8BitDo’s N64 Controller Is Better Than Nintendo’s Original

The Nintendo 64 was a fantastic console , home to generation-defining games such as Super Mario 64 and GoldenEye 007 . With its four built-in controller ports, it revolutionized multiplayer gaming in front of the TV, and it was the first mainstream console to introduce an analog stick, essential for navigating the burgeoning 3D worlds the medium was starting to deliver.

Unfortunately, the controller it did all that with was an abomination, an unholy three-pronged monstrosity that earned my lifelong disdain . Fast-forward roughly three decades, though, and third-party peripheral maker 8BitDo has improved on the original N64 pad in almost every way with its new 64 Bluetooth Controller.

Nostalgia Upgraded

8BitDo’s pad is chiefly designed for the Analogue3D , an upcoming field