I’ve collected seven out of the eight red coins I need on Super Mario 64’s Cool, Cool Mountain, and I have the CRKD Nitro Deck+ in my hands. A few weeks ago, I was attempting the same task with the original Nitro Deck, but the deceptively slippy ice physics combined with that controller’s equally slippery thumbsticks merged into a perfect storm. I slid off the mountain, got distracted, and didn’t come back until now.
Things feel different this time around though. Additional rubberized dot textures on the Nitro Deck+’s thumbsticks make it far easier to nudge carefully in any direction, and I have confidence that one of the best Nintendo Switch controllers isn’t going to let me down this time.
