You can buy the Club Nintendo SNES controller -- with money
by JC Fletcher 
{ Nov 21st 2007 at 9:50AM }
Importers NCSX and Play-Asia are freeing us from the unavailability of awesome Japanese Club Nintendo exclusives -- presumably, by paying some Japanese people for theirs. Whatever methods they use to get these things, we cannot argue with the results. Because the result is the opportunity to preorder the Super Famicom Classic Controller.Both companies will ship the item in April (and the Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack in January) in April, but NCSX is taking preorders right now for $30. We don't know when Play-Asia will open preorders or how much they will charge. All we know is this: YES. Who cares if it's a freebie for Club Nintendo members? We're just happy to have a shot at it.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joe @ Nov 21st 2007 9:54AM
That is more then I would like to pay. But I might want to buy it any way.
Nate @ Nov 21st 2007 10:19AM
I think I'd rather rig up my current snes pads. They're classics and don't have the fruity buttons.
ELIJAH the ChaosDragon @ Nov 21st 2007 10:15AM
Wheres the analog sticks? Its cool but not very useful.
ELIJAH the ChaosDragon @ Nov 21st 2007 10:24AM
How this controller reminds me of my SuperMario World days.
Dopple Boppler @ Nov 21st 2007 10:37AM
Am I the only one more excited about the Mario Galaxy soundtrack? I mean, I love the SNES pad but the Classic Controller is like the exact same thing with the addition of analog sticks.
raindog @ Nov 21st 2007 10:56AM
I'd rather have the Mario Galaxy soundtrack as well, though a complete Twilight Princess soundtrack (as opposed to a bootleg rip from the game, which I already have) would be nicer.
I've actually never touched a SNES controller in real life or played SNES games except in an emulator, so this doesn't have the kind of appeal it would for many of you. I was into the Genesis when the SNES came out, but to be honest I wouldn't really want a Wii Genesis controller either. For me the touchstone controllers are the (mostly awful) Colecovision stick/keypad combo, the original Vectrex analog stick, and of course, the enormous Atari joystick with a single orange button, despite never actually owning an Atari myself till the late 90's when I started writing games for it.
SoshiKitai @ Nov 21st 2007 11:10AM
.... I miss the purple-ness already.
racecar @ Nov 21st 2007 12:24PM
For all of you DIY-ers, I went looking for some cheaper options when the story first broke a few days ago. This is what I've found so far:
For a complete DIY:
http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/x2wii/index_en.php
For a converter cable if you already have a SNES controller:
http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?categoryID=80
-racecar
http://everybodyvotes.blogspot.com
Patrick @ Nov 21st 2007 12:27PM
I don't get why people/you guys are so hyped over this. You can buy an adapter for your Wii that goes into the GCN controller slot that allows you to use a SNES controller at this link http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?categoryID=80. Most people have a SNES controller, so the $10 cheaper is a better deal I think.
PS I'm not advertising for them, just saw the link a while back, and thought I would mention it.
Dale @ Nov 22nd 2007 10:03AM
They were only purple in the US. You guys also got the stupid system design and wide cartridges.
TriptychR @ Nov 22nd 2007 11:44AM
Patrick makes a good point, but it's also nice to see that we at least have an opportunity to somewhat easily buy some of the great amounts of swag Club Nintendo members get over there.
Now if there was just a Club Nintendo here...