8bitdo SN30 2.4G Wireless Controller for SNES Classic Edition Review - Review 2022

We love the Nintendo NES Classic Edition and Super NES Classic Edition, but they aren't perfect. On one hand, they both allow yous play dozens of classic 8-fleck and 16-chip games, including some of the best titles ever made. On the other hand, their controller cables are infuriatingly short. 8bitdo offers an ideal solution with the SN30 2.4G. This SNES-style gamepad looks and feels well-nigh identical to the controller included with the SNES Classic, but it'south completely wireless. At $24.99, it fixes the biggest sticking point of an otherwise fantastic retro gaming experience, and earns our Editors' Pick.

Design

The SN30 looks and feels but like a Super NES controller without a cord. Instead, a micro USB port sits on the top edge for charging. Everything else is spot-on SNES: a gray gamepad with four face buttons (A, B, X, and Y), two shoulder buttons (Fifty and R), a iv-mode direction pad, and Offset and Select buttons. The A and B buttons are purple and convex, while the X and Y buttons are periwinkle and concave, a dedicated detail from the original controller design. An alternate model, the SF30 2.4G, is based on the Super Famicom controller pattern. That gray gamepad is a slightly different shade from the SN30 2.4G, and the face buttons are four different colors and all convex.

8bitdo SN30 2.4G The receiver is an 0.4-past-0.9-past-2.1-inch (HWD) grey dongle with a NES/SNES Classic controller connector on the finish (the aforementioned connector used by Wii accessories). A vertical strip of horizontal confined running forth the top of the receiver evokes the blueprint of the original NES. A blue LED on the forepart flashes when looking for the controller and glows steadily when continued.

Co-ordinate to 8bitdo, the SN30 tin last up to 25 hours of gameplay with its 180mAh bombardment, and can charge in sixty minutes. The gamepad didn't falter through several hours of testing.

Gaming

The SNES Classic usually requires you to physically printing the reset push on the organisation to return to the chief menu from a game. The SN30 offers a shortcut and then you don't take to get up to change games. Pressing Select and Down at the same time will jump back to the main carte du jour on the SNES Archetype or NES Classic.

While the SN30 is designed for use with the wireless receiver connected to a SNES or NES Classic Edition, it tin can serve as a wired gamepad for a PC, Mac, or Android device. When connected over USB, you can hold the Star button and A, B, or X for three seconds to put the SN30 into X-Input mode for a Windows PC, D-Input style for an Android device, or a MacOS-friendly mode. Information technology's a nice extra, even if the lack of wireless support and the fact that the gamepad has no analog sticks limits its usefulness on other systems.

8bitdo SN30 2.4G

I played through a chunk of Ass Kong State on the SNES Classic using the SN30, and information technology worked perfectly. The gamepad connected to the receiver immediately when I turned it on, and all controls functioned equally they should. Besides the freedom of using information technology without an annoyingly short tether to the SNES Classic, I couldn't experience any departure between the SN30 and the stock wired gamepad.

I besides connected the SN30 to a NES Classic Edition. One time over again the gamepad worked flawlessly, and I had no problem using it to bust through Heat Man and Wood Man's levels in Mega Man 2. The X and Y buttons double as A and B buttons alongside the actual A and B buttons, offering some choice in the otherwise minimalistic NES control layout. More chiefly, the direction pad and buttons are responsive enough to jump on the disappearing blocks to get over lava.

SNES Classic Companion

8bitdo's SN30 2.4G is a spot-on wireless version of the original SNES gamepad. It feels just as good as the controllers included with the SNES Classic, but without the painfully curt cable tethering you to the system. If some of your favorite games can be found on the SNES Classic or NES Classic and your couch is more than three feet away from your Goggle box, this is a must-purchase accessory, and an Editors' Pick.

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