The Switch 2 finally accepts the 8Bitdo controllers, here is how to enjoy it now

For current games, but especially for the virtual console

However, even if the manufacturer’s catalog contains very current controllers adapted to today’s titles, it also has a whole range that will necessarily speak to nostalgic 8 and 16-bit eras, when large pixels and 2D were the standard. Indeed, the N30, the SN30 or the M30 are very strongly inspired by the NES, Super Nes and Megadrive controllers. We find the general shape, the colors, but also very similar directional crosses and almost identical buttons.

They are therefore particularly suitable for retrogaming and that falls. Thanks to the virtual console accessible by being strolling in the Nintendo Switch Online service, many titles of the NES, the Super Nes and the Megadrive (and other consoles like the Game Boy, the N64 and the Game Cube, according to the chosen subscription formula) are playable on the Switch 2: so can we take advantage of the legendary Mario Bros, Super Metroid or Sonic The Hedgehog in conditions very close to the original experience.

However, it should be noted that 8BitDo controllers have some more modern features such as additional triggers, a Bluetooth connection or even hall effect sticks, less subject to drift phenomenon than conventional sticks.