I have the 8Bitdo N30 2.4G for the NES classic, and I love it. I also have the 8Bitdo SN30 Pro+ which is my current favorite controller. Very solid, and comfortable, controllers, for sure. I wish I could find something from then for the PS3 with turbo functionality. Nice review, brother.
Thanks man! And yeah I've got the N30 for my NES also it is hella cool. I've got the SN30 and the Pro Plus version too. I'm convinced 8bitdo just does not have a bad product (knock on wood)
@@TwistedIdentity Yeah, they are a really decent company. It's unusual for me to find a company that makes third party products that actually work. Retro Bit is alright, too, but I don't think as good as 8BitDo.
In my direct experience, the M30 was drastically worse than both (i) the Big6 and (ii) the BrawlerGen -however, a fan of my channel wrote in to say that the early M30 model I reviewed is not (internally) identical to the ones being manufactured today, and that improvements at the factory were made (empirically, I do not know if this is true, but that's what a fan of my channel told me). The Big6 running through a wire on original hardware would have zero input lag: _do not kid yourself_ about Bluetooth, it has *guaranteed* lag of some significance. I would assume this model of the M30 has input lag in all scenarios, TBH. 😕
That sucks that you had bad experience with yours, mine was absolutely fine both this time and when I owned one in 2019. Ya saw on video its an immediate response whenever I hit a button. That said though, yes any wireless device even 2.4ghz will have input lag, there's no way around it without going wired. However what's more important (to me) is, can you actually feel that lag. It sometimes can depend on your environment and the monitor itself. Not sure what ya got in your setup but I know older LCD monitors and TV's are awful with retro systems in general when it came to latency. In the mid to late 2000's to me they were basically unusable for gaming. I'm surprised I didn't have any considering I've got a big magnet (that studio monitor speaker) as well as my monitor right up next to my antenna. I have a Big 6 too though that's a cool controller :) Did a review vid on that one as well. Thanks for watching!
I'm rockin sn30pro 2 on my PC and sn30pro for mobile. Would like to get this one too but I grew up with fighting games at the arcades so 8bitdo arcade stick is better for me.
@@jakesmith5278 I wanna get the arcade stick too eventually it looks killer. Right now though my sights are on getting that PDP Mortal Kombat arcade stick :D
If you wait just a day or two ago , you could of got the Amazon pride day price for it smh 🤦♂️, awesome awesome tho I got the Xbox variant recently that’s wired ( do not want to leave lag to any chance ) … it is surprisingly nice in quality and performance. Like a Saturn pad but a bit wider in a welcoming way 🕹️🥊🙌🙌🙌
@@preamstrikbiz0 arg, yeah you're right. I didn't actually know Prime Day was even a thing until after I bought it though, wife mentioned it and I was just like "Welp. Shit"
Can the new version wake the switch? I just discovered the old 2.4g one I had for the mini works on switch and also wakes it, but I don't have a free port to keep the dongle in so I'd like to replace it eventually with the BT one.
Hey duder, I just tried it and yeah it doesn't wake the Switch up unfortunately. I believe the only 8bitdo controllers that do are the newest versions of the SN30 Pro Plus. They have like an actual toggle switch on them
HOLY... It finally happened
I have the 8Bitdo N30 2.4G for the NES classic, and I love it. I also have the 8Bitdo SN30 Pro+ which is my current favorite controller. Very solid, and comfortable, controllers, for sure. I wish I could find something from then for the PS3 with turbo functionality. Nice review, brother.
Thanks man! And yeah I've got the N30 for my NES also it is hella cool. I've got the SN30 and the Pro Plus version too. I'm convinced 8bitdo just does not have a bad product (knock on wood)
@@TwistedIdentity Yeah, they are a really decent company. It's unusual for me to find a company that makes third party products that actually work. Retro Bit is alright, too, but I don't think as good as 8BitDo.
In my direct experience, the M30 was drastically worse than both (i) the Big6 and (ii) the BrawlerGen -however, a fan of my channel wrote in to say that the early M30 model I reviewed is not (internally) identical to the ones being manufactured today, and that improvements at the factory were made (empirically, I do not know if this is true, but that's what a fan of my channel told me). The Big6 running through a wire on original hardware would have zero input lag: _do not kid yourself_ about Bluetooth, it has *guaranteed* lag of some significance. I would assume this model of the M30 has input lag in all scenarios, TBH. 😕
That sucks that you had bad experience with yours, mine was absolutely fine both this time and when I owned one in 2019. Ya saw on video its an immediate response whenever I hit a button. That said though, yes any wireless device even 2.4ghz will have input lag, there's no way around it without going wired. However what's more important (to me) is, can you actually feel that lag. It sometimes can depend on your environment and the monitor itself. Not sure what ya got in your setup but I know older LCD monitors and TV's are awful with retro systems in general when it came to latency. In the mid to late 2000's to me they were basically unusable for gaming. I'm surprised I didn't have any considering I've got a big magnet (that studio monitor speaker) as well as my monitor right up next to my antenna. I have a Big 6 too though that's a cool controller :) Did a review vid on that one as well. Thanks for watching!
I'm rockin sn30pro 2 on my PC and sn30pro for mobile. Would like to get this one too but I grew up with fighting games at the arcades so 8bitdo arcade stick is better for me.
@@jakesmith5278 I wanna get the arcade stick too eventually it looks killer. Right now though my sights are on getting that PDP Mortal Kombat arcade stick :D
I was eyeballing it during the amazon prime day sale but because of the reviews I didnt get it 😔 now I want one
If you wait just a day or two ago , you could of got the Amazon pride day price for it smh 🤦♂️, awesome awesome tho I got the Xbox variant recently that’s wired ( do not want to leave lag to any chance ) … it is surprisingly nice in quality and performance. Like a Saturn pad but a bit wider in a welcoming way 🕹️🥊🙌🙌🙌
@@preamstrikbiz0 arg, yeah you're right. I didn't actually know Prime Day was even a thing until after I bought it though, wife mentioned it and I was just like "Welp. Shit"
I'd thumb that, real smooth, er the controller. not the dong le 😆
You know you want the D....pad.
Can the new version wake the switch? I just discovered the old 2.4g one I had for the mini works on switch and also wakes it, but I don't have a free port to keep the dongle in so I'd like to replace it eventually with the BT one.
@@eddiemidnite I didn't think to check that I just assumed. I can check tonight though and let ya know
Hey duder, I just tried it and yeah it doesn't wake the Switch up unfortunately. I believe the only 8bitdo controllers that do are the newest versions of the SN30 Pro Plus. They have like an actual toggle switch on them