Another Wii U GameCube Controller Adapter Battles For Your Smash Bros. Loyalty

It literally looks the same but has kelux on it... Might consider getting this...

I need one of these! I remember when. They first came out they had plenty of them at Gamestop here in California, now they are hard to get! I will be getting one of these adapters forsure.

It's available on Amazon Italy (the official one). Amazon France is open for order but it's not immediately available.

YES! I need this, im tired of the pro controller... gamecube for life.

I'm just happy there is competition out there for the gamecube controller adapter.

I was lucky enough to get mine at launch, but I know some people who are still crawling in the dark for it.

I'm pretty happy with the classic controller. I prefer it over gcn controller

Can someone please explain to me why people want to buy an adapter that is only going to be good for ONE game? Is this stupid GC controller adapter really worth this much of a rush? I will NEVER understand why people care so much about these silly things. I'm with Wii-1 and Jason on this one. Controller Pro is the only controller you need. Just let the scalpers snatch these things up.

I just ordered this. Hopefully it's not garbage. I agree that $34.99 is pretty steep for something that only works on one game. Still, I could not help myself.

@Snugglebutt Some people take their Smash game pretty seriously and (ironically) just can't adapt to using other controllers. I can juggle the CCP, Wii U Pro, 3DS, AND GCN controller, but I know some folks who will straight up refuse to play Brawl/Smash 4 or will be extremely salty if they can't use a GCN controller. The adapter isn't without it's benefits, though.

Smash is a really popular game among big groups (parties, conventions, family/friend get-togethers) so 8-player smash came right on time. More people can play and the turnaround rate is much faster than with just 4 players. The other benefit is tournaments where having so many wireless signals might cause some latency issues and de-syncing personal controllers can really eat up time when you just don't have it. The adapter fixes all of that.

I do wish Nintendo could better support/produce the official adapter, because there's so much potential for more 6+ player games and just GCN VC in general.

I'm not gonna pay $35 just so I can use GameCube controllers with one game.

Just bought it. I really want to try out GC even though I love pro so much. It's also good for multi player wgen you only have one pro controller

Woohoo! Someone knows how to take money off of the counter!

Nah, I have the official one from my LE bundle. All good here.

The official GCN adapter serves its usefulness because you can install drivers on the PC and use it to play games :>

Been playing Doom and Fallout 3 with it.
Works amazing.
Dunno about this KELUX one though.

@Gridatttack

That actually sounds useful, somewhat. Now if only Nintendo would patch in some functionality for it and some GC VC titles, and then I would say this piece of crap is worth buying.

now to wait untill this goes out of stock

I still don't understand why Nintendo is manufacturing more of these. It helps customers, it lines their own pockets, it punishes scalpers. What's there to not like?

@TreesenHauser I agree man, if Ninty wants us to pay big for this product then they need to make it worth the purchase by making it compatible with more games and apps than just Super Smash Bros. 4. Heck the VC really needs to be compatible with this especially if GameCube games are plan for it soon, if not then it will sucks. I mean this thing is already in my list of pointless products that are not worth the money alongside past products like the Sega 32X, Xbox Kinect, PlayStation Move, Game.com, the GameCube Modem Adapter, the 64DD, the Jaguar CD (which hardly ever work), the Power Glove, Sony's 3D glasses, the Wii Motion Plus dongle (if you bought the Wii Remote w/ Motion Plus, you don't need this), and the Sega Activator.

@Snugglebutt I got an actual Nintendo adapter for $20 because I preordered it months before the release. For me, it's a matter of being able to play with a wired controller for quicker response times. While most don't notice the subtle lag from wireless controllers, it's definitely something that I've picked up.

Plus, when you're the only one with a Wii U and Smash, everyone demands that you bring the thing over. Hooking up 4 GC controllers is a heck of a lot easier than syncing Wii remotes and dealing with batteries.

I got one from Best Buy a few weeks ago. Apparently they got fresh shipments at the time I got it so they had a few in stock at many stores.

@Sugglebutt: I got mine mostly to help with 8 player games, at the time I was used to using Gamepad/Pro Controller/Classic Controller Pro for Smash and have only ever used a Gamecube controller for Melee. Then I got the adapter, tried playing some matches with a Gamecube controller, and found it was great for muscle memory thanks to having differently sized and shaped buttons. That and the shoulder buttons are very comfy. I think part of the reason people love it so much though is because the Gamecube controller became the de facto way to play Smash during Brawl's area with the Wii. Wiimote and Nunchuck was a weird way to play games that didn't involve motion controls whatsoever, Wiimote alone was uncomfortable and the default setup was lacking a way to grab, and Classic Controllers were just plain uncomfortable before the CCPro was released. Even after the CCPro came out, why spend $20 on another controller when you could use controllers you already had? By the time Smash U was ready for massive publicity, Nintendo was trying its hardest to get the competitive scene to adopt the new game, thus they introduced a way to use the controller most competitive smashers were used to.

