If you play a lot of fighting games, you'll know how important it is to have the right gamepad or arcade stick. It can make certain combos easier to perform and will often give you a competitive edge in battle.
Japanese accessory manufacturer HORI might have already released a number of controllers for the Nintendo Switch, but it's not done yet. The latest one it's just released for the hybrid system is the Fighting Commander. This is a similar but different gamepad to the models previously released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
The Switch variant is due out in Japan at some point next month for 3,980 yen. There's no word about a local release just yet, but if you don't want to wait, you'll probably be able to find it on websites like Play-Asia.
As you can see, this wired controller has got the 'R' and 'ZR' buttons on the front and there are even turbo functions to go with it. Is this the kind of Switch fighting pad you've been looking for? Tell us below.
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[source gamer.ne.jp, via gonintendo.com]
Comments 86
Looks like the old school Sega controller.
I have the PS4 one. Is there no way to use it on the Switch with an adapter? I've never thought to try before.
Cool but kinda pointless unless you are really into Street Fighter and Genesis games. The SNES controller has a fantastic d-pad and I have never had problems with my pro controller which also feels like a great d-pad to me. Then again the stick switch is kinda cool, might be a nice way to play games with a d-pad that were only setup for an analog stick (Link's Awakening comes to mind).
Well I just got this in the mail today, so I think I am set.
@Kalmaro I was literally about to look for fight pads for the Switch, talk about timing! I wish it had an analog though.
Yeah there's a Brook Accessories PS4 to Switch usb converter for wired controllers, and an 8BitDo for wireless.
I'm debating if I want another converter or not.
@TrevorMcD I know the one for PS4 is fantastic, I actually use it for my PC to play fighting games and platformers and it is superb.
While i like a controller to be sound in design i also like them to have even a little personality. This pad has practically zero. I will stick to the pro control/8bitdo controllers.
The world thinks that just because I cancelled my preorder for Ninjala from Japan and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition that you have achieved the winning war. All of you and this loser in my neighbourhood thinks he's king. My information gets spread around pretty fast. And I got Jedi Knight Jedi Academy downloading on my Switch. My neighbourhood is wstching me too now. The whole world is spying on me.
@Tasuki How good is it for fighting games?
@davisv-mon You okay, bro? This is about the a fighting gamepad, not whatever games you have or have not cancelled.
No one is spying on you.
@Ardisan It's the main reason fighting games were better on the Genesis then the SNES.
There is a game on eShop that says in the description saying there can only be one God. Who is putting these titles on eShop? There are many Gods that different people worship. The loser kid that's blowing fireworks in my neighbourhood thinks thst's the only answer. He drives around with his Dodge with so much pride. Now he has one of those Tesla electric cars thinking he owns the road. I was responding to this article that it's saying Japan only, for now because orders are up for Ninjala in Japan that I had ordered but I decided that instead I will get it downloaded for free. Playing Japanese games is no problem for me since one it works on my system and two it's not that difficult. I thought the article was attacking me.
Lmao at copying the Saturn pad but not the big round dpad, Hori is the comprise king there’s always something missing in all their controllers.
@ilgiallomondador if no one is spying on me then how did the king of the neighbourhood blow bottle rockets at the moment I cancelled my order.
@Tasuki what fighting games lol
L and ZL... on the right? Why didn't they leave those where they were and rename the buttons formerly known as R and ZR?
@Markiemania95 my guess is that some games like capcom vs snk use r and zr for heavy punch and kick if I recall correctly.
The d pad on this looks like the one on the hori dpad. Is it the same?
I just use my wireless Saturn pad, best design ever for fighting games
I know not everyone is fussed about design, but they could have at least made an effort rather than just pasting some horribly aligned text all over it!
I don't get how something like this is officially licenced, yet the beautiful (and functional) 8BitDo pads aren't.
@ukaskew
I imagine being licensed might mean 8bitdo would have to remove some features like PC support anyway Hori is best buds with Nintendo especially because they give them an excuse not to put out a dpad or pro joycon despite how compromised Hori dpad and pro joycons are.
@Tasuki you won’t regret it i have one and a SN30, they’re both excellent but the M30’s d-pad is the best in my opinion.
@jobvd Yeah, I get why R and ZR were moved, but not L and ZL...
@Tasuki
8bitdo have two of those M30 2.4G controllers.
