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8bitdo announces customizable Sn30 Pro+ Bluetooth gamepad
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Those features are great, and that just looks like a nice as hell controller anyway. I want that OG Gameboy colorway.
Does Nintendo actively support 3rd party controllers that connect wirelessly like this? Or do you always run the risk of them not working with a new firmware update via Nintendo?
Will this have the d-pad fixed to avoid accidental diagonals?
They can't do PAL SNES design anymore.
They can't do PAL SNES design anymore.
Some 3rd-party controllers are supported by Nintendo they even have the official Nintendo seal.
Seems really cool, but like with most controllers, the d-pad quality will make or break it. Will wait for impressions.
They said something about not wanting any trouble for it.
FINALLY! These were supposed to be out a while ago. I guess they delayed to add all the customization.
As someone who bought the sf30 pro, US and Gameboy editions.....I will easily spend another $50 for one of these. The controllers are great.
Wow, that looks amazing and really easy to set up.
Definitely going to order one if it reviews well.
Definitely going to order one if it reviews well.
Cool beans. It is funny that 8bitdo are still marketing an off-brand PS4 controller as a snes+, but I have one and I enjoy it for emulators and the like. D-pad is okay-good which makes it amazing by today's shitty standards.
That being said: The build quality on 8bitdo stuff seems to vary wildly. I haven't run into any issues but I've seen lots of folk who use it as their primary on their switches or whatever dealing with faulty contacts and loose analog sticks.
At 50 bucks it is probably worth it if you are in the market. At the very least, a way to add basic accessibility features like button remapping to the switch sounds awesome (for those who aren't pure handheld). But I imagine stuff like the joystick and trigger (?!?) sensitivity is going to be a lot less useful as those loosen up over time. Reminds me of when I had an adapter to use my Dual Shock 1 on my PC and I had to recalibrate the sticks at least once a day.
That being said: The build quality on 8bitdo stuff seems to vary wildly. I haven't run into any issues but I've seen lots of folk who use it as their primary on their switches or whatever dealing with faulty contacts and loose analog sticks.
At 50 bucks it is probably worth it if you are in the market. At the very least, a way to add basic accessibility features like button remapping to the switch sounds awesome (for those who aren't pure handheld). But I imagine stuff like the joystick and trigger (?!?) sensitivity is going to be a lot less useful as those loosen up over time. Reminds me of when I had an adapter to use my Dual Shock 1 on my PC and I had to recalibrate the sticks at least once a day.
I'm so bummed if they really can't do PAL SNES designs anymore, I love my SF30 Pro and I would buy a PAL SNES Plus in a heartbeat. Really the biggest feature of these that isn't even advertised is the ability to store a MAC-address per mode so I can use my SF30 Pro with my PC, Switch, Android phone and my Macbook without having to re-pair anything.
Yeah, I'll miss the PAL SNES/SFC design, I love that design so much.
I really hope these controllers are supported some time in the future by iOS, iPadOS and TVOS now that PlayStation and Xbox controllers are supported. SF30 Pro would be a perfect controller for SteamLink on AppleTV.
You know I have no means to test it at the moment with my SF30 Pro but they might actually work out of the box in Xinput Mode. Steam Input picks the SF30 Pro up as an XBOX Controller.
I haven't jumped to any of the three betas yet, because they sound pretty janky, but that's my secret hope. I haven't found anyone mentioning this when I google search it, though.
Yeah that's the reason I didn't try it yet too, I guess it depends on how rigid Apple is in their controller-detection and how accurately 8bitdo handles XInput mode. Also I would assume the overlap of people who have a SF/SN30 and try the iPadOS / tvOS betas is minuscule.
I need a new controller since my pro controller has a stick drift issue that's getting worse. I'd rather not give Nintendo another $60 for a shoddy controller with a shitty 3 month warranty, so I hope these sticks feel nice. I've tried other 3rd party controllers in the past and my biggest complaint is always the stick tension being too high.
So this has hair trigger tuning, so that means its analog triggers. Tbh I'd rather they just be digital triggers like the pro controller. Analog is entirely unnecessary and imprecise, but I guess the hair trigger settings can fix some of that.
So this has hair trigger tuning, so that means its analog triggers. Tbh I'd rather they just be digital triggers like the pro controller. Analog is entirely unnecessary and imprecise, but I guess the hair trigger settings can fix some of that.
Please don't remap the dodge to a face button... Learn to dodge offset! It's really fun!
It's pretty easy and inexpensive to replace the thumbsticks on a joycon. Check this thread.
My only problem with Bayonetta's buttons is that the target lock button is R and the dodge button is ZR. I like the ZR button being dodge, but it's hard to be ready to dodge if I'm already using my finger to hold down R to target something! Since dodging is more important than targeting to me, I've had to play much of the game without targeting enemies, which means there are some attacks that I can't do.
Supposedly the devs said that Bayonetta did not need a button remap feature.
In Bayonetta 2, target lock is ZL which makes way more sense.
It's interesting vs the 8BitDo SN30Pro, which I have two of, this ** are not at the bottom of their listing. Wonder if this will have any rumble, or Gyro stuff. The Pro does, did that get cut out here? For Switch I should add, not worried about PC.
Pro+
Pro
Pro+
Pro
- Rumble vibration
- Motion controls
- Turbo function
- USB-C
- Controller Mode: X-input, D-input, Mac mode, Switch mode
- Connectivity: Wireless Bluetooth 4.0 & USB-C
- *The SN30 Pro features regular rumble vibration, not HD Rumble.
Rumble and Motion Control are included, at least the description of the Amazon listing states that.
I did look into this at some point, but my problem is actually on the pro controller and iirc you need to solder to replace those. I was hesitant to invest in a soldering kit just for one fix/mod, and I've never done it before.
Ah yeah that's a good point actually. I didn't use the lock-on much in bayonetta, but 2 fingers on the shoulder buttons is pretty awkward when you aren't used to it.
Looking at some responses on twitter:
- It does support motion controls on Switch, which is logical, since the last one did.
- It will not wake up the Switch. I'm sure they have gotten a ton of feedback to add that so I'm betting it requires some kind of proprietary chip that's not possible, otherwise I'm sure it would have been added. Do any third party wireless controllers wake the Switch up?
- Apparently the Dpad is fixed/improved. Someone asked about issue with accidental up/down presses and they responded that the issue has been fixed.
Thanks for this. Not waking up the Switch is still a massive bummer, but not a deal breaker. I'm almost definitely picking this up, it looks like an incredible controller.
I think I'll go with the GB colors. I prefer the SNES design but I don't want to go back to concave buttons.