I'm glad to hear the 8bitdo pad is good - I'm kindof leaning towards that at this point anyway. these are things you can't really tell from a photo so that's why I'm hoping to get some feedback from people that have actually used Yeah, I was really looking for a SNES pad specifically. Mushy buttons, an inaccurate d-pad, noticeably wrong weight, wonky contour. Granted, it is three times the price of the Buffalo but that's not a huge deal.Ī lot of the options look fine but it's hard to make a real determination without having it in my hand.
From what I've read, it doesn't suffer from any input lag issues despite being bluetooth, though bluetooth in and of itself can sometimes introduce additional complications (not always, of course).
The 8bitdo has the benefit of being wireless, having the North American buttons, and the bonus of being Android compatible. That's just a personal preference for me. The Buffalo is supposed to be very good on all these points, my only issue (and this is going to sound nit-picky/dumb) is that it doesn't have the 2 concave / 2 convex buttons from the North American controller.
The buttons need to have a good tactile feel and not be mushy garbage. The d-pad needs to be very good, and not have issues with pressing down equaling "kinda down, kinda down-right, kinda down-left.whatever I feel like at the moment". The main issues I'm concerned with is build quality and getting something that feels authentic or at least very close to the original - those are the primary issues that seem to plague a whole lot of these. If anyone has any other specific recommendations though, I'm all ears. Both of these are pretty highly recommended on neogaf. The two main options I'm currently debating between are the Buffalo Classic USB Gamepad and the 8bitdo SNES30 Wireless Bluetooth Controller.
Does anyone have any experience with any of these? I suppose another option is to get an adapter for use with my OEM SNES controllers, although I've read that those can introduce some amount of input lag, so that's probably not going to be my first choice. I'm currently on the hunt for a good USB SNES controller and there are a lot of options available to that end so I thought I'd get some opinions beforehand.