8BitDo is easily, imo, the best third party controller you can purchase. Build quality is always awesome.

I can't really justify buying another SN30 Pro (I already have three), but I like the look of the Jade Green one. And it's a small detail, but I think the gold text works well with that green. I think that combination might increase its appeal for Zelda fans even though it's not technically a Zelda-themed controller. For anyone who may not have used one of these controllers, I can say that it's surprisingly comfortable for first-person and third-person shooters. The sides of the controllers rest nicely on the joint at the base of each index finger as you use the analog sticks and trigger buttons. And that SNES-style d-pad obviously makes the SN30 Pro a great choice for side-scrollers. The only game I don't like this controller for is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Holding the A button while trying to use the right trigger for drifting is uncomfortable for me on the SN30 Pro.

I really hope they release more transparent colors like the jade green for the pro 2. Having 4 different transparent colors would be great for local games and I love the purple.

That Jade green looks sick. I hope they come out with a ice blue color eventually.

I'd like to see them use the hall effect sensors in all of their controllers, especially these.

the green one reminds me of a Vtech cordless phone I used to have 😊

The green looks amazing, I honestly couldn’t ask for a better looking controller.

I still have two 8bitdo sn30 pro controllers, I actually used them so much over the last 5 years that I broke the rubber membranes in the d-pad and the buttons on both of them so I'm ordering replacements. I also have two M30 controllers, 3 of their usb dongles (two Ver 1, one Ver 2) and an 8bitdo Ultimate Bluetooth Controller which supports wake up when paired directly to the switch!

These are my absolute favorite controllers! I hope they make them in an even more variety of colors!

Might need to get one of these for my brother as a birthday gift. Btw there's a weird sound thing going on around 1:37, thought you might want to know

I love these controllers that mix both modern and retro designs.

I have a couple of these too and the only complaint I have is that the buttons have a glossy slick texture to them that does not handle hand oils that well. Maybe they could improve them with either a different button set or maybe some texture or concave shapes.

Always loved the 8bitdo SN30pro! Great controller to use for pc and switch with awesome customer support if needed.

That jade green is lookin fresh, definitely going to have to snag one of those

Nice little travel controller, had it for years. Used to you it with android for emulation. Got an older SF30 pro with the super fami color way. Updated to 2.0 and paired with the deck easily after that update. I like using it in Switch mode because that gives me gyro. I really miss gyro when using external controllers on the deck.

I set the controller to Switch mode when using for Steam Deck, that way I can utilize the gyro with the controller. X input wont have gyro so kind of sadge, but Switch input works really well just gotta make sure you dont turn on the "use switch controls" in the control settings and works just like x-input (layout wise).

Welp, you've sold me my first controller with my computer. I want to buy some old school games on steam and I don't want to use my keyboard. Controller is the way to go.

I’ll always think of these as funtastic colors.

Thank you for this helpful video. I never knew that my 8bitdo controllers needed an upgrade. I found out that all of them needed upgrading. I also agree with the SN30 Pro being easier to travel with.

Am i the only one who sees the old clear green xbox controllers in that jade green color! Woah total nostalgia trip

I'm a big cloud gamer. Always working and house full of crazy kids. So glad I made this purchase. Works with my switch...GeForce now on my phone..and a decent amount of Android games. Fits right in my pocket. A perfect companion for my s23 ultra.

I like the colours but I wish that there’s the option for the standard buttons. I’ll get confused when switching between pc and switch quite often, especially in a new game where I’m not familiar with the controls

Should have cleared it up that D-input mode is for old games on PC. So if you play any games before the 360 days, they're bound to support D input. The first 3D GTA games come to mind and also I know they're not very popular but if you have played the original releases of the Devil May Cry series upto 3 SE or Resident Evil 4 (I say not popular because most people just emulate the console versions or play the re-releases), they only accept D-input and connecting an XBOX controller or other X-input device will not work.

I'd like to buy one, that jade color looks awesome. From what I understand though, they **still** have not changed the underlying pcb to fix the d-pad issues (example, registers up or down when pressing right/left and tilting slightly up/down (note: not just on a diagonal). It was driving me insane playing Deadcells until I figured out the problem wasn't me. Thankfully it's an easy fix/workaround, but this many iterations later they should have fixed the board already.

they look cool, but I refuse to buy anything without hall effect sticks

Hall sensors and a protective travel case. Then I'm sold.

They are beautiful was debating on getting the basic one and now i need these

All the Bluetooth controllers I have used have had too much latency. Would be good to see latency results on these reviews, as these look really nice.

