Nintendo Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Edition GameCube Controller - Switch

I had been WAITING for what felt like forever to buy a Smash 4 Gamecube controller, and the price of the controller was just not going down ($145.00 at the time of writing for the white Japan-exclusive). I could not justify spending that sum of money on a device that should only cost $25.00 (which it did, at one time, and I bought one for my brother in June of 2016).So when Nintendo announced they were going to be selling Smash Bros Ultimate Gamecube controllers, I immediately navigated to Amazon.com and sought it out, praying the price wasn't outrageous. Thirty bucks! I smashed that 1-click-buy button faster than OJ Simpson's white Bronco.It came in the mail today and felt great in my hands. Yes, it is made with cheaper materials than the OG Gamecube controllers, and yes, it has a matte finish (which I really enjoy nonetheless), but it performs as you'd expect a brand new Nintendo Gamecube controller to perform—flawlessly! I've been on this controller since Melee was released in 2001, and let me tell you, go with the Nintendo GC controllers, there are no rivals.It's not your Xbox One Elite, or your Dualshock 4—it's an OG Gamecube controller, fresh from a Chinese factory and so ready to get some Smash on!

Works really well .An ideal gift for my grandson

I don't play Smash Bros Melee or Smash for WiiU religiously like some of the reviewers here.I'm not critiquing each and every individual button press and wondering how light or heavy the trigger pulls are.I bought it so I could have a good and new GameCube controller for when Smash Ultimate comes out and so I could play the game *casually*.And on the topic, good and new is a simple way to put my thoughts on it. It's a solid build and just as high quality as how an official Nintendo product should be.The wire is long and durable. The plug end fits snugly in my third-party adapter. The controller gets identified immediately after plugging it in and pressing the A button.The cardboard packaging is clean and simple, albeit a tad bit difficult to open without tearing the box itself (I wanted to try to keep it nice and neat). Inside, the controller is wrapped in a thick plastic baggie inside of a cardboard frame, no foam cushions or anything.I did not have any problems with input lag or drifting thumbsticks.I did not have any problems with chipped paint or flimsy buttons/triggers.I did not have any problems with weak or broken cables.The buttons are clean and easy to press.The thumbsticks are grippy and responsive.The controller's grainy-textured material feels comfortable to hold, but just try not to get any Cheeto fingers all over it for everyone's sake.Overall: if you're looking for a new official GameCube controller that doesn't cost several hundred dollars, then I highly suggests jumping on this. Who knows if it's gonna be a limited run or not.P.S. This is my own individual experience. It may differ from person to person.

Fast inputs, long chord, good quality, feels and looks great. My original concern with this controller was that the pre-order date said it would arrive on Christmas, over two weeks after the release of Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Fortunately, it arrived yesterday, giving me time to get used to the feel of the controller before December 7th.When comparing it side by side to the official controller that came with my Gamecube, the only difference that I can feel is the plastic it's made with. Some of the reviews for this controller have said that the plastic feels cheaper but I personally prefer the new material. The plastic on this controller feels a lot less likely to gather grease or marks after long play sessions.Many of the 1-2 star reviews have very different issues with their controllers. Some are complaining about slow inputs, low quality triggers, and some people are having trouble with getting it to work on emulators. I've had none of these problems. Maybe I just got lucky with the one I was shipped but overall, I'm very satisfied with it.

I was afraid to buy this control for all the bad comments I had read about it, but it turned out to be the best control in the market today, it is not de-calibrated, it works well, it feels good.A week ago I bought a PowerA Gamecube controller but it feels ...Instead, this control, feels solid and as it should feel an original controlthe only "bad" thing that i found, was the Z button, It feels like it's stuck or sticky, after all, its the best gamecube controller

I received my controller on launch, and I am very impressed with the quality. I had previously been using Mario Retro's reproduction controllers, and the difference is night and day. MR's controllers feel hollow, the sticks have barely any grip, and the triggers make contact with the controller shell making an uneven pull. This official controller feels exactly how I remember it feeling when I got my GameCube about a decade ago. Good weight without feeling heavy, grippy sticks, nice feeling buttons that do not hitch up or grind. I have seen a few other people with some weirdly calibrated sticks, but either they had their sticks tilted as they plugged them in and turned their console on, or they have a very uncommon defect. I can report that I have no weird stick drift or uncalibrated sticks AT ALL. Yet another top quality accessory from Nintendo.