Turtle Beach Afterglow™ Wave Wired Controller for Nintendo Switch™ 2, Blue

This is THE quality alternative to the official Switch 2 Pro controller. It has the Hall-effect sticks, programmable rear grip buttons, AND programmable RGB lights (which the official Pro doesn't have). All the buttons and triggers on this controller feel durable and the sticks feel tight and responsive. I would be surprised if any controller beats this quality and featureset at this price point. The RGB lights are bright and vivid (and adjustable if you want to turn them down / change color / turn them off). The thing you or your kid needs to know about this controller (if you're using it for your Switch), is you have to use a button combination on the controller itself to program the rear grip buttons and the RGB lights. You cannot program the rear grip buttons through your Switch quick settings or main settings like you would on a Pro controller, because Nintendo is overly restrictive about gatekeeping hardware compatibility. HOWEVER the solution is very easy once you learn the button combinations on the controller itself. It has a Function button in the lower middle (between the D-pad and right stick). To program your grip buttons, all you do is HOLD the Function button and press the grip button you want to map, then release Function and then press the button you want to map it to. So like, hold Fn Grip Right then press A to map that grip button to A. That's it! When you first plug the controller in, the grip buttons will automatically be defaulted to A and B. I personally prefer to disable the grip buttons on some of the games I play --> To disable all you have to do is hold Function and then double-tap the grip button you want to disable. The RGB lights are also controlled with the Function button. Hold Function and press RB to cycle through the light modes. On some modes you can then hold Function and press left/right on the D-pad to cycle through colors, and Function LT/RT to cycle through brightness. I think Function up/down D-pad also does something but I can't remember right now without trying. By the way, it would be nice if the controller had come with instructions for all this but all I needed to do was ask Google or Grok and I found the full PDF manual online. Highly recommend this controller if you don't think Nintendo deserves $90 flipping dollars for the official Pro!