Why the S10? The reason I went looking for a new controller was the d-pad. I'm no fighting game pro, but Street Fighter 6 and Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising showed me how to stress test a d-pad. The Pro Controller 2's is imho not good: it registers diagonals and drops inputs.

The S10's d-pad works. I jumped straight back into SF6 and pulled off every Juri move I know on the first session, no adjustment period.

The rest of the controller also keeps up: it melts into my hands, the buttons are clicky, precise, and satisfying without being loud, and the rumble is genuinely nuanced. Playing Stellar Blade, I can feel the difference between rain and terrain. To be fair it's not HD Rumble 2 level, but honestly not far off, and I enjoy it. Hall effect sticks, programmable back paddles and the S10 can even wake up the Switch 2!

This is the Switch 2 controller I always wanted, and the Pro Controller 2 went to the eBay pile without ceremony.

Oh, and one more thing, the S10 has a party trick: the faceplate is translucent and attached with magnets. It pops off. And underneath it is a recess just waiting for... something.

So I gave it something. The idea is embarrassingly simple: print any artwork on thin paper, cut it out, drop it into the recess, snap the plate back on. No adhesive, no permanent mods, swap the art whenever you feel like it. The frosted plate acts as a built-in diffuser, which turns whatever you print into a soft, almost backlit version of itself.

I measured the recess with a caliper, a 1cm grid mat, and more patience than the task strictly required, and rebuilt the exact geometry as a reusable template.

My printer is black-and-white, so the first decal leaned into the constraint: a manga-style collage of Hulkenberg from Metaphor: ReFantazio. High-contrast linework turned out to look really cool! Bold lines punch right through the faceplate.
The second decal was the reproduction test: Eve from Stellar Blade, in color, printed on a borrowed inkjet, fitted into my second S10. Same clean fit, first try.

The template is free: PDF for printing, SVG for editors and cutter plotters, PNG for those who need it, and the Affinity source file for the curious. Released under CC0, no attribution required, do whatever you like. Print at 100% / actual size, check the 10cm scale bar with a ruler after printing, use thin paper and a hobby knife, and about 10 minutes later your favorite character is greeting you on your favorite controller.

https://github.com/thejoekerman/easysmx-s10-decal-template

Direct download to all the files as ZIP:
https://github.com/thejoekerman/easysmx-s10-decal-template/releases/download/v1.0.0/templates.zip