8bitdo ulitmate wireless controller 2 just dropped

BennyBlanco said:
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This looks like a controller from a 80s movie set in the year 2010

i want one
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Yeah, it also has lcd screen and you can upload your own gifs and jpgs through FlyDigi controller app. So over the top but when I saw it pretty cheap I grabbed it, was curious about adjustable force of joysticks feedback actually and it hella nice - just you can't do this on the fly.

On Vader 4 you can actually.
 
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Yeah, so a quick review of GuliKit Elves 2 Pro.

It's a really really small controller, definetly aimed towards retro gaming. Even thumbsticks are small, build quality is good. Retro shape.

Triggers actually are just bumpers. So yeah, that's what you should expect.

I would still recommend 8BitDo Pro 2 for you. I have managed to mod it fairly easy with this https://share.temu.com/kATjG57l4GA

It improved sticks movement, I have adjusted the sticks deadzone and tested the circularity

Hardware Tester

hardwaretester.com hardwaretester.com

I think I managed to get from 13% error to like 0.5%

This could also fit I have those but I didn't check it yet


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I have tested the Apex 4 throughly, it's insane a bit of heavy, it has trigger stops but through software I think it has basically more advanced adaptive triggers than DualSense to achive this. It also has different modes for triggers which basically gets you a drifferent feedback.

rubik's dude rubik's dude
GameSir Super Nova although it has Hall Effect sticks the circularity of those get to like 0.1% error. Reminds me a lot about 8BitDo Ultimate 2. Shell has really good plastic and grips are nice, nicer than Ultimate 2, even back buttons feel higher quality than those on 8BitDo. It has trigger stops.

Also it has PS style bumpers and triggers. It and it is really light.

The only thing they cut corners in, I think, are the thumbsticks- material on them feels weird and they don't have metal friction ring on them but the controller has they plastic accent ring that acts like a friction ring I guess.

Thumbsticks and button rearrangements are easily done due to magnetic faceplate. I fitted in easily GuliKit swappable thumbsticks from KK3 Pro which broke with metal friction ring fairly easy. But I haven't tested the sticks yet with those.

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GameSir Cyclone 2 a lot of similarities to Apex 4 but without adjustable force feedback of joystics but it has TMR joysticks. It is also really light.

It has trigger stop switches hidden inside triggers.

It even has similar buttons, triggers and bumpers.

All controllers work good on Windows, Apex 4 works flawlessly on Linux.

I have issues with both GameSir controllers on Linux.

Super Nova support showed a brief notification on Steam Linux Native client as potentially unsupported but it did work I think.

Cyclone 2 is being recognised as a DualShock 4 controller and CachyOS is notifying me it only has 5% of battery left. And Steam input forces PlayStation icons in games, lmao.

Will try to do some udev rules for both GameSir controllers to pass as Xbox controllers and see what they will do on Linux then.

I haven't tested the polling rate on Elves but the rest of controllers cap out at 1000hz polling rate.

Not including Pro 2 obviously in this comparison since it's a bluetooth controller.
 
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Is there much difference between an Ultimate, and an Ultimate 2? I was thinking about buying one, but not sure which one to go with, because there's a difference of almost $20
 
Power Pro said:
Is there much difference between an Ultimate, and an Ultimate 2? I was thinking about buying one, but not sure which one to go with, because there's a difference of almost $20
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I had both. And I do think U2 has better feel of shell and grips, d-pad feel a bit nicer. The shell has kind of fuller shape. TMR Sticks are a nice bonus.

And personally I sold the U1 and I use U2.

But I had bought U2 cheaper than U1 mind you, stalk sites like Temu, AliExpress or Banggood. They have flash sale there often and sometimes you get coupons and they stack up.
 
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Soodanim said:
I wonder if hand sanitiser helps with KFC grease 🤔
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Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
 
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Syphon Filter said:
the original seems fine as it is. not sure if the extra top buttons are necessary, might be doing too much.
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I tested mine out today and the bottom edges are, i dunno...sharp or pinch-y. My hands are on the larger side and my pinky resets off of the right side of the mouse. When I move the mouse that edge pinches my finger. I don't have this issue with other mice...might try to replace the pads on the bottom to get it closer in line with the desk/glass surface.

