The BattlerGC Pro might be the GameCube controller’s final form

This new BattlerGC Pro controller looks for illustration it could beryllium nan eventual GameCube gamepad — 1 pinch drift-resistant Hall effect joysticks, hybrid analog / integer triggers, programmable backmost buttons, a rechargeable artillery pinch a USB-C port, and nan expertise to usage it crossed different consoles and systems acknowledgment to Bluetooth support. And of course, it’s nan latest controller to big nan champion look fastener layout ever, and I will conflict to nan Final Destination defending it!

I do, however, admit nan GameCube controller layout is not everyone’s favorite, truthful it’s nary astonishment location aren’t a batch of awesome modern GameCube controller options too the PowerA-made licensed one that runs connected AA batteries, which is my existent go-to for docked Switch gaming. Most fans person charismatic GameCube controllers and either usage adapters aliases Bluetooth converters to play Smash Bros. games connected Nintendo consoles.

The BattlerGC Pro, however, is an wholly modernized GameCube controller that comes pinch a 2.4GHz GameCube controller dongle for nan mother console, Wii, and Wii U (with a USB-to-GameCube adapter), but it besides has a move connected nan backmost to morph into a Bluetooth controller that useful connected PC aliases a Nintendo Switch without a USB adapter.

Retro Fighters, nan shaper of nan controller, besides has a $44.99 non-Pro BattlerGC controller that lacks nan backmost buttons and does not person Bluetooth built in. (It comes pinch 2 dongles to activity connected different consoles.) It besides lacks nan Hall effect sticks that nan Pro type has.

The BattlerGC Pro is going up for preorder connected May 1st astatine 9AM PT (12PM ET) and will costs $59.99. For those who for illustration transparent shells complete nan classical indigo color, Retro Fighters has a typical limited-edition crystal type of nan controller — of which only 2,000 will beryllium made available.