It’s a great controller with some real issues. I primarily play games on the Steam Deck so my experience may not reflect other’s.
My first issue is Syncing, when playing on Switch Input, you MUST re-sync the controller every play session, otherwise none of the buttons will register when reconnected, which leads me to my next gripe, when playing on D-Input the Z button doesn’t register at all, making most N64 games unplayable. Lastly, I ran into an issue where the led on the back of the controller was perpetually blinking red, this prevented me from using the controller in any way and the only solution I could find was to disassemble the entire controller and disconnect the battery from from the circuit board.
On the positive side, if you’re looking to play the Switch’s N64 games with this controller, it behaves essentially just like the official NSO N64 controller, and I had zero issues there.
Apart from the somewhat serious problems that I noted when playing on the Steam Deck, the controller feels great, it’s not too difficult to assemble, and the Hall effect control stick is infinitely better than the original N64’s flimsy counterpart.
Without the technical issues, it’s a 5/5 Stars, but considering all the trouble it put me through, I’ll give it a 3/5.
