Those of you looking for something a little retro-themed for your Wii U may want to take a closer look at this Super Nintendo themed Wii U Pro controller. The peripheral isn’t developed by Nintendo, but is available via a third-party peripheral manufacturer. Australian games retailer EB Games will be stocking the device, which is about $30 less than the estimated price for the official Wii U Pro Controller.
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AUSTRALIA YESSS. SO EPIC
Yes! definitely going to pick this up, though I wish they still stuck to colour coding their buttons (wii mote being the exception)
Hats off to the Aussies , that thing is better than fosters gold!!!
Speaking of fosters gold, there is also a gold version of this on the Australian EB website
Please tell me there’s one made of Australim (i know it’s fake but still). That would be so awesome and would give a somewhat good reason for Valve to release TF2 on Wii U
i wonder if you can buy the control online and work on the U.S?
is this control region looked by any chance?
I hope not I’m planning on ordering one region locking controllers would be a horrible idea!
yeah even I don’t see the point of doing that for the controllers.
Hopefully!! I would buy it!! it looks very very good for a third party device.
if they sell this in the us, i’ll definately buy it. i love all of the memories i had with the snes, it would be kindof cool to have a controller for a modern system that resembels it lol
I saw them on Amazon the other day so I can guess they will be available in the U.S. as well.
dear jesus. this is amazing. my nipples, they, they are errect
That looks sweet but I prefer original manufacturer products. Nintendo quality
Agreed. I would love to have this but I have learned through out the years not to trust third party peripherals.
Yeah, there’s probably a reason it’s $30 less. You usually get what you pay for. Plus, is sickr saying it’s SNES themed just because it somewhat resembles the color of a SNES controller or is the manufacturer actually making that claim? I ask this because the a, b, x, and y button colors aren’t right.
they’re colored like the famicom controllers (the japanese snes)
*And the European SNES *cough*
Just say “the international version.”
Or “PAL version.” That’s even shorter.
i wonder if nintendo has plans to make different wii u pro controllers colors?
I got a strong feeling we’ll see a pink and aqua blue wii u pro controller in the future (which is cool my female friends tend to grab the girl colored controller no matter WHAT I’m playing) I’m really hoping for a MH3 ultimate or Injustice GAU version!
Girls always want to borrow my friends PS move ! does anybody know why that is ???
Dear god, why’d you have to go there?
Its the motion control Girls like to do active things. That zumba fitness and the “experience” games have a high female fanbase I definitely gotta get Hip Hop Dance experience I’m a b boy at heart!
I’m fairly certain it was a joke pointed at the PS Move’s resemblance to a certain type of sex toy.
Don’t care about different colors, although this one looks pretty cool…I’m interested in a gamecube style pro controller, with the clickable pressure triggers and perhaps button layout…I’d buy that in a heartbeat…
Speaking of different colours, wasn’t there initially something said about a skin for the Wii U and Pro controller in the ZombiU bundle? That seems to have been forgotten.
Sorry, I went thinking that the picture was just to show what parts it included. But it’s still pointless.
same
i’m the same way
@Anonymous i’m the same way
Same. I never got any 3rd party Wiimotes or anything, because I had loads of GC controllers and they are broke in some way or other. Interestingly, the one that broke quickest was a GAME branded one that they charged £15 for.
Right, because lacking sticks r2 and l2 won’t break any games at all.
It doesn’t lack any buttons, it only has a SNES Controller skin around the direcional and XABY buttons.
Right, you must be blind (I beg the pardon of all those who are acutally blind)
Paradox
Kind of ironic they won’t read this haha.
i work in a special needs school, and blind people can use a computer and internet thanks to a text to braile device. however, since they dont play games, i doubt they would be in this site..
ha ha
@Anonymous ha ha
Those R2 and L2 buttons which are clearly visible would like a word with you .
It isn’t R2 and L2. it’s ZL and ZR. just saying.
I’m going to stick with the official ones. It looks like the SNES controller was forcefully shoved into the Wii U Pro Controller.
Sweet, lovin the retro look.
I’m still getting the first party controller. I’ve been burned too many times on third party crap that just doesn’t feel right or work right. So I’m reluctant on this. But it does look nice, if it comes out in North America, and the price is right, I may get it as a second Pro controller.
