It would be great if you could talk about what the differences mean in practical terms for a comparison video, particularly if you're looking through a tear-down I'd expect to see whether any parts are interchangeable or not. It seems like some parts could fit, other parts could be modified to fit and some parts wouldn't at all. Explaining these things while the teardown is happening would really increase the quality of your videos.
You can with the NES Classic, but when he opened these I saw that Nintendo put obstacles that would prevent that from happening. They would have to be cut off to test.
n0signal McWeeb Haha I was surprised to say the least! Also, great suggestion! Once I get my hands on a Super Famicom mini, I'll do another comparison with the ibuffalo and 8bitdo.
Biggest problem with the 8bitdo is the how the carbon contacts in the dpad pcb are designed as it has extremely sensitive diagonals. Now, 8bitdo just announced new controllers exclusive to snes classic, featuring 2.4ghz wireless and improved dpad. I would really like to see how it compares to the rest. Regarding the ibuffallo it's a totally different thing. In the inside it a lot simpler than the rest and the dpad is not circle shaped but actually cross shaped making its diagonals to be simply perfect it is also different on the outside with sharper edges, softer buttons and slightly yellowed tinted plastic shell and its also the lightest.
Don Wu oh I know that the iBuffalo is actually pretty different, I own one, and yeah it's definitely going for that "old yellowed" look! Lol. Personally speaking, I actually prefer the 8bitdo even though the iBuffalo d-pad feels great the other buttons feel too squishy for me, and in Recalbox OS I get some glitches with iBuffalo. It's a documented problem where the pad registers phantom d-pad presses. I'm assuming it has to do with the turbo circuitry built into the pads.
I don't know. I compared both controllers (old and new) together and the only difference I felt was the overall plastic on the new controller which has that anti slip texture feel which I personally prefer. Feels generally the same otherwise. I hope they invest time on changes for the N64 controller when that comes out too! the trident would always mess up and fall off on the original controllers. I'm glad Nintendo took the time in making a few fixes to their already stellar controller for the SNES.
Allan Cruz They are slightly different - connectors as well as wires - 5 on the old vs 4 wires on the new. So I don't think it would be as easy as swapping the connectors. I'd have to do some research so that I don't short out/fry the controller or system by swapping cables.
The SNES Mini Controllers d pad seems very sensitive, too sensitive for some games. When I run to the right, I sometimes hit up as well and I didn't even come close to pushing up. How can you fix that issue? Same with left and down button of course... It's really annoying in games, that make you have to press left right left right in quick progression cause you always hit up or down at some point. Very interesting video by the way, thank you very much =)
Thank you for making this... I wanted to put Super Famicom buttons in my SNESC controller, they're all convex and I prefer the feel of that. You saved me from ripping apart both controllers only to get annoyed! :)
It would be great if you could talk about what the differences mean in practical terms for a comparison video, particularly if you're looking through a tear-down I'd expect to see whether any parts are interchangeable or not. It seems like some parts could fit, other parts could be modified to fit and some parts wouldn't at all. Explaining these things while the teardown is happening would really increase the quality of your videos.
Great video! Interesting to see them all opened up.
I'm curious whether it's possible to replace the original SNES controller shell with the SNES Classic's controller shell.
You can with the NES Classic, but when he opened these I saw that Nintendo put obstacles that would prevent that from happening. They would have to be cut off to test.
Lol, the 8bitdo is a more authentic replica than Nintendo's! They're all great controllers though. Would be interesting to see the iBuffalo too.
n0signal McWeeb Haha I was surprised to say the least! Also, great suggestion! Once I get my hands on a Super Famicom mini, I'll do another comparison with the ibuffalo and 8bitdo.
Biggest problem with the 8bitdo is the how the carbon contacts in the dpad pcb are designed as it has extremely sensitive diagonals. Now, 8bitdo just announced new controllers exclusive to snes classic, featuring 2.4ghz wireless and improved dpad. I would really like to see how it compares to the rest.
Regarding the ibuffallo it's a totally different thing. In the inside it a lot simpler than the rest and the dpad is not circle shaped but actually cross shaped making its diagonals to be simply perfect it is also different on the outside with sharper edges, softer buttons and slightly yellowed tinted plastic shell and its also the lightest.
Don Wu oh I know that the iBuffalo is actually pretty different, I own one, and yeah it's definitely going for that "old yellowed" look! Lol. Personally speaking, I actually prefer the 8bitdo even though the iBuffalo d-pad feels great the other buttons feel too squishy for me, and in Recalbox OS I get some glitches with iBuffalo. It's a documented problem where the pad registers phantom d-pad presses. I'm assuming it has to do with the turbo circuitry built into the pads.
I don't know. I compared both controllers (old and new) together and the only difference I felt was the overall plastic on the new controller which has that anti slip texture feel which I personally prefer. Feels generally the same otherwise. I hope they invest time on changes for the N64 controller when that comes out too! the trident would always mess up and fall off on the original controllers. I'm glad Nintendo took the time in making a few fixes to their already stellar controller for the SNES.
Are the cable connectors for the board the same for the old and new? Are they interchangeable with boards?
Allan Cruz They are slightly different - connectors as well as wires - 5 on the old vs 4 wires on the new. So I don't think it would be as easy as swapping the connectors. I'd have to do some research so that I don't short out/fry the controller or system by swapping cables.
Anyone know what the part number is for the cable connector inside the SNES classic controller?
The SNES Mini Controllers d pad seems very sensitive, too sensitive for some games. When I run to the right, I sometimes hit up as well and I didn't even come close to pushing up. How can you fix that issue? Same with left and down button of course... It's really annoying in games, that make you have to press left right left right in quick progression cause you always hit up or down at some point. Very interesting video by the way, thank you very much =)
Thank you for making this... I wanted to put Super Famicom buttons in my SNESC controller, they're all convex and I prefer the feel of that. You saved me from ripping apart both controllers only to get annoyed! :)
Great video, cheers
Mr. Sujano, you seem to be pretty cheap. Just $79.99! 😂
Sorry, great video 😅
Jan Ruppel Hahaha I didn't even notice that!!