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From console to controller: The evolution of the NES’s iconic gamepad

In 1985, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) redefined home gaming, but its innovations meant nothing without a way to ...
Complex

The Evolution of the Nintendo Controller

It's finally here: Nintendo's Wii U is coming to the world on Sunday. It's been a long time coming, but the wait isn't really for the games: Ever since we saw that gamepad—that weird, freakish, ...
Ars Technica

Masterpiece: The NES Advantage—God's own controller

The NES Advantage offered a number of innovations and improvements over previous controllers, with the added benefit of being built like a truck. It was the controller everyone had to have, and even ...
Polygon

The NES controllers for Switch do one thing well, and not much else

If you invested in the NES-style Joy-Con controllers for Nintendo Switch — sold exclusively to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers — I imagine it was for one of a handful of reasons: You’re a hardcore ...
Kotaku

Switch's New NES Controllers Do More Than You Might Think

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Nintendo has shipped out its first batch of classic-style NES controllers for Switch. I got a pair today, and I found them to be much more useful than ...
Ars Technica

Hands-on: Switch’s NES controllers offer unmatched old-school authenticity

Playing old-school games on the Switch thus far has been a choice between various control compromises. You can use two Joy-Cons held in two hands, but the tiny buttons and lack of a true d-pad make ...