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PaperclipPerfector  5mo ago (text post)   2657 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for October 3, 2025

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I own an 8bitdo controller. It's Bluetooth, runs off a rechargeable internal battery, and does everything I ask of it. For £17 (I think), can't really ask for more. The build quality seems decent

Of course, I'm a diehard m+k user, so I must admit I've used it literally once for a session of Forza before never using it again. Money well spent.

I'm a m&k guy myself, but unfortunately some games just suck with that control method. The Yakuza series is one good example, with the games having had a tongue in cheek "real Yakuza use a gamepad" splash screen on the PC for many years. My controller of choice on the PC is a PS4 controller, as I have them around already and they work well via USB.

I own an 8bitdo pro 2 controller. I learned that I hated controllers, but my son uses it every day and it's still going strong after several years of abusive gaming.

Possibly the funniest controller ever is the 8BitDo Lite 1, which has three directional pads and zero analog sticks. Unfortunately, it appears to have been discontinued in favor of the Lite 2, which has two analog sticks as usual.

I can get it new on Amazon UK for £33, though I have little interest in another controller I won't use, let alone one without analog sticks. Why would anyone want that???

For retro or retro-like games, there's some advantages -- trying to play something like Megaman X or Legend of Mana on the standard Nintendo layout means either fighting with an analog stick that's either too eager to have you go diagonally or nonresponsive to small movements (or both!), or offsetting your left hand to get to the dpad and feeling a bit like a crab a couple hours later. There's even a few specialized retro handheld consoles that will let you switch what layouts are present for this specific use case (and to support six-button controllers like the Genesis on the right hand side).

But dunno if there's that much on the Switch market that's actually focused toward those games.

Why would anyone want that???

The advertised purpose is "ultra-portability". Note that the thickness of the Lite 1 is only 16 mm (0.6 inch), versus 35 mm (1.4 inches) for the Lite 2.

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