Is that the one that comes with the USB adapter for use on the SEGA Megadrive Mini and Switch, or a 9-pin adapter for use on original Megadrive or Analogue SG hardware?
@RupeeClock This version actually comes with both. It has the adapter to use on the Genesis or Analogue Mega SG and a USB cable for both charging the controller and for using it on a Switch, PC etc. via USB port.
@jobvd Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, Clay Fighter, and another dozen more that I can't remember right now.
@Deanster101 I have always preferred Genesis Dpad over all. Mainly cause they actually have a spot in-between the four directions.
@Tasuki
Oh cool, so they have a single controller that works with both receivers now.
I have the bluetooth M30 and it's a great controller, I used it for playing Sonic Mania, and also Link's Awakening, due to the ability to map its d-pad to the Switch's d-pad or either analogue stick.
Best way to play Link's Awakening honestly.
@Tasuki
I don't remenber Killer Instinct being better on the Megadrive with its standard 3 button gamepad?!
😉
Why on earth did they take off the turbo???
@TheFullAndy Killer Instinct?
@Markiemania95
If it is like the PS4 controller there is a switch at the top to move L and ZL to where R and ZR would be and the other shoulder buttons act as all pun hes/kicks combined. Fantastic controller for fighting games.
@YANDMAN
Yes Killer Instinct was exclusive to the SNES and one of the best fighting games of that gen.
@davisv-mon I've just read through your posts and then your post history on this site. I think you may be experiencing a paranoid incident and should contact your doctor or a family member.
Stay Safe.
@Tasuki none of those were better on the megadrive.
@jobvd Matter of opinion. But I always preferred using the Genesis 6 button controller over Nintendo's shoulder buttons for fighting games.
@TheFullAndy First of all Killer Instinct wasn't on the Genesis only Arcade SNES and Xbox One.
Second I didn't mention the 3 button pad
So your comment makes no sense whatsoever.
@RupeeClock I am not quite sure you understood what I said. It comes with a receiver to use on the original Genesis, or Analogue Clone or anything else that uses a 9 pin connector, but it also comes with a USB cable which you can plug into the controller and then plug into your Switch or PC making it a wired controller.
@Tasuki ok. But the games themselves were better on the snes
@jobvd That's your opinion honestly. If you look at the facts Mortal Kombat was better on the Genesis unless you like sweat instead of blood and butchered fatalities. You can look up the sales and see that.
@Tasuki
Oh, when you said "it has both", I assumed that it had both WIRELESS receivers, but you went on to elaborate that it has a secondary USB wired connection. My bad.
@RupeeClock Nah how were you suppose to know. I honestly didn't know it had the cable till I opened the box and there was a cable with it. I then read the instructions which said the cable is used for charging and to connect the controller to the Switch and or PC. I mainly bought it to use on my Mega SG but I will be using it on the Switch as well.
@Tasuki A lot of users of the M30 report that its d-pad starts degrading after a few months and after one year it's a complete disaster. Only if you play it on a regular basis of course.
The very respected youtuber Modern Vintage Gamer bought 3 of them in one year and released that littlevideo a few days ago :
https://twitter.com/modernvintageg/status/1259583714838929408?s=21
Many filmed their M30 in response to confirm it's true.
And it's the same with other 8bitdo controllers, including super nintendo ones
@Tasuki
Mine was a light hearted retort to your claim fighting games were better on the megadrive when it didn't:
A - Have the best fighting game that gen.
B - The standard controller had 3 buttons and was useless.
Hence the winky face emoji.
SNES for life!!
I've had the ps4 and ps3 versions of these. They are great pads but not cheap. If I'm honest I preferred them to the m30 for fighters.
Can you assign turbo function to the D-pad?
I have a Hori arcade stick for Switch already, but this controller is tempting.
@Tasuki
The D-Pad is much better than the Hori your 8bitdo looks amazing like a saturn pad with much better feel and control for games.
@Luna-Harmony the retrobit saturn controller is better than the m 30 though
@Tasuki
Tell me what you think about this. I canceled my preorder at the last minute because there some early users complaining about connection issues
I have the Xbox 360/One version of this pad, and it works exactly as intended. Excellent for fighting games. I might get the Switch version as well just to have a decent d-pad for platformers that need it, the Pro controller one sucks.
