Any time I discuss the latest Switch game with my friends, I usually hear the same critique: “I wish I could remap the controls.” Major Switch exclusives like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Metroid Dread are seriously lacking in control customization, which can be frustrating if your brain has a specific idea of what a gamepad layout is.
Recommended Videos To find that option, you’ll need to pop into the Settings menu and scroll down to Controllers and Sensors. Click Change Button Mapping from there and you’ll find that you can completely change the button layout for each individual Joy-Con or Pro controller currently connected to the system.
That tool is perhaps most useful for anyone who uses Xbox controllers regularly, or gamepads that follow its layout. The most annoying thing about the multi-platform ecosystem is how the ABXY layout changes from controller to controller. The Switch’s A button is the Xbox’s B button, and the Xbox’s Y button is the Switch’s X button. I still get mixed up from time to time, but the Switch’s remapping tool lets you fix that problem easily by simply swapping all its face buttons .