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Tempted to get one of those for Neo Geo titles.
Does the Switch see the controller as a pair of joycons or a single joycon?
Their site is getting hammered.
EDIT - The Retro Receivers have been updated as well:
So presumably you can play NES, SNES, and NES Classic with your Switch Pro controller.
Pro controller
How convenient, I had bought the FC30 from a thrift store for 5 bucks earlier this week.
SOLD. I was building an arcade cabinet but instead of doing one giant cabinet I'm thinking of doing 2 bartop arcades instead...one for my 360, and Pandoras Box 4s so I can shmup and play fighters and the other cabinet as a retro station.
The 8bitdo nes30 controllers are kind of a linchpin for what I'm doin on the retrocade. Instead of just a bartop arcade I want to build something that looks like a bartop kiosk with the nes30 controllers on the front. This guy built something like what I want but I'm gonna stick those new 8bitdo controllers out the front of this thing kiosk style.
Do those have every Switch button? Seriously considering one instead of the overpriced Pro controller.
Anyone want to take any guesses on how long it takes Nintendo to patch this out via Firmware updates?
How does the Switch see these? Is a Bluetooth adapter needed?
The dpad doesn't emulate analog input right? So can it only be used for games that accept dpad movement?For the SFC 30, ignore the readme in the update files on 2 points:
1) The lights won't blink yelllow in update mode
2) Don't put it in pair mode after selecting Switch mode. Just go to grip order.
Recognises it as a Pro controller and works fantastic
The dpad doesn't emulate analog input right? So can it only be used for games that accept dpad movement?
I used to own one of the 8bitdo models that had dual analog sticks, but I wdnt impressed with it much. The buttons and dpad both felt pretty mediocre.
Do the ones without analog sticks (the NES/SNES looking ones) feel better and more like Nintendo controllers, or are they the same as the analog stick models?
Thanks, that's cool!Looks like it's emulating the stick. On the input test controller buttons, movement controls aren't showing up as a symbol but I can't get into the analogue stick calibration as I can't click the stick in.
EDIT: Yup, defo being used as the left stick. Just fired up Zelda and moved link around.
Oh shit! I hope Nintendo doesn't patch out open compatibility. Maybe one day there'll be a device to convert xbone controllers to switch inputs. I'd be in heaven.
That's exactly what it does with the NES30 PRO.I think you mean NES one with two sticks (NES30 Pro); there isn't a SNES variant with two sticks yet. The Pro ones have L2/R2 buttons on them. The shoulders are largely the first, and then a smaller portion towards the center serves as the second. I don't recall if the sticks click in as the tertiary trigger though, I think they do. I'll have to check when I get home. Other than that, the only buttons it would be missing is the home and screenshot buttons, though they may have the ability to map one of the two "system" buttons (the controller's power button or its sync button) to the home button, but I'm not really sure how that would work if they did.
POWER button = Switch HOME button, PAIR button = Switch screenshot button.
When can I use joycons to play PC games?
Unfortunately, the two Joy-Cons will be treated as separate controllers. Thats great for two-player games, but it makes the Joy-Cons useless for playing anything complex, like a first-person shooter (why are you using a controller to play a PC shooter anyway?).
No doubt the PC homebrew community will eventually come up with a way to pair both Joy-Cons as a single controller, and even to use the controllers unique features like motion controls on platforms other than the Switch. Until then, however, use the Joy-Cons for simple 2D games or retro games with an emulator, and be thankful Nintendo is letting this happen at all.
The Pro Controller should prove more viable for a wider range of games than the Joy-Cons, namely because it touts a more traditional layout, although its not compatible with everything. Thats due to the controller APIs in use; the Pro Controller apparently uses DirectInput, rather than the newer API XInput, making it incompatible with many newer games.
Whoa, perfect timing for Street Fighter. I'm buying the SFC30 for the dpad alone. I already own the NES30.
How does the ZL and ZR buttons work?
Whoa, perfect timing for Street Fighter. I'm buying the SFC30 for the dpad alone. I already own the NES30.
How does the ZL and ZR buttons work?
They don't. You've got as many buttons as a SNES and that's it.