Review for "8bitdo SN30 Pro Controller"

8bitdo SN30 Pro Controller

Compatible with Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Steam and other Bluetooth-Compatible devices

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By Tobias T. (Hannover, Germany) on 15 Sept. 2018 :

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This controller works flawlessly with the Switch and Windows, and - this is as far as I can tell A UNIQUE FEATURE - depending on which button you hold down when you start it up, it remembers DIFFERENT devices!

It has four modes: Switch, Windows (XInput), Android (DInput), and Mac (I have no Mac, and I don't actually know what that does).
You can pair one device PER MODE!
So you can have it paired to your Switch, your Windows PC, your Mac, AND your Linux PC/Android device all at once.
If you want to use it on one of these devices, just start it in the respective mode and you're good to go, no need to re-pair every time you switch devices!

It works really well as a controller, the the analog sticks and d-pad are very precise, the buttons work perfectly, and everything feels very solid!
Even motion controls work on the Switch!

There is just one slight problem: This thing is small. It's the same size as an original SNES controller (though quite a bit thicker), and that's just a little bit smaller than modern controllers.
Add to that that the analog sticks are set quite close together in the middle (they're almost a centimeter closer together than those on the DualShock 4), and the controller feels like it was made for people with smaller hands.
I don't have particularly large hands for a grown man, but I found this controller to be less comfortable than any official current-gen controller. But then, those don't work on 4 different devices at once!

All in all an excellent controller, 4/5, but consider it 5/5 if you have small hands :)

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