This is what 3d printing really shines in. Churning out prototypes for minimum cost.

If you’re already familiar with blender, you would only need to learn how to use a slicer, which is not that hard in comparison. Just import the model and fiddle around with print settings if needed.

I came into 3d printing as a complete noob, and most of my time has been spent learning to do modeling in blender/cad. Slicing and printing itself is simple in comparison. Resin might be more involved.

Thanks for doing the googling and bringing it up here.

Apparently the dreamcast controller had hall effect sensors, so it’s not really new tech. With the volume that Nintendo produces stuff with, the extra price per joystick would most likely be quite small.

Yes.

Seems like the ones that find it necessary to print color references are either using fancier materials or use a ton of different colors.