@JayJ The pad issues in the Pro controller are noticeable mostly on certain games that demand precision. For instance on Super Metroid I find it very hard to wall jump consistently whereas on my SNES Classic I can do it effortlessly, and in Celeste you can make a lot of diagonal dashes when you actually intended to do horizontal ones.
That controller looks good by design but from the pictures it seem like they screw up a lot of the button placements. Why not just put L and R on the face instead of R and ZR and leave the top buttons the way it was. Leave L, ZL, R, and ZR the way it was like the original controller, you could have both L and R on top and on the face, it'll make it easy for a lot of players. Putting L and ZL at the right side of the controller and adding weird LSB (left shoulder button) and RSB (right shoulder button) buttons on the left just further confuse players.
@retro_player_77 I agree, the placement of the buttons can make the layout weird for non fighting games, but in my experience with the Xbox version of this pad, the idea is that in fighting games you just map each button to the function you want it to have, and once you map the buttons it works like a charm.
@SalvorHardin Hori made products for every consoles and PC, they're not just exclusive to Nintendo. Even when Saturn and Dreamcast were around Hori also made controllers for those platform as well. They are one of few official third party company to make products for the big companies.
This is the Hori Joy Con D Pad, which is not that good. Also a bummer that it's not wireless.
@TheFullAndy I am aware.
@retro_player_77 Hori designed the original NES pad and the Gamecube.
@YANDMAN
But clearly not aware of sarcasm.
@davisv-mon
You said it bro.
Keep your head up!
Peace
I love play-asia but the import tax's are to steep we get every tax anything over 15 be it dollars or pounds or euros.
The Xbox and PS4 version of this pad is great for fighters. It'll be nice to have one for Switch as well.
@Kalmaro There is indeed such an adapter. Made by Brook and sold through Amazon or Focus Attack for about $40. That isn't much of a discount from just buying another pad but the adapter works with a variety of PS4 controllers so it might make more sense because of that.
There's some confusion with the top buttons. The switch on the upper side of the controller toggles which buttons function as L and ZL and which function as LSB and RSB. In other words L and ZL can be switched to the left side of the controller. The PS4 Fighting Commander has a similar switch, but instead puts R1 and R2 on on the right when L and ZL are on the left.
Edit: I don't see a turbo button in the picture, but I'm not 100% sure on no turbo since the PS4 version of the controller has it.
The PS4 Hori Fighting Commander also works on switch with the Mayflash Magic-NS or Magic-S Plus adapters, but I'm not sure how they compare to the Brook adapters input lag wise.
@MaxlRoseGNR
Yeah, I just can't buy wired controllers anymore except for arcade sticks on PC. I'll stick with 8itdo and Xbox controllers.
@TheFullAndy Oh yeah fully aware, i just wanted you to explain something that didn't need explaining.
@YANDMAN
Sure you did bud, sure you did.
Yep. Screw the fighting games. Just a good pad for retro gaming on the switch in general
@Zidentia Well I tried out the 8bitdo controller last night for a few hours testing my Mega SG as well. The controller felt fine to me. It felt just like a Sega Genesis 6 pad controller. Dpad felt good all the buttons worked fine. Now I can't say if down the road there will be problems but it felt like a well made controller. It didn't feel like a cheap third part control like a Mad Cats controller during the Gamecube era.
@TheFullAndy Don't get mad bro.
@Tasuki
Thank you for sharing that information. I may still yet pick this up.
@YANDMAN
The NES controller was designed by Gunpei Ykol,
@YANDMAN
You are awful at this.
@TheFullAndy Like i said, don't get mad. You said something silly and that's that. It really isn't the end of the world. I'm certainly not judging you. I'm sure you're a really cool guy.
@Zidentia No.
@YANDMAN
I am sure you are a cool person too, really cool.
@YANDMAN
I have plenty of proof he did. What do you have?
I love a good hori controller. If this were wireless I wouldn’t even think twice. I just don’t care to be plugging in a remote everytime I play
@Zidentia What fact percentage ratio does your proff work on?
@YANDMAN
Maybe try that in English. This makes no sense.
@Zidentia What type of English do you speak?
@TheFullAndy Not really, i often pretend i am though. But that only goes as far as the people you can convince.
@YANDMAN
Obviously you cannot back up your statement so we will call this one over.
@YANDMAN
Wow you really do not get sarcasm. That is OK, not everyone is on the level.
@TheFullAndy No. it is you that does not.
@YANDMAN
You are right, it's me who doesn't get it.
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