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C-Sword

C-Sword

Warrior
From Retro-Bit and officially licensed by Sega. I'm not sure if they got a hold of the original molds, but they intend on making these to be just like the original ones. There's a wireless and a wired version.





 
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THTB

THTB

Arez | Booya | Riu48 - Rest Easy, Friends
OMG that Saturn Bluetooth pad looks amazing! Can't wait!
 
Vslayer

Vslayer

Juiced Moose On The Loose
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Jynks said:
nope. This is the problem with member berry nostalgia. Tech is better, design is better, everything is better now. Going back to these bricks is just wrong.
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I was thinking the same thing while looking at that D-pad. It looks like a blister fest and also cancer.
 
C-Sword

C-Sword

Warrior
These and the 8bitdo M30 are getting crazy good reviews, they nailed the dpads. I'm hoping that Brook can make them work on ps4.

Review from nintendolife

First things first, the rolling D-Pad on both pads is utterly, utterly superb. It’s responsive and comfortable to use and is arguably the dream interface for games like Street Fighter . Because it rolls smoothly, executing those quarter and half-circle inputs is a breeze. This is perhaps one of the hardest aspects of a controller to properly nail, and Retro-Bit has passed with flying colours.

The buttons are equally agreeable, although we do have some reservations – at least when it comes to the Saturn pad, anyway. The Genesis controller’s buttons are perfect, and even have the same dull ‘click’ that the ones on the original Sega version do.

With the Saturn pad, the buttons feel great, but there’s something we can’t quite put our finger on (no pun intended) when compared to the original pad. The buttons are responsive but possess a sponginess that we don’t recall feeling back in the day. We say ‘recall’ because the only original Saturn pad we have in the office has definitely seen better days; its buttons have been mashed almost to the point of being totally useless thanks to countless angry games of X-Men vs. Street Fighter . It could well be that our memory has betrayed us and this is how our Saturn controller felt way back in 1994, but it’s certainly… different . Not that this has any impact on the pad’s performance when it comes to gameplay; the buttons are responsive and easy to press. The shoulder buttons, however, aren’t micro-switched like they were on the original, so they don’t click when you press them. This doesn’t affect their responsiveness but might displease some hardcore Sega purists.
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C-Sword

C-Sword

Warrior
I got the 8bitdo M30 today, I’ve tested it out with a bunch games and can confirm that the dpad is great, it’s comfortable to move around and I had no problems pulling out special moves. My only complaint is that the dpad makes creaky noises. Mine is the bluetooth version and I did not have any desyncing issues yet.
 
portent

portent

Apprentice
C-Sword said:
I got the 8bitdo M30 today, I’ve tested it out with a bunch games and can confirm that the dpad is great, it’s comfortable to move around and I had no problems pulling out special moves. My only complaint is that the dpad makes creaky noises. Mine is the bluetooth version and I did not have any desyncing issues yet.
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If it's bluetooth, can it be synched to the PS4?
 
THTB

THTB

Arez | Booya | Riu48 - Rest Easy, Friends
I've had two M30s for a month now. My only wish is that there's a Pro version with bumpers, triggers, and analog sticks. The pad is incredible otherwise. The d-pad is excellent. One of the controllers I have do the creaking sound, but I had RetroFlag's USB Genesis pad that did the same, but it didn't affect anything.

I also have the PS3/PS4 to PS3/PS4 Brook converter. And it works! Just need to place the controller in MacOS mode, press the Home button, and everything works just fine. Z and C get mapped to L1 and R1, respectively, and L and R to L2 and R2. I'm not sure if it's a PS3 conversion, so I'd say get the ones that convert both PS3 and PS4 controllers, to be safe. I've been super happy that I found this out, because this is easily the best controller I've used for fighting games, thus far. And the converters work with any 8BitDo controller with a MacOS mode, as I tested my SF30 Pro and it worked, as well.

@C-Sword @portent
 
portent

portent

Apprentice
THTB said:
I've had two M30s for a month now. My only wish is that there's a Pro version with bumpers, triggers, and analog sticks. The pad is incredible otherwise. The d-pad is excellent. One of the controllers I have do the creaking sound, but I had RetroFlag's USB Genesis pad that did the same, but it didn't affect anything.

I also have the PS3/PS4 to PS3/PS4 Brook converter. And it works! Just need to place the controller in MacOS mode, press the Home button, and everything works just fine. Z and C get mapped to L1 and R1, respectively, and L and R to L2 and R2. I'm not sure if it's a PS3 conversion, so I'd say get the ones that convert both PS3 and PS4 controllers, to be safe. I've been super happy that I found this out, because this is easily the best controller I've used for fighting games, thus far. And the converters work with any 8BitDo controller with a MacOS mode, as I tested my SF30 Pro and it worked, as well.

@C-Sword @portent
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That said, I may grab the SF30 Pro for MK11. SNES/PS pads have the best layout for MK games.
 
THTB

THTB

Arez | Booya | Riu48 - Rest Easy, Friends
portent said:
That said, I may grab the SF30 Pro for MK11. SNES/PS pads have the best layout for MK games.
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I love the SF30 Pro as a Switch controller, but I'd recommend avoiding it for fighting games, unless you play with analog. The d-pad is really underwhelming.

The SF30 Pro Plus, when it releases, may be a better option if they fixed up the d-pad, but it doesn't release for a few more months.
 
portent

portent

Apprentice
THTB said:
I love the SF30 Pro as a Switch controller, but I'd recommend avoiding it for fighting games, unless you play with analog. The d-pad is really underwhelming.

The SF30 Pro Plus, when it releases, may be a better option if they fixed up the d-pad, but it doesn't release for a few more months.
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Fair enough. Thanks for the heads up. I'll wait it out then. I have the brook converters for PS4 for the time being.
 
pastuh

pastuh

Noob
Anyone tested Sega Saturn controller with MK11 ?
How it feels..?
Ordered stick, but now thinking about this controller..
 
THTB

THTB

Arez | Booya | Riu48 - Rest Easy, Friends
@portent @C-Sword @pastuh

So the pad is now usable via the Brook PS3 to PS4 converter update.

Everything is great excluding one thing...currently, at least with the black Saturn pad, the input for L3 does not function properly currently. We may see an update really soon to fix this.

Otherwise, the controller works very well with MK11. There is a slight relearning process if you are used to 4 shoulder buttons, and the controller's layout uses Z and C as R1 and R2 respectively, while L and R are for L1 and L2.
 
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