The very best Nintendo Swap 2 equipment for 2025

Although we completely adore 8BitDo’s PlayStation-styled Pro 2 gamepad for its versatility and design (a lot in order that we featured it in our Switch OLED accessories information), for a lot of the best controller fashion is that of the Xbox, with its thicker center and centrally-placed left analog stick. Happily 8BitDo has launched an replace to its Ultimate controller, one with sooner buttons and delicate but additionally extra sturdy thumb sticks. It’s a luxurious gamepad expertise for a relatively affordable worth. — Kris Naudus, Former Commerce Author

It could actually all the time really feel a bit bizarre to play your Swap in tabletop mode, hunched over a desk or desk with the controller clutched in each fingers. The Lite SE is made for players with restricted mobility, however everybody can profit from this controller that places the shoulder buttons on the entrance and has a grippy again so you may simply lay it flat on the desk for a extra arcade-like expertise. It’s additionally nice in case you simply wish to play it one-handed once you’re busy with a drink or a needy pet. — Ok.N.

Our prime choose for the best gaming headset, the Turtle Beach Atlas Air is an efficient place to start out in order for you a devoted pair of cans to make use of with the Swap 2. These wi-fi headphones have an open-back design, which do let some ambient noise in but additionally create the sense that the sport you are enjoying is occurring round you relatively than simply inside your head. Whereas the design is not something to write down residence about by way of aesthetics, it is comfy and light-weight at solely 0.66 kilos, and its removable growth mic will come in useful when enjoying on-line with buddies. — Valentina Palladino, Deputy Editor

If you need most of the benefits of a gaming headset with out all the majority, the Tusq is a superb cellular answer you may tuck into your bag. Like many earbuds made for cellular, the Tusq has a built-in mic. However, not like most, it additionally has a removable growth mic that’ll guarantee your voice is available in crystal clear once you want it essentially the most. The headset makes use of a normal 3.5mm plug so it’ll play good with the headphone jack in your Swap, too. — Ok.N.

One in all our prime picks for the best power banks, this Anker brick could be referred to as a laptop computer energy financial institution, however it might energy up far more than simply notebooks. Its 100W energy supply needs to be loads of give your Swap 2 some further juice when you’re touring, and you will not even have to recollect to carry a USB-C cable with you for the reason that brick has two in-built. It carried out effectively in our testing and we like its built-in show that exhibits the quantity of energy left within the financial institution itself, in addition to the wattage funneling to every gadget you could have related to it. — V.P.

We’re mentioning the SanDisk microSD Express Card on this information for now because it’s the one microSD Categorical Card we have been in a position to absolutely check at this level. In our testing, we discovered SanDisk’s card to be tremendous quick, with spectacular sequential learn and write speeds. At its greatest, it is roughly twice as quick as the perfect UHS-I fashions we’ve examined. It is on the costly facet, although, beginning at $54 for 128GB, and at present its solely different configuration is 256GB.

Finally, we suggest ready for extra microSD Categorical playing cards to turn into obtainable so you could have extra choices to select from earlier than shopping for. However in case you merely should kick off your Swap 2 expertise with expanded storage advert are keen to pay the worth, this can be a good choice. — V.P.