad. Describe this unique LED Switch controller from appearance, experience, pros and cons


You all love a great switch controller for improve the gaming experience, since you come to this site, you are probably interested in FUNLAB, especially by those beautiful LED Switch controllers.

After browsing through our product introduction, you may still be hesitant and have a lot of questions, like:

  • Is it really as cool as the merch picture?

  • How does it actually feel to use?

  • What makes it better than others?

  • Does it have any weak point?

  • ......

I tried FUNLAB Luminous wireless joypad, and now it's one of the best third party joycon in my view, so here I can give you some actual experience as a reference.

To add credibility, I also invited my friend eagr to try out our joypad, he's an awesome Kirby player and still keeps a couple of world records!

Some of the records he holds (as of the time of this blog)

As for me? Representative of common player :P

How to prove that I am indeed friends with eagr? I actually drew the picture in his Twitter profile! :)

Since he and I are also both Pokemon fans, we chose the FUNLAB Luminous Joy-pad Scarlet & Violet

Appearance

Imagine being in your gaming room, dimming the lights around you, half-laying on a comfortable seat or bed, having a Pokemon plushie with you, and playing Pokemon Scarlet & Violet with the FUNLAB Luminous LED joypad! That's how I felt when I experienced this best third party controller for me.

The light

Just like other FUNLAB controllers, this Pokemon SV LED Switch controller normally looks plain black. But when you start using it...

It seems plain, but when you use it...

It glows! Looks cool right? If you've played Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, you'll be very familiar with these LED patterns. The starter Pokemon, the school badge, the logos of clothing brands, ... It's like summarizing the whole adventure in Pokemon SV!

By the way, Pokemon SV is my second favorite Pokemon game, I love its plot alot. The first is Pokemon BW.

And of course not only Pokemon , here're also the joypad for Mario or Zelda fans! Check all of the Luminous Joypads!

The shape

The original joycon is designed for on-the-go play, and the common pro controllers are for a professional gaming feel. So, on-the-go play + professional feel = FUNLAB Luminous joypad.

As you can see, FUNLAB Luminous joypad combines the best of original joycon and pro controllers: The same construction + the fit-hand shape. You can feel the snug fit even playing Switch games comfortably on bed!

But that's not surprising enough, notice the back of the joypad, see? It's the unique diamond texture, beautiful and useful! It not only gives the controller a chic look, but very effectively improves the using experience. What was the experience exactly like? Just keep reading the next reviews from eagr and me.

Does it looks good? It also safe me from the uncomfortable caused by sweaty palms!

But to be honest, playing RPGs like Pokemon usually don't need a lot of action skill. To get a more direct feel for how it feels... Maybe, better play an action game.

Experience

Just like what I said earlier, both eagr and I are fan of Pokemon and Kirby, so we played Pokemon SV and some Kirby game with it. It was indeed a nice gaming experience for both of us!

The function

FUNLAB controllers indeed have some good functions!

Such as the lighting, such the beautiful LED glow is definitely the specialty of FUNLAB LED Switch controllers! I'm not very good at taking photos haha, maybe better to give it to an awesome internet photographer? It's going to come out great!

It can also be customize in color and light. 7 LED colors and 3 lighting modes just depends on your liking. Maybe, tone one to red and the other to purple?

Why Reuniclus? because they are one of my favorite Pokemon family :). And by the way I was really excited when I heard Reuniclus have the appearance in DLC The Indigo Disk.

FUNLAB joypad with Reuniclus family, both my favorite!

It also support bluetooth for play on different platforms including Windows, Android, Steam OS and iOS. But I'm not playing any non-Switch games recently, so I just haven't tried it yet.

And the function like turbo control. It might not very important in usual but sometime could find the necessity.

Like playing Pokemon SV, ...I'm short of money in game! So, I did some search and found the method: Use Pixilate Sylveon, carry Amulet Coin, only Hyper Voice was learned, play the School Battle Brawl by keep pressing A button.

