Wireless Famicom Controllers Are Being Released For The Nintendo Switch In Japan

You bet. I’m a controller junky. I have no idea why, but I want everyone of the stupid things even that awful looking Eevee. It’s a sickness I need help for.

“Of course they are.”

Will buy one. They should be available here at the same time, as they get everything from hongkong.

Honestly I feel like these and the US NES versions look kinda ugly when docked, but they do look really cool when played wireless.

Ok, here's the plan. I will buy the NES 2 pack and someone buy the Famicom 2 pack. We exchange 1 controller each and then BAM....Bob's your uncle.

I'm guessing the mic is only there for show and not a functioning one correct?

Does the mic work for online Takeshi's Challenge?

Dang. I will have to import these.

@Nintendofan83 watch out they might stick you with the player 2 controller. (No start or select buttons)

so cool!

@xzacutor holy $hit!!!! Thank you for catching that. I didn't realize there was a 1st and 2nd player set up with those controllers. I thought they were identical. Thank you!

Are these looking larger than a standard nES/Famicom controller, they look wider to me? If so this is great.

If I didn't already have an F30 8BitDo controller I would be all over these rather than the NES ones.
But that's because my first console looked like this

The official Nintendo site says you can't order these unless you are a subscriber to the online service. So much for a possible Amazon discount. Still, very cool idea. Since the Wii days I've been surprised Nintendo hasn't made more products like this to use with the old Virtual Console services.

@Nintendofan83 I'll be your huckleberry.

@SmaggTheSmug What in hell is that thing?

I plan to get the NES controllers eventually but, I have an 8bitdo SFC controller so, I won't need them immediately.

@Prof_Yoshtonics It's a Famicom knockoff that was popular in post-Soviet countries in the early 90s. It ran on bootlegged cartridges, often stuff like "168in1" (which was usually about 20 games and various hacks of them filling the rest of the list) or games with sprites swapped out for Mario (e.g. Jackie Chan NES game had a popular variant called "Kung-Fu Mario"). There were even homemade ports of Mortal Kombat sold on carts for this!

gonna get them just be cool

What i really want to know is, can you get access to the famicom games offered online if you have a Japanese E shop account and/ or online sub? There's very little doubt in my mind that Japan will have a different line up than the US and Europe, and some of their games may even utilize the mic on player 2 (If it does in fact work). I guess we will find out after the online launch.....but i must know NOW lol

@SmaggTheSmug That's so peculiar. I've never seen one before. I could tell it was based on a Famicom but, didn't know any knock offs existed. I'm glad Nintendo is officially in your area now.

So... no future snes games via the nintendo switch online?

These controllers are exactly the same size as NES controllers--the PCBs are interchangeable--but they somehow feel a little smaller and more plasticky because of the glossy coating. They are more comfortable though because of the rounded edges; however, if you're playing with wired controllers on a Famicom, they're awkward because the cords come from the left and right sides. That wouldn't be an issue with these, at least.

I'm on Nintendo's Japanese website right now trying to order a pair of these. It wouldn't seem to let me add them to my cart while logged in with my American Nintendo account, so I logged in using my Japanese one and now it seems to work fine (both accounts are included in my family membership for Switch Online). So... now all I have to do is see if I can figure out how to check out...

Yep. From what I can make out, it looks like you need to have a mailing address in Japan to order these controllers. Looks like I'm going to be getting ripped off on eBay at some point, then...