{"id":69752,"date":"2018-12-18T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/the_wireless_nes_controller_for_switch_has_a_few_surprises_but_still_lacks_compatibility"},"modified":"2018-12-18T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:00:00","slug":"the-wireless-nes-controller-for-switch-has-a-few-surprises-but-still-lacks-compatibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/18\/the-wireless-nes-controller-for-switch-has-a-few-surprises-but-still-lacks-compatibility\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wireless NES Controller For Switch Has A Few Surprises But Still Lacks Compatibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c4a85a3b78dec\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c4a85a3b78dec\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"NES Controllers Switch IMG\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c4a85a3b78dec\/nes-controllers-switch-img.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c4a85a3b78dec\/nes-controllers-switch-img.900x.jpg\" alt=\"NES Controllers Switch IMG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>When Nintendo first revealed the wireless NES controller for Switch, details were limited. Now that the first shipment has arrived, new information about the retro-themed pads is beginning to surface.<\/p>\n<p>Kotaku&#8217;s Chris Kohler <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switchs-new-nes-controllers-do-more-than-you-might-thin-1831157773\">explains<\/a> how the L and R buttons on the wireless controller function:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The L button will serve as your photo capture button, and the R button will bring you back to the Home menu. In-game, you\u2019ll be able to get back to this menu using L and R&#8230; Note that these button reassignments for L and R are done at the software level within the NES app.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s not all, though. When a controller is wirelessly connected, the sound in the NES app changes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s another bonus feature that you won\u2019t see&#8230; because it\u2019s audio: The system sounds for this menu change to 8-bit NES sounds when you have the NES controllers plugged in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The wireless NES controllers can also be used while attached to the system and you can even mix and match with a Joy-Con. Take a look at the screenshots below, courtesy of Kotaku:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"NES 1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/170a699cf1fd0\/nes-1.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/170a699cf1fd0\/nes-1.900x.jpg\" alt=\"NES 1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"NES 2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c1d6144bb3d77\/nes-2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c1d6144bb3d77\/nes-2.900x.jpg\" alt=\"NES 2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Like Kotaku, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/circuitbreaker\/2018\/12\/13\/18139299\/nintendo-switch-online-nes-controller-review\">The Verge<\/a> put the new NES controller to the test. In terms of game compatibility, it appears to be hit-and-miss. Verge games editor Andrew Webster said the main problem was the lack of buttons:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Pretty much all modern games require more than the two face buttons available on an NES controller. Out of curiosity, I tried a bunch of different games, and the results weren\u2019t pretty. I was able to load <strong>Fortnite<\/strong>, but none of the available buttons let me actually get into a match. And while I could technically play <strong>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong>, I wasn\u2019t able to jump, which is a pretty big handicap. In <strong>Dead Cells<\/strong> I could jump and roll, but not attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The only modern game he was able to play during his test was the two-button fighter <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pocket_rumble\">Pocket Rumble<\/a><\/strong> and he managed to have some success with Capcom&#8217;s classic <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/mega_man_2\">Mega Man 2<\/a><\/strong> within the <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/mega_man_legacy_collection\">Legacy Collection<\/a><\/strong> after some button remapping. Kotaku said it was also able to get the controller working with <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sega_ages_phantasy_star\">Sega AGES Phantasy Star<\/a><\/strong>. These tests apparently illustrate how much less flexible this first-party controller is compared to certain third-party offerings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Has any of this information convinced you to purchase the wireless NES controller two-pack? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Nintendo first revealed the wireless NES controller for Switch, details were limited. Now that the first shipment has arrived, new information about the retro-themed pads is beginning to surface. Kotaku&#8217;s Chris Kohler explains how the L and R buttons on the wireless controller function: &#8220;The L button will serve as your photo capture button, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}