Wii U Pro Controller for PC

[skywake]

So this post is part review, part Nintendo fanboy, part PC gaming. Take it however you want I guess.....

 

Pro Controller in general:

Let me start out by pointing out that I am a pretty big fan of the Wii U and Nintendo in general. So when I say that I think the Wii U Pro Controller is the best controller ever made I'm saying it in that context. Still, I think I have a case for saying that. It's got an amazing battery life, is light, has nice rumble and a D-Pad that could only be made by Nintendo. I know that some people write it off immediately because the sticks are both on the top but I've never really seen what the fuss was. The D-Pad and face buttons are still easy to reach and for a lot of modern games that are all stick and trigger? It makes sense to have the sticks front and centre and if-not both at least the left one. All in all a great controller.... with two drawbacks. Getting it to work on PC is a pain and it's glossy

 

MayFlash Adapter:

Eventually, annoyed with having this awesome controller and only being able to use it for Mario Kart and the Wonderful 101 I went and ordered a MayFlash adapter. Thing arrives, I plug it in and it works first time 100%. Put it into XInput mode and your PC thinks it's a 360 controller but you still have the Nintendo layout which for people used to it is a positive because X is the button up the top. The adapter itself is kinda cheap looking but who cares as long as it works. If you have a Wii U Pro Controller do yourself a favour and grab one of these.

 

tl;dr

Pro controller is fantastic, if you're looking at the Wii U do yourself a favour and get this controller. If you do get one get the Mayflash adapter for PC because this thing is better than the previous PC-gaming controller king, the 360, and the Mayflash adapter works very well. It's quite literally a 360 controller with a good D-Pad

[Vacsol]

I have one for mario kart and smah bros. I might get the mayflash adapter

[pcexplosion]

Does it only support the wii pro controller?

[CatCloud]

This is nice! but i already use the Ps4 controller. Bluetooth ftw! 
But i might consider it because Ps4 support is Meh right now...but it works.
And i dont want a Xbox Adapter dongle thingy.

[skywake]

Does it only support the wii pro controller?

Well I haven't tested it with every controller under the sun so I couldn't say for sure. But when I tryed to sync one of the newever versions of the WiiMote it didn't sync at all. Not really a drawback IMO, the thing is specifically for Wii U Pro controllers.

 

This is nice! but i already use the Ps4 controller. Bluetooth ftw! 

But i might consider it because Ps4 support is Meh right now...but it works.

And i dont want a Xbox Adapter dongle thingy.

Well the Pro does use bluetooth but it's still a pain. For Windows you need a specific kind of Bluetooth adapter and then you need to play around with a bunch of dodgy drivers. I couldn't get it going so I gave up. I believe on Linux there is support for it but even that's pretty janky and I couldn't get it to sync. There's better support for some of the Wii controllers on Linux and I got them working on some emulators but even that's a pain because Steam likes to read controller input in a particular way. Lets face it, the only reason you'd want a controller working on Linux is for Steam in-home streaming.

 

This adapter was $15 and was just plug and play out of the box with 360-controller level support. Because it makes it look like a 360 controller.

[skywake]

heh, apparently I beat Linus by 4mins

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/212010-handy-tech-under-100-episode-5/