hello Internet Adam here and this time I'm talking
about 8-bit dues SN 30 pro now if you remember last year I reviewed the SNES
30 the NES 30 Pro and the NES 38 Badu has come out with a lot of awesome
controllers for the for the retro minded gamer but this one is one of the best
ones yet for sure so I'm actually going to go
through this video and in three parts and can compare it to three different
things three different scenarios if you will the first one is comparing the SN
30 Pro to the what used to be called the SNES 30 but it's now just called the SN
30 this one is obviously a faithful recreation of the classic Super Nintendo
controller and I gave it a 5 stars last year I love this controller for
emulation so if you're gonna be emulating Super Nintendo games you would
think that the SN 30 pro would be just as good unfortunately it's not I mean
it's ok don't get me wrong it's better than using the N 30 Pro from last year
to tell me like games but one of the biggest problems here if I'm gonna hold
these side-by-side is that the face buttons and the d-pad have been shifted
up a little bit in order to make room for the sticks and the 2 extra
functionality buttons now in some games this actually helped I'm you know with
with the the shape of my hands you know it was nice to not have to bring my
thumbs down further so it actually wasn't a huge deal but where it really
became a problem was when I would need to either press right on the d-pad or Y
or even the start select button here obviously the start and select is is
just a quick movement over but here I can't reach the start and select without
having to go up and over the thumbsticks so that's kind of a
problem the the right d-pad not a huge deal but it rubs just a little bit but
especially when you get into the Y you see I'm kind of like there were plenty
of times where it was just just in the way just enough to kind of to mess up my
play session so if you're gonna go down the pure emulation route especially for
Super Nintendo games I would recommend still sticking with this guy it's not
bad you can you can do the SM 30 Pro but it's it's not not as good oh oh also
I'll mention the bumpers because it has a stacked bumper trigger ish kind of
design the the bumpers that correspond to Super Nintendo games are these top
ones and they're obviously a lot thinner than than the full ones so once again
not not a huge deal breaker but enough that if you're just gonna be doing
emulation I would say just just stick with the with the pure one so next up
let's compare it to the Xbox one controller I know most of you probably
met a game on a mouse and keyboard but I still do plenty of character action
games on my on my controller you know and especially if you're in a situation
where you have a gaming laptop you know and you're taking it places with you
this isn't necessarily that portable one of the great things about the SM 30 Pro
is how small it is I mean you know I I don't know about you but if I'm taking
around a nice slim gaming laptop I'd much rather throw this in my bag
than this the Xbox one controller has has great triggers bumper sticks I mean
I like the feel of it especially in my hand I mean it's it's it's very
comfortable but this one hasn't isn't bad either I mean you're not sacrificing
a ton of playability on the small portable form factor functionally like I
said everything's there you've got the two shoulder buttons the two triggers if
you will they're they're not full-on triggers but with the concave design my
fingers sit in them well enough to make it you know mimic
any sort of shooting that I'm doing it has a home button a share button you
know obviously all the buttons you need to play the traditional X input games so
so yeah I I think really it stands up to the xbox one controller but it's more
for the person who's going to take portable PC gaming or if they want to
take you know a controller around that that it can be used on a lot of
platforms this connects to Mac this connects to Android this connects to
your switch its connects to PCs obviously so it's a lot more versatile
than what what the Xbox one controller comes with so the last one to compare it
to is last year's n30 Pro which was at that time it was the NES 30 Pro it's
essentially the same functionally but obviously the design is different with
the m30 Pro they they wanted to harken back to the design and the look of the
NES and obviously this one is the Super NES the problem is is that that you
can't you can't have the look of the NES while adding all the extra functionality
and messing with the design this is nowhere near the original ones design
they had to stick the thumb sticks in there so that you kind of sacrifice the
look and feel but especially the the bumpers the configuration is a
right-to-left system and even though I got used to it man it never I never felt
quite right so the SN 30 Pro definitely kicks it up a notch to have the bumpers
stacked like this the next big thing is the sticks I mean you can just tell the
the sticks are so much larger on the SN 30 Pro they've got a lot more travel the
springs in them are a little less stiff so you can kind of do finder movements
and also on the and 30 Pro one of the problems I had
last year was clicking in there was enough of a wobble on the stick that it
kind of you know I couldn't do it while stationary here I can I can click in
without having to worry too much about doing any movements on the stick I'll
also say the the button placement for the face buttons this is really close
together where this one still gives you enough enough separation to make you
feel like you're not accidentally hitting any buttons there's so much more
upgraded about this one the SN 30 Pro adds Rumble support it has new pairing
lights there's a whole new pairing system that it connects via USB C rather
than the microUSB there's so many reasons to love the SM 30 Pro over the N
30 Pro except for one I really do like the lighting system that lights up on
this when you're connected there is no nice ring light on this one I actually
kind of wish that they did but whatever it's fine it's a cool design yeah so if
you're a retro gamer like me who's doing emulation or want something portable
that you can connect to plenty of different systems I definitely recommend
the the n SN 30 Pro over the N 30 pro this is not bad and this is also cheaper
but you you're getting a lot more battery you're eating a lot more size
out of it you're getting better sticks better bumper systems the pairing system
is a little easier to use all in all I definitely love the SN 30 Pro if you're
looking for a controller $50 for this is actually not a bad price and I'm gonna
ended up giving it a 4 out of 5 stars so thanks everybody for tuning in and watch
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