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[hououinkyouma00]

I ended up grabbing the Ultimate 2 Bluetooth and spent the last two days testing it on Switch and PC and I'm not sure I like it as much as I want to.

I ended up grabbing it because the SW2 Pro controller is unable to connect to anything else and I wanted something I could use for Wii U emulation.

I have two gripes with it:

• The handles are weirdly short and I don't like the angle. I knew I wouldn't like the angle as I've owned an 8bitdo controller before but the grips feel much stubbier then the Xbox controller or Dualsense and I feel like I don't have as good control.
• The extra bumpers are a little too easy to hit which is the opposite of my initial worry. I found while I was playing Halo that I would accidentally hit them while trying to hit the bumpers. I think it's simply the way I hold the controller as I wrap my fingers around and actually press the buttons behind the first knuckle and I keep my fingers between the triggers and bumpers so I can quickly move between the two.

I think I might just return both the Pro and the 8bitdo and just use the OG Pro controller I have since Switch 2 won't be my primary by any means.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I ended up grabbing the Ultimate 2 Bluetooth and spent the last two days testing it on Switch and PC and I'm not sure I like it as much as I want to.

I ended up grabbing it because the SW2 Pro controller is unable to connect to anything else and I wanted something I could use for Wii U emulation.

I have two gripes with it:

• The handles are weirdly short and I don't like the angle. I knew I wouldn't like the angle as I've owned an 8bitdo controller before but the grips feel much stubbier then the Xbox controller or Dualsense and I feel like I don't have as good control.
• The extra bumpers are a little too easy to hit which is the opposite of my initial worry. I found while I was playing Halo that I would accidentally hit them while trying to hit the bumpers. I think it's simply the way I hold the controller as I wrap my fingers around and actually press the buttons behind the first knuckle and I keep my fingers between the triggers and bumpers so I can quickly move between the two.

I think I might just return both the Pro and the 8bitdo and just use the OG Pro controller I have since Switch 2 won't be my primary by any means.

Yeah, just keep the OG Pro man if you didn't find the new ones good...

I, on the other hand - and sorry for getting (kind of off topic) - couldn't be happier with the Ultimate 2C I've had for 3+ days :
Rumble is really really good, ergonomics also (for my hands at least), no disconnections whatsoever, HAL sticks and pretty good battery life - and this thing costs 30 Eurodollars? HOWWWW ?

The price to quality ratio just can't be beat on this thing, I'm actually amazed (for once ) and can't recommend it enough.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

I ended up grabbing it because the SW2 Pro controller is unable to connect to anything else

Yeah I hope there is a firmware update on the way that will loosen this restriction. As it stands you can use it with steam OS (or just steam) but you need to jump through too many hoops and load extra programs which is 100% not worth it IMO.

Other than that grip I do love the SW2 Pro controller but from a value perspective it cannot touch the 8BitDo range.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Yeah, just keep the OG Pro man if you didn't find the new ones good...

I, on the other hand - and sorry for getting (kind of off topic) - couldn't be happier with the Ultimate 2C I've had for 3+ days :
Rumble is really really good, ergonomics also (for my hands at least), no disconnections whatsoever, HAL sticks and pretty good battery life - and this thing costs 30 Eurodollars? HOWWWW ?

The price to quality ratio just can't be beat on this thing, I'm actually amazed (for once ) and can't recommend it enough.

I decided to stick with it for a bit longer as I've been playing a bunch of the Halo 3 update for Halo Infinite and I like it more then I did which unfortunately makes my decision harder

I really wish the types of paddles that are on the 8bitdo and the Pro controller were on the Dualsense Edge and the Elite. I like the half moon paddles on the Edge because they are out of the way but these are just so easy to use without having to adjust grip.

Yeah I hope there is a firmware update on the way that will loosen this restriction. As it stands you can use it with steam OS (or just steam) but you need to jump through too many hoops and load extra programs which is 100% not worth it IMO.

Other than that grip I do love the SW2 Pro controller but from a value perspective it cannot touch the 8BitDo range.