I am usually a fan of their hardware and I have most of their releases but this one is a miss for me. It looks good next to their retro keyboards but doubt I will use this much.
 
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DAHGAMING said:
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Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
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You're a fucking animal mate 😂
 
DAHGAMING said:
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Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
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What a fucking legend. Holy shit.
 
DAHGAMING said:
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Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
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The first iteration of this was my 2nd favourite controller of all time behind the Xbox 360 controller. It's fantastic.
 
Syphon Filter said:
BennyBlanco BennyBlanco what is the size of the ultimate wireless controllers analogs? is it more like the 360 or xbox one? or maybe some other controller? if you had the first version i would like to know that.
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That is the version 2 on the left and the version 1 on the right, and a Xbox series controller on the bottom. I would say they're all pretty similar, but the 8bitdos will never drift.
 
DAHGAMING said:
YlmmsCz.jpeg


Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
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You should change your name in DAH FUCK??!
 
DAHGAMING said:
YlmmsCz.jpeg


Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
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Got round to setting mine up doing a bit of testing.

Initially I set up a profile with no RGB, but all your bindings are seemingly set in stone. I find it's better to toggle to no profile then configure on the fly, switching to the RBG off mode while you're there.

I did a bit of testing in Dark Souls 1 because if any game is going to tell me if I'm annoyed by the L1/R1 clicks it's Souls. I'm pleased to say it doesn't bother me at all.

I also found that you can set one of the extra buttons to a combination, then turn turbo on for that extra button and it won't affect the original button. So I set L4 to B for running and rolls, then set R4 to turbo A for pick ups and spamming through menus etc.

There is one small quirk that I don't quite understand, and that's that you can't map the paddles to L3/R3 on the fly. You can in the software, but that means setting a profile and losing the on the fly stuff I mentioned. But it isn't a big deal as you can map L4/R4 to L3/R3, which is more comfortable anyway IMO.

Speaking of comfort, I have large hands and I do wish the controller came in an XL variant. But it's an Asian company and I don't see the market for XL controllers being quite worth the investment for them.

I've bought and instantly returned 8bitdo controllers in the past for one reason or another, but I'm keeping this. Aside from the size they've got a lot right with this controller and I'm glad that the functionality is also at a point where I can happily replace my DS4.

Please be warned though that I haven't tried with KFC yet, so this review is subject to change.
 
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DAHGAMING said:
YlmmsCz.jpeg


Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
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DAHGAMING said:
YlmmsCz.jpeg


Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
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who the fuck sold you the bash before you done this and do you have their number mate
 
RagnarokIV said:
Guys,

What's the difference between the ultimate and the ultimate 2 (rgb on sticks)?
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Ultimate 1 has Hall Effect Sticks.

Ultimate 2 has better TMR joysticks, 2 additional buttons, tad different shape of bumpers less playstation like. A bit different shape of controller it sits fuller in hands.
 
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DAHGAMING said:
YlmmsCz.jpeg


Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
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I hope it breaks. I'm over here trying to find a great controller that won't drift... shit.
 
I decided to go for the 8bitdo Ultimate 3 mode in black.

8BitDo Ultimate 3-mode Controller for Xbox | 8BitDo

Designed to play cross platform. Officially licensed by Xbox. Available in Jade, Black, and White editions.
www.8bitdo.com www.8bitdo.com

Basically it's awesome and helps me cut down on controllers. It sits in the dock, then when I unplug it it auto connects to my PC and auto shuts down when placed in the dock.

When I want to play my series X, just plug the cable and use it there.

Played a super competitive online game on PC and while it took a while to get used to the shape, it did eventually click. The sticks are really nice and smooth.

Awesome controller, and for the price I don't think you can get better.
 
RagnarokIV said:
I decided to go for the 8bitdo Ultimate 3 mode in black.

8BitDo Ultimate 3-mode Controller for Xbox | 8BitDo

Designed to play cross platform. Officially licensed by Xbox. Available in Jade, Black, and White editions.
www.8bitdo.com www.8bitdo.com

Basically it's awesome and helps me cut down on controllers. It sits in the dock, then when I unplug it it auto connects to my PC and auto shuts down when placed in the dock.