"Only useful for one game on the system, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, it doesn't even work in the console's Wii mode; yet despite this it was highly desired when it launched alongside the game..."

COUGHVWIICOUGH

Whew, excuse me, I had a sudden coughing spell.

@Wii-1 The problem is that only the original Wii Classic Controller had (small) analog shoulder buttons; the Classic Controller Pro only has digital shoulder buttons, so it doesn't let you fully adjust your shield for techniques like Light Shielding and Power Shielding in Melee and Project M. The loss of analog shoulder buttons also prevents several advanced techniques from possible use- this would be considered a significant handicap.

The Gamecube still has the most comfortable and maneuverable shoulder buttons. Not to mention, the analog stick is on the left side of the controller, instead of the middle of it, which is preferred by many Smashers.

I think paying any more than $20 for one of these is asking a bit much. For the record, that's what the official adapter's MSRP was, and it's what the mayflash adapter was originally going for...on day one. I ordered my mayflash adapter at that price, and then it blew up all over the place and went up in price. Still, $32 is better than the hundreds I've seen the scalpers ask for.

I primarily only use my adapter for Smash, but it also comes in handy for use on my laptop! I don't really see a reason for Nintendo to not support the adapter in the future, especially if they plan on releasing more Wii games or even Gamecube VC in the future.

I have yet to see more useful, uh, uses for the darn adapter. As much as I like playing SSB with the GC controller, is not completly NECESSARY and can be perfectly played with the wii u gamepad, the pro controller or even the classic controller. Heck, my friend likes to use the wiimote+nunchuck and kicks my ass with it.

That's so awesome! I just sent a suggestion to make this article yesterday.

@Gridatttack

I wish I didn't read your comment about installing drivers to use it on PC, because my interest level in it just went from zero to 75.

It also makes me pissed that Nintendo hasn't issued a Wii U firmware update to make it compatible with Wii U games at the very, very least.

Count me among the "not paying over the odds" crowd. £19.99 seems fair for a specialised adapter like this. I agree CCPro and Pro Controller are good options, but if you lack sufficient Pro Controller numbers, the nice thing about this is you don't need remotes to use the GameCube controllers, so I could have 8-player smash without investing in more Remotes or Pro Controllers or bring it over to my partner's place where they only have one Classic Controller and no Pro Controllers.

Bottom line: it's nice to have options and who knows? It might be supported by Gamecube VC games someday. Now I hope Nintendo is getting another wave of them ready soon!

While i have actually come to prefer the pro controller, i am glad i got the adapter seeing as i have four old gamecube controllers lying unused and only one pro controller and the $20 adapter is much more cost effective than buying 3 more pro controllers at $50/each...Also the gamepad is simply unusable for ssb

Does the Kelux adapter support PC?

I pre ordered mine and got it on launch. Didn't realise it would be so hard to get though. Glad I pre ordered

@Snugglebutt Eh, I wouldn't call this a bit useless. Depends on the situation one is on.
Say for example, I don't have a pro controller, and couldn't afford to get one at the time, so I managed to snag an adapter (and I already had 4 GCN controllers)
But yeah, the release of the PC drivers is a great boost. I dont have either a gamepad on PC, so it helps save the cost of buying one. The drivers haven't failed me, and it works with things like Xpadder and the XB360 controller emulator.

@burninmylight Yeah, the drivers are a nice touch other than playing smash.
It works fine with things like Xpadder(been using it with Doom I & II) and the XB360 controller emulator.

I think as far as not having enough buttons on the games I've played (so far Fallout 3 and NV), the don't use the D-pad, and the gamecube controller is missing 4 buttons compared the 360 ones, so I relocated them in the D-pad and it works fine.

As far as I am concerned, it also works for multiplayer, and you get the plus of only using 1 USB slot. I still havent tried though.

As for the reproduction adapters, I read that the MayFlash one has PC drivers, so in theory it should work too. Dunno about this KELUX one though.

I just need ALL Gamecube adapters, stock or 3rd party, to STOP running out of supply so I can get one. Please. Thanks. Good day.

The Gamecube controller is the superior design for the gamer - Miyamoto himself said that in 10 years this would be the standard for all controllers. Unfortunately we've downgraded back to the inferior SNES face button layout for some reason

Im getting the mayflash one, mainly because it also works with PC

@Snugglebutt I play Smash a tournaments and it's just a lot easier to play on a Gamecube Controller. The buttons are much closer together, and I feel I would be at a severe disadvantage at tourney if I could only practice on a Pro Controller.

@Wii-1 <-this, thank you

i want to get this i like using the gamepad but i want to use the gambecube controller and i want to use it in virtual wii mode to play gamecube controller supported games im tired of using the calassic controller

@billyhatcher312 Agreed.

I just got this adapter today and it seems to be working perfectly. I have not noticed any input lag. By the way, the Kelux logo is not on the adapter.