A new challenger: Another great retro port!
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 7:19pm by Sean B.
This little beauty has been making the rounds at Kotaku, Offworld, and Cnet - and for good reason – it might be the ultimate solution to your VC controller woes!
To be distributed by Innex, the Komodo Retro adapter is a cute little N64 shaped device that hooks up NES, SNES, and N64 pads to your Nintendo Wii’s Gamecube controller ports. It looks like it’ll be a great addition for Nintendo fans who miss that old-sch00l feel. There are other options for the retro minded gamer, but at three ports for $20, this may be the best value.
This accessory is planned to be announced officially at E3, and will be avalible in mid-june online. Retail avalibility has not yet been announced.
May 21st, 2009 at 7:27 pm
If it was wireless… I would of cared.
May 21st, 2009 at 7:56 pm
It’s about time. I’m going to go home and dust off my old square controllers tonight! Bring on the palm indentations and sore thumbs
May 21st, 2009 at 9:12 pm
What would it matter if it was wireless, since you have to connect wire controllers to it?
I think this is awesome! I like the classic controller OK, but to be able to play games with their original controllers is so much better. Especially the NES pad. I never liked the feel of the remote sideways. I think it’s because it’s not wide enough; I always kind of hooked my fingers around the top of the NES pad.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
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May 21st, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Oh my god, yes!
I like the Classic Controller, but to be honest, I was playing Mega Man 9 the other night and the edges of the buttons are actually a little too sharp, so my fingers started to hurt a bit. I would consider buying this thing if I have money to spare when it comes out.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:37 pm
wonderful…..if only they sold old controllers too. that’s gonna be the bottleneck for sales of this thing.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:40 pm
@Andrew G.
If you want a classic style controller for Megaman 9, look into the Retro Classic Controller by Datel: http://www.infendo.com/wii/datel-old-skool-retro-controller-review/
The above setup might not work, as it uses the gamecube ports – which i’ve been told that Megaman 9 does not support.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Yes! The classic controller sucks, a real SNES pad is going to rock.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Huh, so it automatically link my link back in the comments? Weird…
Well, I guess go check out McGAMES!
May 21st, 2009 at 11:31 pm
this is great! the only thing better would be if it was usb.
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:44 am
I’m still amazed that neither Sega or Nintendo seem to be interested in making 6 button genesis controllers,or n64 controllers like the classic controller.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:53 am
@ Sean:
Well, Mega Man 9 was supposed to support to Gamecube controllers, but Capcom decided to screw everyone over at the last minute who had bought a compatible NES controller from Retrozone with the explicit purpose of using it to play MM9!
I still haven’t forgiven them for that…
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:44 am
this is pretty cool, sucks i don’t have any of those controllers anymore.