When I want to play my series X, just plug the cable and use it there.

Played a super competitive online game on PC and while it took a while to get used to the shape, it did eventually click. The sticks are really nice and smooth.

Awesome controller, and for the price I don't think you can get better.
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It's not wireless to xbox though, right? Just making sure I'm reading the page correcty. That's kinda annoying. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it was wireless to xbox (native) / wireless to my PC (bluetooth) / wireless to my switch (dongle)
 
RavenSan said:
It's not wireless to xbox though, right? Just making sure I'm reading the page correcty. That's kinda annoying. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it was wireless to xbox (native) / wireless to my PC (bluetooth) / wireless to my switch (dongle)
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No, it's USB only to Xbox. It doesn't bother me so much because I always had a cable from there to the charge and play kit anyway but yeah it may be a deal breaker for a lot of people.
 
BennyBlanco said:
Thankfully you can just turn them off with their software, or set them up as macros. There is also a TINY light in the center of the mouse to indicate if it's charging. Very subtle and slick.
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So I got the mouse. Can you check something for me?
The scroll is slipping when I move it slowly or lightly. Like rubber tire moving on a rim... so I am kinda dissapointed.
also, the mouse is weird to hold. I 1-3-1 my mice and my fingers kinda fall into the side buttons. The quality of base and everything is great. Especially for the price... but the scroll...

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rofif said:
So I got the mouse. Can you check something for me?
The scroll is slipping when I move it slowly or lightly. Like rubber tire moving on a rim... so I am kinda dissapointed.
also, the mouse is weird to hold. I 1-3-1 my mice and my fingers kinda fall into the side buttons. The quality of base and everything is great. Especially for the price... but the scroll...

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Mine sits too far off the desk so when I move the mouse my thumb (on the left side) and ring/pinky finger (on the right) gets trapped/pinched under it. I do not like the scroll wheel either and while I like mice with little weight, this one feels cheap somehow...I cannot place why.
It does look fantastic on the base though.
 
Miyazaki's Slave said:
Mine sits too far off the desk so when I move the mouse my thumb (on the left side) and ring/pinky finger (on the right) gets trapped/pinched under it. I do not like the scroll wheel either and while I like mice with little weight, this one feels cheap somehow...I cannot place why.
It does look fantastic on the base though.
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Does your scroll rubber slips on the rim of the wheel ?
 
Got mines. Its legit. Im trying to get the rgb to be simple red but I can only configure fire rings and traced.
 
I wonder how long it'll take for 8bitdo and others to release controllers that can wake the Switch 2 from sleep (or if we're lucky, push updates to existing controllers)
 
Iv had mine for about 2 months now. Only thing i would say is I wish it was 10% bigger. Feels a bit small in my hands. But in terms of quality so far I cant fault it, everything feels high-quality and the included charging dock just makes it super convenient.

Better than the standard Xbox series controller Which its cheaper than.
 
PSA for 8bitdo owners and Switch 2 compatibility;
All 8bitdo products that were previously compatible with Switch are now borked on Switch 2 and all require firmware updates. 8bitdo were posting beta fw files individually with manual updaters seemingly hourly Thursday and Friday and have now been added to the support page. https://support.8bitdo.com/
I'll also drop the links to the temp server for manual files and installers and reddit thread because you might need them. Good luck and feel free to ask me any questions. I've gotten Ultimate 1&2, Pro 2, and my Arcade Stick v3 working on Switch 2 after updating.


NOTE- Wake functionality is now broken for everything I've tried...including the Switch 1 Pro Controller, so hopefully Nintendo can patch whatever is going on there, unless it's a purposeful measure to annoy you into getting a Switch 2 Pro Controller or some shit. 8bitdo haven't said much on the matter beyond that they are aware of it, but not if they can resolve the issue.
 
coffinbirth said:
PSA for 8bitdo owners and Switch 2 compatibility;
All 8bitdo products that were previously compatible with Switch are now borked on Switch 2 and all require firmware updates. 8bitdo were posting beta fw files individually with manual updaters seemingly hourly Thursday and Friday and have now been added to the support page. https://support.8bitdo.com/
I'll also drop the links to the temp server for manual files and installers and reddit thread because you might need them. Good luck and feel free to ask me any questions. I've gotten Ultimate 1&2, Pro 2, and my Arcade Stick v3 working on Switch 2 after updating.


