8Bitdo has a brand new $50 Android gaming controller with Corridor impact sticks and triggers

8BitDo, as soon as identified solely as a purveyor of Nintendo-infused nostalgia, has expanded lately into all types of gaming controllers and accessories. The corporate’s newest foray is into cell gaming controllers. The 8Bitdo Final Cellular Gaming Controller takes the highlights of its well-received Ultimate series — Corridor impact included! — and brings them to an extendable accent that latches onto your smartphone, a la Spine and Razer Kishi.

First, the unhealthy information (for some). The 8Bitdo Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller is Android solely, so no love right here for iPhone house owners. It’s additionally a Bluetooth accent, reasonably than a plug-in one like Backbone’s, which implies it has a 350mAh battery and weighs greater than some rivals. (As The Verge notes, it suggestions the scales at 236g, making it 71 % heavier than the BackBone One.) 8Bitdo says its battery lasts as much as 15 hours from 1.5 hours of charging time.

However for Android system house owners, it’s a flexible controller. 8Bitdo says it’s appropriate with cell units which can be 100mm to 170mm in size. That may even embrace some small tablets, though not many lately are that small. (Even Amazon’s comparatively small Fire HD 8 is about 32mm too extensive.) Nevertheless, it ought to match nearly any Android phone.

The controller has Corridor impact triggers and joysticks, so that you shouldn’t have any drifting worries. It contains a typical 4 motion buttons, a “clicky,” “easy” and “tactile” D-Pad, a profile button and two paddle buttons on its again. The sticks have “wear-resistant steel joystick rings.”

It really works with 8BitDo’s Final Software program, letting you remap buttons, regulate stick and set off sensitivity and create or edit profiles. The software program is offered on Home windows and Android. The iOS model is installable on Macs from the App Retailer.

You’ll be able to’t get the 8Bitdo Final Cellular Gaming Controller fairly but, however you possibly can pre-order it now from Amazon. It prices $50 (half the value of Spine One!), is available in black and white choices and can arrive on November 29, Black Friday.