This accessory, by JSAUX, turns the Legion Go’s Joy-Cons into a proper “one-piece” gamepad.

It’s a 3-piece set that comes with a grip that connects joy-cons together, a “condom” that makes it more grippy and provides protection, and a base for mouse mode.

Now I’d personally prefer something wider. But again, this is for my wife—and narrow is her preference.

But I played it for an hour, and it’s actually quite comfortable. It feels surprisingly natural, especially with the grips.

Along with the dock, this grip now makes the Legion Go into a Switch 2 killer because, to me, what makes the Switch 2 what it is are the detachable joy-cons. And so far, the Legion Go is the only major handheld on the market that features detachable joy-cons.

One gripe: Lenovo doesn’t include the dock or grip. I had to buy them separately—$37 for the grip, $30 for the dock. Not outrageous, but still annoying, especially since they ship from third parties.

Hopefully, more PC manufacturers get on board with detachable joy-cons because I’d hate for the Legion Go to be the only one of its kind.

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Well guess they shoulda named it “Legion Go Get A Grip” then.

    Having detachable joy cons is great, this space is incredibly vibrant right now and has all the hype people were projecting into stuff like VR except it is real and organic this time.

    I love my Steam Deck but I love it because I could see Valve was creating a new market that according to my estimation was going to point the way forward to the broader pc gaming industry and yet it never seemed like Valve was interested in pre-emptively making a walled garden around that future they got to first.

    Seeing devices like the Legion Go succeed in the sense that people are using them and loving them gives me hope, there is zero “my device is better” crap just like… .damn I am thankful Valve didn’t really try to make a total walled garden and I am thankful other hardware makers hit the ground running and didn’t get utterly left in the dust or totally at Microsoft’s mercy when basically the entire industry shifted to gamepass.