Daaaaaaaamn nice ;))))
*_* that is the most epic controller I’ve ever seen. It is a shame that it’s not a first party peripheral. But mannn let that bad boy come to America. I’d definitely pick it up
THIS IS AWESOME
DO WANT. Too bad I’ll be leaving Australia a couple weeks before this comes out. (Vacation/study abroad)
Schoolies type deal after the hsc?
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Gamepad-ception!!!!
Looks very interesting. I would get a white black and the pro controller but it is a third party controller. Which means NO. I am not getting it.
SONY AND MICROSOFT will both stick with their useless,unconfortable and boooooring controllers while Nintendo is changing the future of gaming COOL!
Useless and boring? That’s why Nintendo made a controller EXACTLY like the XBOX 360’s (except for the second stick placement)?
Oh, but they did it half as good though, because it doesn’t have analogue triggers. So racing games means there’s no variable speeds when pushing down the trigger for gave/movement. You’re either moving full-speed or not, unlike XBOX 360 games where you can press it just a little bit to go forward slowly, or press it down all the way to go fast. Kind of important in racing, as well as many other game types.
Before you go fanboyishly bashing a company’s controller, maybe you should check your logic ;) You basically just called the Wii U Pro controller useless and boring, as it’s the same as XBOX’s in every way that matters.
Besides, you have NO clue what Sony or Microsoft is going to do with their next console. All you can do is needlessly and ignorantly bash them, saying “ZOMG THEY’LL MAKE CRAP CONSOLES, NINTENDO FTW! DEEEERRRP!”
Instead of being such a 1-console fanboy twat, why don’t you try being a REAL gamer and embrace ALL consoles? They each have their own strengths, and to limit yourself to just one is fucking stupid. Period. Unless you’re like a vast majority of NIntendo fanboys and you’re like, 12 years old and don’t have your own money, and your parents can only buy you one console, so you chose the Wii like a div chld.
(BTW, don’t even bother trying to use the “Oh I *DO* have all the consoles, I just like Nintendo better!” argument; it’s plainly obvious you don’t have them, and that you’re just an idiot fanboy. Being a fanboy for ANY one console is stupid, ESPECIALLY Nintendo).
and we should give a fuck about what you said because…..
I have ps3, wii, vita (about to sell) and 3DS And yes I like Nintendo more. So what there are some of us that feel this way. Get over it! I do agree Ninty went a bit in the way of 360 with the design..but hell where did the 4 button layout and shoulder buttons come from? RIGHT! so lets not go there with who started what! One thing’s for sure the vita/smartglass ain’t gonna fly when you have to buy $250-$400 worth of extra shit HAHA!
The wiiu pro controller is not a copy of xbox 360.It’s from gamecube
Huh? Dude I’m like one of the biggest Nintendo fans but I’m not blind! the Wii U pro controller’s outline shape is that of the 360 sir I know because I’ve had 2 of those sons of bitches blow out on me (no offense I don’t bash) but yeah the GAMECUBE controllers had a unique shape. Are we all looking at the same thing?
The image in the article should prove beyond reasonable doubt that this ‘copied from the 360’ controller is just an evolution of the SNES design (which in itself was an evolution of a variety of things before it), and that the 360 and the PS3 controller are both different evolutions of that same SNES design. The PS3 controller especially, as the very first PS controller created was quite literally a SNES pad, and it evolved from there.
Yes this is true everthing after the SNES pad (for the most part) was just size and 2 more shoulder buttons. I do like how Nintendo kept their. Z buttun idea though it makes them stand out! Theres also the x arcade adaptor that turns any ps2 controller/steering wheel/flightstick into a pro controller Ilk be grabbing one of those in case Mad Cats gets lazy and decides not to give Wii U an appropriate assortment of peripherals.
Which is why the 360 copied the GameCube controller with analog triggers? Also, since when was it confirmed the Wii-U Pro Controller doesn’t have them? You make this so easy VanillaIcy.
So you’re basically saying that Nintendo copied someone who copied themselves? Who’s the fanboy again? It’s fairly obvious you dislike Nintendo, why do you come here? I have yet to see you post ONE positive comment.
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cannot stand 3rd party brittle plastic analog stick dont work pads ,,IF I WANTED A SHIT PAD ID BUY A DUALSHOCK,, also shit like a 3rd party pad in fact i bet the 3rd party dualshocks are better than sonys because there own pads literally stink up gaming like a dead mother
the most uncomfortable pad in all history and the sloppy sticks i could kill a fool over them
I actually mistook this as a 360 controller as I was browsing though my mail. XD
Anyway, this looks nice. :D
This looks really good.
