The new 8BitDo Ultimate controller is available in October

8BitDo is taking a stab on the professional controller market with the discharge of the 8BitDo Ultimate Controller, which is presently accessible for preorder on Amazon and begins transport on October twenty eighth. 8BitDo’s older controllers just like the SN30 Pro and Pro 2 have boasted a broad array of compatibility choices due to their Bluetooth connectivity, however the Ultimate Controller might be accessible in three totally different configurations — Bluetooth ($69.99), 2.4Ghz ($49.99), or wired ($34.99) — primarily based in your most popular console and connectivity methodology.

The Bluetooth mannequin may also come packaged with a 2.4Ghz wi-fi adapter and, together with the wired mannequin, is suitable with the Nintendo Switch, Windows, Android, and iOS units. The 2.4Ghz unique mannequin received’t be suitable with the Switch, however retains the entire different earlier connectivity choices.

Previous 8BitDo controllers have iterated on the basic designs from Sega and Nintendo, however the Ultimate controller extra carefully resembles up to date fashions you’d affiliate with a PlayStation or Xbox, full with asymmetrical analog sticks and a pair of again paddles for extra inputs. However, the Ultimate Controller will provide a set of premium options you’d sometimes discover on a controller that prices twice as a lot. Besides being supplied in black, white, and pink colorways, the wi-fi fashions of the Ultimate Controller come packaged with their very own charging dock.

Perhaps the best new function coming with the brand new Ultimate controller, nevertheless, is 8BitDo’s new controller software program suite, which can assist you to remap and tune your controls on PC, Android, and iOS units. You’ll be capable to save your preferences to as much as three separate profiles, saved independently on the controller’s {hardware}.

We’re nonetheless ready to get our fingers on this controller, however primarily based on its options, the Ultimate Controller appears poised to function a extra succesful different to the official Switch Pro controller and a worthy successor to the 8BitDo Pro 2.