Thanks for the video, made me remember that I already have a SN30 Pro in a drawer!

6 button option, please 8bitdo. Look at this man playing Capcom fighting games...

🧐From an aesthetic perspective, 8BitDo should have the inputs buttons a different color than shell itself. I prefer my buttons to have contrast on my controllers.

Like the videos, only one note it's n64 funtastic purple not atomic purple

Can we get a chance to see all the stuff that you have?

I really enjoy these controllers, sometimes I just want a smaller controller. I grew up with the nest dog bone controller. These colors look great

Just ordered a pro 2 controller from them can’t wait!

Great video. Love the product review. I'm going to check these out.

I have an xbox ultimate wired controller and it's been simply a solid, reliable backup for when I forget charging my AAs. 8bitdo is great!

I really hope they've fixed the D-Pad on these. I've had 2 of the pros now and both of them have directional bleed in their D-Pad, which makes playing some games with them just a bad time. It's a shame, because the older FC30/SN30 has really solid D-Pads that have very little bleed.

Man I wish they'd do a Sega Saturn 6 button model with two thumbsticks, L/R 1&2. As a fighting game fan it would become my new go-to quick!

I bought the purple for my son and his retro I’d pocket 3+ and I got the black one. These controls are great better then the Nintendo pro controller hands down. 😊

I just bought one in the SNES colors, a wired one to try it as I want it for general use and not only for retro games, and I have to say I'm really surprised of how nice it feels even with fast games like Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate and Fate Extella Link, sure I still need to get used to it (and I have to admit, it wasn't a very good idea to break it in with a Hellblade Glavenus' hunt) but I can honestly see myself using these controllers exclusively from now on.

if they release the Pro 2 controller in jade green it will be an instant purchase.

Have 3 8bitbo products, have gifted several.

My favorite color is green. My wife's is purple. Instant buy for us. And they work great!

I Just buy 8bitdo ultimate bluetooth (full box new) from a chinese guy from shopee for about 41$ :) super good for the price !

I wonder what it would look like if you took both of them apart and swapped the buttons. I like the Purple/Green combo, I have a modded GBA like that.

I would love a transparent black version.

Got this and another controller that are showing up today. All the controllers available and they are missing the one feature I wish some one would add, extra buttons. 2-4 more buttons would really be great for PC. Stack Start and Select and get two more buttons on each side. When I do end up using controllers I always seem to need just one more button. So 1-3 spares after that would be even better.

Thanks for the reminder to update firmwares. I'll spend the next billion hours plugging in my.. 8 or 9 8bitdo controllers one at a time.

I am enjoying my 8bitdo that I have connected to my Mac Boot Camp and playing my Steam games

Awesome controllers. Use mine all the time when I'm not at home.

4:45 How do I do that with my Samsung galaxy? I tried, and I couldn't.

Imagien you obly have steam deck as a pc. 8bitdo would do a big W by doing a linux updating firmware (not even for button mapping, updating would already be INCREDIBLE)

Looks nice, they seem to have the SFC uniform XY (unlike us snes ones), which is neat, but always thought joysticks on these is a bit odd/niche

i think the R2 and L2 are not analogue triggers so it's either on/off, might be wrong tho

Clearly these are modeled after the Super NES controllers...obviously. Only reason I say that is to say that "cosmetically" the best SN30 Pro's were the first wave that included the alternative SF30 Pro. I guess there was some legal reasons why as I don't know why 8BITDO would otherwise stop that production line.

There is really no reason for them to not be putting analog triggers on these at this point

That jade is truly beautiful

8bitdo's are like candy, I've also bought some of their wireless pcb's for original saturn and SNES controllers which I don't think many people realize they sell on their site

I hope it goes on sale for Prime Day. I want to play with Vampire Survivors.

I have the original gray one of this and I really like it for fighters and nintendo online in small sessions but I ended up getting the Ultimate Pro controller cause it is much more ergonomic. it's a great looking and functional controller I just miss the handgrips.

Didn't even hesitate. Ten seconds in; bought it. 😭😭😭😭😭

How does the comfort / feel of this controller compare to the 8BitDo Pro 2? I've noticed that using the left analog stick for side scrolling 2d games (which don't support using the dpad!) is rather uncomfortable. I'd much rather switch to the switch pro controller in that situation.

The only thing I can't stand about 8bitdo is the dang dpad... I've seen multiple videos of fixing it and people still recommend it. Well, build quality is nice though. The dpad I guess is fine for platforms like mario bros. Throw in Fighting gamed and metroid(which is the reason why I got the pro 2 wired controller for xbox and others like metroid) it sucks.

