8Bitdo has a new $50 Android gaming controller with Hall effect sticks and triggers

8BitDo, as soon as recognized solely as a purveyor of Nintendo-infused nostalgia, has expanded in recent times into all kinds of gaming controllers and accessories. The corporate’s newest foray is into cellular gaming controllers. The 8Bitdo Final Cell 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, slightly than a plug-in one like Backbone’s, which suggests it has a 350mAh battery and weighs greater than some rivals. (As The Verge notes, it suggestions the scales at 236g, making it 71 p.c 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 machine house owners, it’s a flexible controller. 8Bitdo says it’s suitable with cellular units which might be 100mm to 170mm in size. That may even embody some small tablets, though not many lately are that small. (Even Amazon’s comparatively small Fire HD 8 is about 32mm too vast.) Nonetheless, 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 normal 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, alter stick and set off sensitivity and create or edit profiles. The software program is out there on Home windows and Android. The iOS model is installable on Macs from the App Retailer.

You may’t get the 8Bitdo Final Cell 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.