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JackWitherell
83
Mar 17, 2016
So I got the Super Famicom 8bitdo controller a few weeks ago and it took a long time to ship. Over 2 weeks. When I got it I liked the build quality but the buttons share the same sorry fate of every 3rd party controller replication, they take too much to press, and when they do, they click in. They don't feel like a controller that Nintendo would ever make due to the button press.
The DPad was slightly better but the face buttons and LR triggers were pretty terrible.
On top of that, the keys weren't keyed up properly, as ABXY were paired to 1,2,14, and 13 on a standard directinput controller when plugged into a windows computer. There was no way to change this without using an external program, but since it was an aggressive controller often both inputs were taken in instead of just one.
Protip on what I just said though, you'll be able to key the proper buttons in any emulator just fine using the input configurator, but if you want to use it for other pc games, use steam big picture mode and go into the settings and reconfigure the mapping through the menus. It will let you remap the controller's strange inputs for any game ran through big picture mode.
Other than that, I tried using it in Wii Controller mode with my Nintendo WiiU, and it actually worked better than expected. Only issue was that it was only truly useful with games where you hold the controller sideways, like Mario Maker and ONLY SOME virtual console games. No motion controls, but that was obvious. What I noticed when playing games like mario maker though was just randomly the controller would 'let go' of the directional movement you were holding in Wii Controller mode, making it a bit frustrating.
The absolute best situation I found this controller worked in was paired up with my Android Tablet. Retroarch auto-detected the controller and all of the inputs, and I could start playing the game immediately.
TL;DR Use this controller with an android device and you will never have a single issue, whatsoever. Use it with something else and get ready to be a bit technical because it won't work as expected without a little tweaking. Controller feels ok and design is the best part of it.
lastzero
254
Mar 18, 2016
JackWitherellThanks for your post. I wanted to buy this to replace my older controllers for my PC but with this I know this isn't for me. Thanks again.
BrainFlush
6860
Mar 18, 2016
JackWitherellThanks for this info. Looks like I am going to pass. As much as I hate Xbox stuff for no reason, the controller works flawless in all my games. This controller looks great and damn it brings back memories but I don't game on my phone much at all. Oh well. To everyone else, enjoy it.