Guidemaster: The best Nintendo Switch accessories you can buy in 2019

Enlarge / You can do a lot with this little guy. (credit: Jeff Dunn)

Welcome to Ars Gaming Week 2019! As a staff full of gamers and game-lovers, we'll be serving up extra reviews, guides, interviews, and other stories all about gaming from August 19 to August 23.

The Nintendo Switch is one of the most inventive pieces of consumer tech in recent memory, but a few good accessories can make it more practical on a daily basis. And to prepare for Ars Gaming Week, we've spent the past couple of months researching and testing various controllers, chargers, adapters, and all sorts of additional gadgets to figure out which of those accessories are most worth buying.

Note that all testing was done on an original Switch console, not the newer model with improved battery life (and few other significant upgrades) or the forthcoming Switch Lite, which has Joy-Con controllers that are not detachable. We'll upgrade this guide in the future as more standout accessories hit the market (I'm still waiting on a worthwhile Switch headset, for one), but here's how to optimize everyone's favorite handheld right now.

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