Ok this joint is solid!! My controllers are always getting worn down, *especially* my M30!! The alloy really adds sturdiness and helps the controller always feel brand new. The sticks are perfect, the four shoulder buttons feel great and the Dpad feels like I remember from back in the 90s. :D
Why 4 stars? The face buttons don't feel like they did on a Super NES controller.
While 8BitDo nails this with the M30 (feels just like the original Genesis face buttons), this rare quality seems to elude the SN30 and SN30 Pro. Maybe this is how the Super Famicom or EU face buttons felt? But for some reason it seems really difficult to find places that make a Super NES controller that has face buttons that have the original more seemless tactile response. Which, there IS tactile response certainly on the SN30 Pro, it's just not THE original, easier to press, less physical thunk of the Super NES pad. The face buttons feel more difficult to press than an original Super NES pad, and have a more audible, more stiff feel to them.
I'm not sure, and I don't quite have the jargon to explain it, but it feels like the kind of smooth tactile feeling of face buttons from 1st party controllers like the Super NES, PS2, and Xbox S controller has become difficult to find on modern controllers?
I'm always on the hunt for that elusive Perfect Controller.
I'm a huge fan of adding four shoulder buttons, dual joysticks and vibration to classic controllers and I'm really praying that 8BitDo gives this modernization+alloy treatment to its M30. They've already nailed a variant of the M30 with four shoulder buttons! An M30 with four shoulder buttons, the dual sticks/vibration/alloy from the SN30 would be perfect for an M30 Pro! :D
Please 8BitDo!! Please give us a Zinc-Alloy M30 Pro for the M30 Anniversary!! ♥♥♥
I'll buy at least three!!
