If like me, you grew up with the Super Nintendo, then the official SNES Online pad was a must buy when it came out for the Nintendo Switch. An official Bluetooth SNES pad, why not?! Although It turns out, I never once used it on my Nintendo Switch or barely use the SNES online app truth be told. So, instead of gathering dust, I wanted to see if I could use it with my Analogue Super NT – which is my absolute favourite way of playing my SNES collection.
The Super NT is true to the original Super Nintendo console, with the same retro controller port. Which means the perfect tool for the job, would be a Bluetooth receiver that 3rd party accessories maker 8BitDo put together, to allow you to use Bluetooth controllers like the PlayStation DualShock 4s with an original SNES. It all worked pretty seamlessly, so check out this video showing set up and gameplay in action.
If you’ve found this page looking for info on the original SNES console. Then yes, this controller & receiver set up will work on the classic Super Nintendo & Super Famicom, no problems.
There has been a lot of questions on YouTube and social around how much latency is being introduced using Bluetooth instead of 2.4GHz set up. I’m no expert in this field and it’s actually very interesting seeing those with different opinions & stats arguing to and against this. What I will say on this topic, is that I have not experienced any when playing my fave SNES games which has even dampened the experience in anyway. If Bluetooth was that flawed to create Lag, I am pretty certain Nintendo wouldn’t have used it for its controllers for the Nintendo Switch. Besides, those using emulation will suffer potentially the same lag anyway, which is negligible.
Links below for reference.
Official Super Nintendo Online Controller – https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-Switch-Family/Nintendo-Switch-Online/Exclusive-product-for-members-1437883.html
8BitDo SNES Bluetooth Receiver – https://www.8bitdo.com/retro-receiver-snes/
Analogue Super NT – https://www.analogue.co/super-nt
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