8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Controller Review: For Human Hands
The Nintendo 64 was a fantastic console, which houses games defining generation such as Super Mario 64 And Goldeneye 007. With his four integrated controller ports, he revolutionized multiplayer games in front of the TV, and it was the first consumer console to introduce an analog stick, essential to sail in the booming 3D worlds, the medium was starting to deliver.
Unfortunately, the controller with whom he did all of this was an abomination, a monstrosity with three unhappy parts which earned my disdain for life. Quick advance of about three decades, and the third -party peripheral manufacturer 8BitDo has improved the original PAD N64 in almost all ways with its new Bluetooth 64 controller.
Improved nostalgia
Photography: Matt Kamen
The 8BitDo PAD is mainly designed for the 3D -like analog, a next programmable door console set (FPGA) to read original N64 cartridges, but it can be paired on practically all compatible Bluetooth devices, from PCs to smartphones in Nintendo Switch for Switch 2 consoles, where it can be used to play the N64 game library N64 Include for Nintendo Switch online Nindendo Switch online to play the N64 N64 digital library included for Nintendo Switch Nindo Switch online Ninft + Subscribers of the extension pack.
Aesthetically, traditionalists can deplore the absence of the original Pad N64 color touches, but they have elegant elegance for them. Intended to reflect the similar analogous 3D3D, 8bit’s efforts correspond perfectly, while resembling a companion appropriate to the official controller of Nintendo Switch 2 Pro. Functionally, it takes everything that made Nintendo’s original controller so revolutionary and reconditions it into a modern unit which, above all, is part of the two hands of the average man. Each entry is present and taken into account, specifies up to icons and fonts.
The 64 Bluetooth controller massively improves orientation. The original Z trigger, once on the underside of the average spindle of the official controller, is now two shoulder buttons, seated where the triggers of the L2 / R2 are on a PlayStation handle, while the analog stick is rejected to the left, comparable to the left stick of an Xbox controller. The result is that each entry is at hand, eliminating the need to juggle with your grip. It also introduces welcome improvements from the 21st century, such as making the barge drift thanks to Hall Effect Tech and cooking in haptic feedback, eliminating the need for a separate rumble.
Stick them
Photography: Matt Kamen
The thumb is the star, feeling incredibly precise thanks to the two Hall effect sensors and keeping the “door” at eight tracks at its base, the octagonal notches allowing it to be satisfactory. Expect effortless combos in 1080 ° Snowboardprecise photos in Perfect Darkand gently flying Starfox. The staff of the stick is also wider, shorter and made of metal, which makes it much more solid than that of the original pavement. While the top of the stick reproduces the trio of raised concentric rings and the subtle concave dip so that your thumb rested, it is now rubbered, rather than slippery plastic, which allows a safer handle.