Yeah, 8bitdo from a value perspective is unbeatable IMO.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Ultimate 2 works beautifully on the Switch 2 aside from not being able to wake the console. Hopefully Nintendo fixes this soon

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Ultimate 2 works beautifully on the Switch 2 aside from not being able to wake the console. Hopefully Nintendo fixes this soon

Nintendo isn't going to do anything and why would they? They want you to buy their controller. 8bitdo is not an officially licensed product. It'll be up to 8bitdo themselves to figure it out. Gulikit seems to have figured it out so I'm sure it's possible. Even the OG Pro controller can't wake the Switch 2.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Nintendo isn't going to do anything and why would they? They want you to buy their controller. 8bitdo is not an officially licensed product. It'll be up to 8bitdo themselves to figure it out. Gulikit seems to have figured it out so I'm sure it's possible. Even the OG Pro controller can't wake the Switch 2.

Considering even OG Pro Controller can't wake it I thought it might've just been a feature that Nintendo doesn't yet support. Maybe I gave them too much credit and they're just deliberately making old controllers worse in order to make you buy new ones.

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

Dualsense works beautifully on the Switch 2, too, aside from not being able to wake the console using the 8BitDo USB Wireless Adapter 2 (costs less than 20 bucks).

 

[Vallarfax]

Bought the purple one a month ago. Absolutely love it. Does anyone know if there is anyway to bind something like a keyboard press to one of the extra buttons? Really looking for a way to add PTT(push-to-talk) while using the controller and really hate using foot pedals.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Considering even OG Pro Controller can't wake it I thought it might've just been a feature that Nintendo doesn't yet support. Maybe I gave them too much credit and they're just deliberately making old controllers worse in order to make you buy new ones.

Yeah, I would imagine that if the Switch Pro controller doesn't work then it's intentional. Similar to how there are no third party wireless Xbox controllers (though I think some of this has to do with paying for the wireless protocol Xbox uses), and why there are very few third party controllers for PlayStation 5. They want you to buy their product.

I think PowerA had some officially licensed Switch controllers that woke the device so it's possible but with 8bitdo not being officially licensed I'm not sure.

Dualsense works beautifully on the Switch 2, too, aside from not being able to wake the console using the 8BitDo USB Wireless Adapter 2 (costs less than 20 bucks).

I have one of these in a drawer somewhere but I could never use it. My brain knows that I'm holding a PlayStation controller or Xbox controller and I immediately get confused by button prompts. I don't have this issue going back and forth between Xbox and PlayStation or PC and PlayStation. It's only on Nintendo and I think it's just that I'm the least experienced with Nintendo and the layout being the same characters as Xbox confuses me for some reason (yes I know Nintendo did it first but I was never a Nintendo kid and didn't have my first Nintendo console until the Wii after years of use on PlayStation/Xbox.

 

[xVodevil]

Bought the purple one a month ago. Absolutely love it. Does anyone know if there is anyway to bind something like a keyboard press to one of the extra buttons? Really looking for a way to add PTT(push-to-talk) while using the controller and really hate using foot pedals.

Nope, only the controller buttons can be remapped to the back, which is why I don't even get what's the point of adding 4 extra buttons in the first place.

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

I have one of these in a drawer somewhere but I could never use it. My brain knows that I'm holding a PlayStation controller or Xbox controller and I immediately get confused by button prompts. I don't have this issue going back and forth between Xbox and PlayStation or PC and PlayStation. It's only on Nintendo and I think it's just that I'm the least experienced with Nintendo and the layout being the same characters as Xbox confuses me for some reason (yes I know Nintendo did it first but I was never a Nintendo kid and didn't have my first Nintendo console until the Wii after years of use on PlayStation/Xbox.

I got confused as well in the first hours. Then I just stopped looking at the buttons - problem solved.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

I got confused as well in the first hours. Then I just stopped looking at the buttons - problem solved.

The problem is my brain communicating with my hands.

If I'm using a Pro controller I'm fine. My brain just goes hey you're holding a Xbox controller so X/Y, and A/B are flipped.

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

The problem is my brain communicating with my hands.

Good that you already have an OG Pro controller, just stick with it then.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Good that you already have an OG Pro controller, just stick with it then.

Funnily enough. I read your response this morning and was like yeah I'm just gonna return it so I went on amazon and started it only to receive an option to keep the item and get a $18 refund so I took it.

Getting the Ultimate 2 for less then $48 is a no brainer as Amazon already had a 10% off coupon available for it when I bought it.