The Joycons are really just WiiMote version 2. I loved the Wiimotes in their time and like the Joycons now. They added new dimensions to interface. The Wii remotes added the motion controls and the IR aiming, the Joycons retained all that, got rid of the wire when in dual mode, and added simple hybridization to the Switch.
I didn’t like the Gamepad. It was bulky and somehow felt too small to hold correctly at the same time. The asymmetric gameplay was a flop, and forcing players to look at two completely disconnected screens on certain games was intrusive. Also one Gamepad per console. The overly high price of the Wii U seems due to the Gamepad, and this hurt Nintendo commercially.
Not sure if the Gamepad is my least favourite controller of all time, but it is down there.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