I hope they bring itt to the UK, as it will come in handy playing Virtual Console games.
That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. It literally looks like a crappy Photoshop job, like the ones we saw of the Wii U GamePad before we knew what it looks like.
Absolutely terrible.
Captain Complain has docked i see.
well im not surprise since you never actually care about Nintendo to begin with.
Aww, poor baby! It’s ok, I’ll try to find you a bottle if you’ll stop crying.
Dont the bitch does not deserve it.
I know right.They don’t even deserve our words
Looks like you never saw the PS3 Boomerang Controller or the Xbox PHAT Edition Controller or the N64 Controller.
Controller looks gorgeous in the pic <3 I hope this gets released and hope that the pic is not some Photoshop done by some random person on the internet lol.
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Take. My. Fucking. Money.
A great example of how backwards design has gone. Look at how much extra garbage we have “added” in the last 2 gens. SNES controller was a near perfect design.
Cancer post right here.
Firstly, it was 3 generations back.
Second, what the hell are you talking about extra garbage? Its natural progression.
We NEED analogs to move in 3D environments, thats the entire reason the N64 had an analog stick.
Complain about the lack of innovation past the ps1 controller. The fact we still use an analog to aim in shooters.
um…its no different than a ps3 and Xbox controller, and what do you mean by “extra garbage”?
Damn that looks nice any chance we will get this in the U.S?
i may pick this up depending on the quality. i may to to see it first
It looks horrible…
Im a nintendo fan and i agree with you.
looks cool but i want a Golden Wii U Pro controller.
https://ebgames.com.au/wiiu-159833-Wii-U-Controller—Gold-Wii-U
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Will it have rumble?
Will it blend?
Nostalgia drips from this in torrents.
DO WANT.
This looks nice!
I would like to get my hands on that =3
Looks like total shit.
God where’s Grey or Ashe when you need them…lol
You dont need to say anything, just by your mere existance bad shit to say about nintendo is already implied.
I’m looking at it right now, you are a piece of shit you low life fuck. Leave the computer once in awhile
Hmm? Are you giving yourself advice for future reference? Because it’s obvious you don’t follow it.
Dude,do you even care about this?NO,then you should not be here since it is a site for nintendo news.
This coming from the no life who comments on EVERY FUCKING POST. Go get laid sometime instead of settling for porn. No one probably wants you anyways so it’s no wonder why you’re so pissed :)
Ah the memories.. It’d be great if there was a skin for the original Ninten manufactured edition
If that is true, I’m buying it!!!!!!!!
I’d probably buy it and then use the shell replace the shell on an official one. >:D
Looks cool, but I might just stick with the official Nintendo ones.
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That’s cool
Well no tahnks i will not buy any australian games… I prefer american, no new language.
Still waiting for a gamecube shaped controller for ssbb4
same here, 20 bucks says it will be a third party.
id love a official quality pro pad with the gamecube lay out buttons and sticks i hate the old fashioned diamond shaped button lay out i love the gamecubes layout i expect pro pad and gaqmepad both have sticks of gamecube pad quality anything less is SONY LIKE yuk!!!
That looks damn good. If it wasn’t third party I would buy it. Leave luck to heaven.
Looking at this makes me hungry :/
lol! Is it just Australia?? If so who even lives there? They should release it in the U.S where people actually live….
You are a total idiot.
Thanks for showing everyone how fucking retarded Americans are…
America..the country which thinks pizza is a vegetable.
They also know more about rappers personal lives than the current election.
Australia>the mole on my left foot>America.
Please don’t lump everyone in there…there are a few intelligent people…a few…though, as hilariously not hilarious as it is, I think most people in America actually fit your description…
Australia <3
I AM DEFINITELY GONNA GET THIS!I miss my old snes :'(.
I saw this the other day at Amazon, they even have the original with the old purple buttons, you know the American one. I’d jump on this but I know not to trust third-party peripherals, never again ever since I broke my fair share of them on the Gamecube. Still pretty nice.
I love pro controller
I hope to get that as soon as possible
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You know, seeing this reminded me that Nintendo is the only console dev that doesn’t colour code their buttons anymore. I love Ninty, but that shit sucks, man.
got to love playstaion witth the shapes on the buttons LIKE WE ARE 2 YEARS OLD lol at triangle and shit like a babys walker
As much as that looks awesome, I expect its quality to be absolute shit, I won’t be buying it.
That looks really slick! I can’t wait
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