NOTE- Wake functionality is now broken for everything I've tried...including the Switch 1 Pro Controller, so hopefully Nintendo can patch whatever is going on there, unless it's a purposeful measure to annoy you into getting a Switch 2 Pro Controller or some shit. 8bitdo haven't said much on the matter beyond that they are aware of it, but not if they can resolve the issue.
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I feel like I read somewhere well before release that only the new Pro controller will be able to wake the console so I doubt any of the 8bitdo controllers ever will.

Don't they not work in the normal way anyway? You have to shake them or something?
 
hououinkyouma00 said:
I feel like I read somewhere well before release that only the new Pro controller will be able to wake the console so I doubt any of the 8bitdo controllers ever will.

Don't they not work in the normal way anyway? You have to shake them or something?
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This is true.
Hopefully they can figure something out, but I fear you may be right. It's only a minor inconvenience as I'll have the Joycon in the charge grip right next to me, but it would be nice to not have to buy a Pro Controller 2 as I do not like the diet they put it on. Doesn't feel as good in the hands to me, personally.
 
DAHGAMING said:
YlmmsCz.jpeg


Here you go mate, the KFC test. So I smashed in some hot wings covered in there dirty gravey and gave the gamepad a nice grip, getting crumbs, grease and goo into the buttons, sticks and triggers. I can confirm with the use of antibac wipes it cleaned up nice and is in full working order, another test passed, im going for a yes out of 10 on this gamepad.
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This post deserves DOUBLE gold!

Much like KFC's double down sandwich

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coffinbirth said:
PSA for 8bitdo owners and Switch 2 compatibility;
All 8bitdo products that were previously compatible with Switch are now borked on Switch 2 and all require firmware updates. 8bitdo were posting beta fw files individually with manual updaters seemingly hourly Thursday and Friday and have now been added to the support page. https://support.8bitdo.com/
I'll also drop the links to the temp server for manual files and installers and reddit thread because you might need them. Good luck and feel free to ask me any questions. I've gotten Ultimate 1&2, Pro 2, and my Arcade Stick v3 working on Switch 2 after updating.


NOTE- Wake functionality is now broken for everything I've tried...including the Switch 1 Pro Controller, so hopefully Nintendo can patch whatever is going on there, unless it's a purposeful measure to annoy you into getting a Switch 2 Pro Controller or some shit. 8bitdo haven't said much on the matter beyond that they are aware of it, but not if they can resolve the issue.
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My gamesir nova lite and terios t23 worked on the Switch 2 without any update but were unable to wake it. It's to get clarity on this issue.
 
STARSBarry said:
Iv had mine for about 2 months now. Only thing i would say is I wish it was 10% bigger. Feels a bit small in my hands. But in terms of quality so far I cant fault it, everything feels high-quality and the included charging dock just makes it super convenient.
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100%. Love the convenience and function of the dock, but it's just too small to be perfect. Doesn't help that it's the design that brings your wrists in closer, too.
 
Soodanim said:
100%. Love the convenience and function of the dock, but it's just too small to be perfect. Doesn't help that it's the design that brings your wrists in closer, too.
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They should sell a slightly more expensive Plus model which is bigger, honestly its the only fault this controller has.
 
It's not as high quality like 3-mode - the shell I mean.

Also back buttons are loose a bit too much for my liking. My right back button were a bit higher than the left one in my Ultimate 2 for example.

And from testing I have done so far it reached like 650Hz out of declared 1000Hz polling rate, while the competition like GameSir and FlyDigi reaches 1000Hz almost spot on.

I'm personally waiting for a GameSir G7 Pro wireless edition.
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They pushed a date yet again since this image leaked but I'm expecting it pretty soon.

It should have 3 swappable dpads in the box.
 
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