8BitDo launches the Arcade Controller Pro for hardcore fighting game fans
Key takeaways
- It’s the second leverless controller the company has released.
- Be under no illusion about who the new Arcade Controller Pro is for: serious fighters, in 8Bit Do's own words.
- Like its predecessor, the Arcade Controller Pro is a rectangular pad that to the uninitiated looks more like something you might use to make electronic music than play fighting games.
It’s the second leverless controller the company has released.
8Bit Do Last year, 8Bit Do shipped its first leverless arcade controller for all the joystick-shunning fighting game enthusiasts, and also the more casual players who might be interested in trying the all-button approach. Be under no illusion about who the new Arcade Controller Pro is for: serious fighters, in 8Bit Do's own words.
Like its predecessor, the Arcade Controller Pro is a rectangular pad that to the uninitiated looks more like something you might use to make electronic music than play fighting games. But those buttons are used to control everything from your inputs to your movement, and 8BitDo has made them smaller, with tighter spacing between them, to make the whole controller easier to access.