Mario Celebrates His 35th Anniversary With Two New Nintendo Switch Controllers

Does the powerA one have gyro and whatnot?

I looked on Amazon and it doesn't mention it so I guess not. That's a bummer.

I'm hesitant to purchase another Powera controller after my last one developed drift wit minimal use. I think I just got a bad one. This looks nice though, might get it still, I need another controller (and would quite like a wired one). It looks really nice!

If the Golden M controller wasn't wired I would definitely buy it.

IT'S CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!!!!

There will be two new Mario controllers.

@C-Daddy The paint on that d-pad would start wearing immediately. I have the Target exclusive with Mari and a silver d-pad; the silver is half gone.

@Desa The controller doesn't have a power source so, without the cord, it's useless. The cord can be removed so it can be stored or replaced.

That Mario/Bowser one is beautiful!

@TheFullAndy Please get your facts right. These are Mario controller remasters.....

Wow. Mario's 35th anniversary and the best Nintendo could do was add 2 overpriced controllers.

They should have aired a 37 minute-long Direct, talking ONLY about these controllers, while having some cheeseball YouTuber playing BOTW with one whilst offering cringey commentary.

To generate the right effect, they need to create hype for the next direct celebrating “something about Mario!” Then just drop the controllers. I’m sure it would be a big hit for the fans lmao

I’m sure the primary audience of Mario loves wired controllers in 2020.

@Liam_Doolan Oof, that's a shame. Oh well, probably won't get it then.

@SalvorHardin My NES is wired. :/

To be fair, 8-bit Do made an adapter to enable blue tooth on the NES, so that’s mind blowing lol

Smaller one looks dope

Why? Why wired? As soon as I see a wired controller it’s a hard pass. Shame too because the red & gold controller looks very nice.

@liam_doolan
Thanks for the clarification! n.n;

@GX_64 @Kalmaro
Made an account for this comment.
I had 4 controllers of these Power A controllers:

https://www.amazon.de/Nintendo-Switch-Wired-Controller-Super/dp/B075DNGDWM

They all started to drift after like 4 months each. It's a different model, but atleast I won't buy from PowerA anymore.

It's a shame, because I liked everything else on this controller model.

There's a lot of speculation elsewhere that the release dates (Sept. 1, Sept. 4) imply other Mario related announcements / releases around end of August, beginning of September.

Though it would be pretty great if it led into an NSO announcement - GB/GBA, Mario-Only editions...

These are pretty bad designs

@wasum Thabka for taking the time to let me know!

I guess these controllers just don't have the quality/features I'm looking for, which is a shame because they do look nice.

I think the mini is hideous. A simple black and I'd buy a few

@wasum Thank you for replying. I will avoid this one then. Very sorry to hear that you had so many fail.

Whenever I see things like this, or custom Switch docks on Reddit, I either question if I am just too old or just a bitter person. Because I would never put anything like this in my home. The colored joycons are already too much for me.

Yes!!! The Mario anniversary rumors were true! New controllers!

I want these for the Wii.

Ooh I like the form factor of that smaller one. Though it looks kinda cheap with that Mario clip art collage on it

How lovely l would like one

Why can't third party controllers have all three - buttons, gyro, AND rumble? I don't understand it.

There's your rumour confirmation bro /s

@Apportal
Did you only read the headline?

Still excluding NFC. Still not impressed.

Ya its happening.....OH its just false hope. (I do hope it happens thou)

I’m staying relaxed, all this is a build up to Mario 64 remastered . . . . . .right? Xxxx

Looks like an HD remaster in 4K UHD at 120FPS!! Lets to go!!!

But will we have some retro Mario games to use this controller with?

Who needs new games, right?

I like these but, they have other ones that look nice too but I can't be having any of this wire business

As expensive as the joy cons are (especially with the drifting), I'd have loved that mario and bowser one to slap on my switch. But really the controllers cant be all we get, I have never played either mario galaxy or super mario world 3d, would also love a mario kart 9.

Shame its mini, my giant hands weep

@Kalmaro no gyro or rumble but does have head phone jack. they are nice budget controllers tho.

They should add some green to the red and gold one. You know, Karma Chameleon, "Red, gold and green"

Seriously though, it's so fugly it hurts my eyes.

Pro Controller or joy con for me. I learned the hard way a long time ago to just stick with the first-party peripherals. These do like nice though.

Thank you Nintendo, I mean, third-party controllers for this wonderful anniversary celebration! /sarcasm.

@WoomyNNYes 8bitdo SN30 has all three.

Could this mean we're getting something else Mario related next month?

@nickeddowes If only, I want those Super Mario 64/Sunshine/Galaxy remakes/ports.

I love the designs of nearly all of these Hori and PowerA controllers, I really do. But why oh WHY will Nintendo not use these designs for their own proper Pro Controllers? Think about the amazing designs we could have at this stage. It's utterly bizarre to have these tied down to wired controllers with stripped down features. Dangit

Dang, those look cool. Altho if that first one doesn't include motion how are you going to be able to solve those shrines in BotW containing apparatus? There isn't any other way to manipulate those things.

@Apportal - I highly doubt this is the best they can and will be doing for the anniversary.

Anybody with a PowerA "pro" controller - do they feel as sturdy as the 1st-party controller? Do the buttons have that cheap "click" to them? How is the joystick? Does the rubber feel brittle or high quality?

"The Horipad Mini is designed for younger players with tiny hands"

Man, I wish I had known this before I got the Eevee & Pikachu one.

@JohnnyC Nah that Joycon ranks amongst the worst controllers ever imo...And the price 2 replace it is ridiculous...

@Sim1 Agreed, drift is a pain and makes these the worst of all Nintendo's controllers. I'd still stick with 1st-party though. 3rd-party are worthless when the time comes to trade in. Even with drift I've been able to get about £30 for a pair of joy cons. Not bad if you paid £60-£65 and got 18 months out of them. (also not amazing by comparison with better controllers). Not sure why shops have bought them off me, but they're aware of the drift so I assume they're able to fix them. Pretty much guarantees I'll never buy 2nd-hand joy cons though!

As one excellent episode of My Life in gaming stated, the Hori minipads are actually excellent for retrogaming.
It's a shame they market them as "for kids".

https://youtu.be/DLs19HXQkLQ?t=438

@kobashi100 Ah dammit, you're right I keep forgetting that.

@rallydefault I had one, it was decent, but noticeably cheaper than something made by Nintendo. It also broke quite soon (terrible drifting, but it looks fixable with a little bit of soldering).

I wish Nintendo would make a few special pro controllers. I also wish Hori would stop making controllers with missing components like rumble or gyro. It creates a climate like back in the ps2 era where people avoid all 3rd party controllers because they didn't match in manufacturing quality. At least back then 3rd party controllers had all the features, and sometimes an additional turbo button.

@JohnnyC I hear u, suppose the Switch is slightly different from "a normal console" and a new concept so we have to accept perhaps the odd issue, 2bh the joycon is not terrible but perhaps a bit lightweight...well I'm in South Africa and all gaming here is expensive so unfortunately sometimes I have 2 buy 3rd party rubbish lol...

@WoomyNNYes Yes and Amen...it's 2020 now and it is dissappointing...

Those look very nice.

Wow those controllers look ugly

@Nookingtons I know how LAME!