The SNES wireless controllers from Nintendo for Switch are now available for sale.

If you're looking for the perfect classic controller to play Nintendo Switch's new collection of downloadable Super Nintendo titles, you may be happy to learn that the company's new SNES Wireless Retro Keyboard is now available at the purchase, provided you are a Nintendo Switch. Member online, of course.

That's because, just like last year's NES wireless gamepad, Nintendo will not let you buy one if you already pay the $ 4 / month and $ 20 / year subscription fees. give the games to start.

This makes sense, because the SNES game console at school probably will not help you play a lot of modern games without controllers and triggers at your disposal. This is certainly what we discovered last year in our article on the NES wireless gamepad. On the plus side, you do not have to buy two pads for a fixed price of $ 60 this time. Nintendo sells SNES individually for $ 29.99, maximum four per customer.

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But I would feel weird if I did not mention a slightly more expensive option, a little less faithful than I would certainly buy instead: the 8Bitdo SF30 Pro / SN30 Pro at $ 45, a modernized version of the SNES controller with enough buttons and joysticks to play. virtually any Switch game, and that also combines with Windows, Android and MacOS. I have one, and that's fine.

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