The SN30 controllers “don’t support the ultimate software”? What is that?

Wasn't planning on spending money today but lol here we are

wish these came out sooner, would of bought the purple one to match my steam decks backshell

I have an SN30 (regular, not Pro) and had to use paper hole reinforcements to keep the D-pad from registering wrong inputs. Is this still an issue?

I don't need a new controller...adds to cart and order before this video ended. lol

just beautiful, I have one and is amazing!

I love my pad, I just wish they made a larger version

That jade looks delicious

Your thumbnails are always top tier. Like nerd meth sprinkled into my yt feed. Thank you lol

I have a black Pro 2 but I would buy another one if they made one in that jade green.

I have problems with x input on the Steam Deck so that Nintendo EMUs don't recognize the gyro. Bill from Nerd Nest suggested switch mode, so i used that and now all works a intended. Therefore I would suggest switch not x input mode on the Deck.

Those controllers look awesome. I want one.

I got one to try and use it with everything, but the idea fell flat on its face because it won't work with most sony stuff. Still a great controller for pc, but since I got two dualsenses now, I'm glad I sold my pro+ to a friend that had issues with his. Now he has a working one and extra compatible pieces.

If you're using this for Steam, connecting this controller via X input will make Steam recognize it as an Xbox controller To avoid that, just connect it to your PC via Switch input. It'll be recognized as "Pro Controller" on Windows. X input is pointless, unless you want to pretend it's an Xbox con? Or if the games don't support Nintendo controllers and you can't somehow bypass that with Steam or something I also don't rly recommend this controller for fighting games or platformers. The dpad isn't that good or reliable. Luckily, I bought it exclusively for my JRPGs, so I'm not gonna be too worried about random diagonal inputs or be bothered by being able to push the whole Dpad in at once a little bit. I come from the 2DSXL, which has the best possible Dpad and unfortunately, it's still the only good Dpad I've used If you want a controller for your modern games, like Spoodermon or something, just go with a normal controller. The thumbsticks are awkward and your thumbs will be hitting each other. This controller is designed for use of Dpad

Love 8BitDo (currently have a Pro+ and 2 SN30 Pros) but it feels like they intentionally cripple their controllers with the SN30 Pro lacking analogue triggers. If they had proper triggers then they'd be the ultimate in small + versatile + fully featured controllers for travel (and also not needing any dongles/adapters too is always a bonus) It feels crippled since they have the Xbox SN30 Pro with analogue triggers but it won't work with x-input on PC. Then they have the Lite 2, even more compact for travel, stacked shoulder buttons.. but no analogue triggers and also no x-input for PC.

Are the triggers anolog?

wish it had more colors though i am going to see if their update with the other new one that just place out

They look great, but I don't get why they didn't add the features of the Xbox branded SN 30 Pro (PC Software for customization, analog triggers, correct button placement and a home button in the middle).

please do a video testing the DOOGEE S100 Rugged Smartphone(2023), 20GB+256GB Gaming Rugged Phone

Just brought this and only plan to use it for 2d retro games. I love the switch pro controller for modern games that don’t require fine d-pad use. With my use case, would you say I need an sn30 pro 2?

The ultimate is by far the best controller for your Nintendo switch and steam deck 💫🏆

Ah yes D input. I do love to input the d.

Like the video but I cringe every time you say 8bitdo like it’s Nintendo. The company has already said it’s “do” like Scooby Doo

Wish they release black color for this one

I really didn't have much interest in this controller. Until they made it in green! lol

Anyone else having issues with 8bitdo controllers' analog sticks having issues when multiple controllers are connected on Switch?

i didnt need one but still bought the purple one just now lol 8bitdo is too good

I tried to use the xbox edition of this one with steamdeck and it was so leggy :(

Was there a Bluetooth controller thats close to neogeo gamepad?

If these were Pro 2's, I'd be interested. But these without the grips hurt my hands to hold.

I really wish they'd make a GameCube one already. Can't find a modern GC controller with analog triggers.

I wish they made joy-cons

I wanna see you do a shoryuken with ryu

It looks like the Pro+ is sold out through normal channels. I wonder if something new is coming!

I hope 8bitdo will make a better pro ps5 controller or adapter that makes ps4 controllers work on ps5 games and the same for xbox

I actually saw an Amazon listing with screenshots of these controllers working in the ultimate software. Can you confirm or deny if the screenshots were real or fake?