Owned this for a month now, put it through its paces, and I thought I should make a thread about it - considering most people seem unaware of its existence.
8Bitdo is a company that previously released this bluetooth replica of the NES controller with a few additions:
I never tried it, but it got great reviews. Anyhow, last month I built a games console - I put a raspberry pi 2 into a SNES case, soldered it up, added real controller support/power switch/LED function/ports. Someone in the pi thread mentioned that 8bitdo had released a SNES/SFC version of the NES30 pad. Bluetooth/wired. Native Wii/Wii U wiimote emulation, bluetooth. I looked on ebay, and bought one (USA version) for £20. Arrived in two days.
holy shit, I was stunned. Firstly, the presentation of the product and packaging is premium as hell. It comes in a very nice box, packaged and designed with more care than any other product I have bought of its kind - especially for twenty fucking quid. Comes with a nice booklet, good length micro usb cable, a hefty metallic keychain.
And holy hell, this thing feels fantastic. Every single thing about it, from the build itself, to the feel of the plastic, to the colours used, even down to the dimensions to the goddamn millimeter are identical to the official SNES pad, and the buttons are responsive as hell, D-Pad is amazing and...well, I wouldn't be lying if I said it is actually better to use than a real SNES pad. It's incredibly good.
After some time spent messing with the Pi, I got it working wirelessly via bluetooth (it works instantly with no setup on a PC). No lag whatsoever. Battery life is holding at around 10 hours or so per charge for me, and upon opening it, it seems easy enough to replace it if it ever died. The Wii wiimote emulation function works great too - hold start+y and you can sync it with a Wii/U. Played some New Super Mario Bros U with it and it was fantastic.
Anyhow. Don't want the USA design? There's a SFC version:
or you can do what I did and swap the buttons with ones from an official PAL/JP pad. The buttons and membranes are identical to those in the real thing:
Anyway. I'm sorry if this post comes off as some sort of advertisement...it's not. I've just never been so impressed with any gaming accessory in the past. This thing is amazing. Oh, and I also own a buffalo USB SNES pad - there's no fucking comparison. not even in the same ballpark.
8Bitdo is a company that previously released this bluetooth replica of the NES controller with a few additions:
I never tried it, but it got great reviews. Anyhow, last month I built a games console - I put a raspberry pi 2 into a SNES case, soldered it up, added real controller support/power switch/LED function/ports. Someone in the pi thread mentioned that 8bitdo had released a SNES/SFC version of the NES30 pad. Bluetooth/wired. Native Wii/Wii U wiimote emulation, bluetooth. I looked on ebay, and bought one (USA version) for £20. Arrived in two days.
holy shit, I was stunned. Firstly, the presentation of the product and packaging is premium as hell. It comes in a very nice box, packaged and designed with more care than any other product I have bought of its kind - especially for twenty fucking quid. Comes with a nice booklet, good length micro usb cable, a hefty metallic keychain.
And holy hell, this thing feels fantastic. Every single thing about it, from the build itself, to the feel of the plastic, to the colours used, even down to the dimensions to the goddamn millimeter are identical to the official SNES pad, and the buttons are responsive as hell, D-Pad is amazing and...well, I wouldn't be lying if I said it is actually better to use than a real SNES pad. It's incredibly good.
After some time spent messing with the Pi, I got it working wirelessly via bluetooth (it works instantly with no setup on a PC). No lag whatsoever. Battery life is holding at around 10 hours or so per charge for me, and upon opening it, it seems easy enough to replace it if it ever died. The Wii wiimote emulation function works great too - hold start+y and you can sync it with a Wii/U. Played some New Super Mario Bros U with it and it was fantastic.
Anyhow. Don't want the USA design? There's a SFC version:
or you can do what I did and swap the buttons with ones from an official PAL/JP pad. The buttons and membranes are identical to those in the real thing:
Anyway. I'm sorry if this post comes off as some sort of advertisement...it's not. I've just never been so impressed with any gaming accessory in the past. This thing is amazing. Oh, and I also own a buffalo USB SNES pad - there's no fucking comparison. not even in the same ballpark.