It has been a rocky launch for the NES Mini, and it seems that trend is continuing with new developments. Lots of Reddit users are having a crisis over the EMiO NES Mini controller. Apparently, the product isn’t working with all NES Mini games. In fact, there’s uncertainty on whether it works for only a few games or works for none of them at all. Wii and Wii U games work fine, but the problem lies with the NES Mini games. Best Buy and Amazon have now removed the controller from their sites, so this isn’t confined to just Reddit. The controller has basically been recalled. Nintendo has not commented on the matter, but if they do, we’ll let you know.
Update: One of the readers contacted the manufacturers and received this email:
“Dear Customers who bought The Edge Joystick (batch #:110116WSJ) and The Edge Gamepad (batch:110116WSP).
Thank you for contacting us, we know your time is valuable, and we wanted to give you a quick solution for connecting your controller with the NES Classic Console.
The Edge Joystick and The Edge Gamepad are compatible with Wii U and NES Classic Edition game consoles. It was brought to our attention that a few batches shipped, failed to include the NES Classic Console adapter in the box. To make it right with you, we are offering a FREE NES Classic Edition Adapter + a FREE NES Classic Edition Extension Cable + a FREE SURPRISE BONUS GIFT (a $30 Value). This offer only applies to qualifying customers.
To receive your FREE NES Gift Pack:
1. Do not return item to the store.
2. Instead Send an email to Support@PoweredByEmio.com
Include title: “FREE NES GIFT PACK”, Name, address, and send proof of purchase receipt.
3. Wait to receive your product in the mail.
4. If you wish and are satisfied with our service. Please provide 5 Star rating or edit a negative listing with your updated experience. 5 Star ratings mean a lot to us.
5. Thank you!”
The literature in the packaging never mentioned anything about an adapter. So I doubt that some of the units just “shipped without the adapter.” It is my opinion that they just shipped the controllers assuming they would work with the nes, but now that they dont they are providing this service. Should be interesting to see how this unfolds.
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Thanks, CM30
Why qould nintendo coment on soething that is not their product?
Make a controller well made and this would not happen :)
Why would they comment on it? That’s like commenting on MadCat’s crappy products. It’s not theirs.
Doesn’t Nintendo put the Nintendo seal of quality on any official licensed stuff anymore?
you had one job!
siiiiigh…
Where is the picture of the actual product? You post a pic of the NES Mini and the controller that Nintendo released. You have failed to show a picture of the recalled product, thus making it appear that the Nintendo product is faulty.
Agreed. This is a picture of the NES licensed controller. Not the EMiO. To my knowledge, there were no product packaging photos for either (EMiO actually manufactured a joystick “The Edge” and a gamepad) controllers. The photos used on all sites were of stock Nintendo peripherals.
Notice to all.
If it’s a third party controller, i’m not surprised. I’ve got two official controllers, and I’m not having problems.
Am I supposed to know what the EMiO NES controller is?