It earns a lot! But it's really tiring to pressing A button all the time... It was then that I suddenly felt that turbo control is IMPORTANT!!! Soon I bought a controller with that function, but now I think that controller is not good as FUNLAB controllers.

But this method is not available anymore if you have downloaded DLC The Indigo Disk :(

As for the macro, to be honest I'm not very used to it, I prefer to have my own control over the game. But maybe you would need it? Anyway, it's always good to have another option.

Controllers' auto functions are usually not allowed for speed run or time attack, but eagr and some other talented players sometimes love to play with these, for make some highly watchable gameplay footage. (And us regular gamers love to watch too. :P

And, eagr want to show his shiny Flutter Mane to you. :D (...Seems eagr is even worse at taking photos lol.

Literally one of the most powerful Pokémon in SV VGC! ...and also cute!

The feel

I'm the one who gets sweaty palms easily while playing games, It's kinda annoying. Because of that, I feel sticky and not very comfortable with my original joycon when I play games for a little while.

Thankfully, The diamond texture worked. It feels textured to the touch, and I didn't feel that uncomfortable, even though my hands were already sweating after an hour of playing. It's definitely the best controller for me for this reason.

Kirby usually quite simple, but I still get sweaty palms while playing it, let alone other action games...

As for eagr, He's been playing Kirby Star Allies for 1200+ hours! That means he do needs long hours of repetitive practice for beating new records. Seems a good controller really helps, help him reduce the fatigue of his hands.

The result is that he was generally happy with it. This texture also gave him a comfortable experience, with a rich but not overly thick feel in the hand when gripped. The feedback on buttons is also good, allowing him to accurately perceive movement.

So did the FUNLAB Luminous joypad inconvenience him? Well, actually it did a little bit. When it comes to advanced movement in Kirby Star Allies, some require your right thumb sweep the buttons quickly (ABB moves). In such cases, the original joycon is sightly more suitable, because of its flatter shape and smaller and looser buttons.

But that's only part of the picture, such as eagr's favorite and best copying abilities, Cleaning and Water, both are not that pattern. Not to mention that if you want to keep your hands comfortable for a long time, FUNLAB joypad is clearly better than original joycon. (As you see, he already tried a little :D .

One of the best Kirby player eagr played three mage sisters TUC in Kirby STA with FUNLAB joypad!

Pros and Cons

Let me list the pros and cons based on my experience with eagr. Although these are personal opinions, I hope they help you :) .

Pros

  • The beautiful glow and the unique design

  • The shape and weight that fit your hands

  • The good looking and comfortable texture

  • The cross-platform compatibility for play more games

  • The of customization options in both look and function

  • The combination of the advantages of joycon and pro controller

Cons

  • More expensive

    Once another friend of mine was looking to buy a new controller and I told him about this site. Then he browsed it and told me the controllers were a bit pricey. Well... it's true, since the better quality materials are more expensive too, but as a great third party controller, it's still much cheaper than Nintendo official controllers. If you really want our controllers and can't quite get on board with the pricing... we'll be running promotions from time to time, keep an eye out for us!

  • Too many buttons

    Well, it does have more buttons than joycon or pro controller. These extra buttons are used for incremental functions, but not having them won't affect you to play the game. Basically I feel ok with these (and I'm really happy to adjust the light). If you believe in "less is more", you might not like it much.

  • Bigger than joycon

    This is really one of my concerns. While it's still theoretically easy to carry, but the fact is that no common carrying case will fit it. If you have a need to carry often, maybe try the bigger Switch carrying case with joypad storage?

At Last

The result is that, it's a real pleasure to play games with FUNLAB Luminous joypad for both eagr and I!

For me, I will continue to use FUNLAB controllers, from now, to maybe next, or even later game consoles, I'd be happy to use, because it's definitely the best third party Switch controller for me.

For eagr, he's very busy in work recently. But he told me that he loves using too, including using it to keep pounding the record when he has time later on.

If you are a Nintendo fan who like great design and comfortable experience, make sure you consider FUNLAB Luminous Joypad the next time you think about buying a game controller!

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