May Flash Wireless Wii U Pro Controller Adapter for PC USB

Have to say I wasnt sure if I could get this work after some woes a friend had with wireless controllers and emulators, but we had 4 Wii U Pro Controllers sitting around that we dont really utilize. Setup was easy. I just installed the drivers/software from the disk before plugging them in and they were recognized in RetroArch. I did have to go through and assign all the buttons, but RetroArch makes that easy. Have been working great for over a month.

Really easy to use right out of the box!! Does exactly what I bought it for and couldnt be happier with this product.

I wish it was a bit cheaper (or just cheaper shipping) but its still worth it. It works flawlessly! Dark Souls 1 & 2 play so much better and the buttons are mapped properly, plus it makes plenty of other games (such as every game by The Behemoth) quite a bit easier too. This is definitely worth it if you only have console controllers, and in my opinion the WiiU Pro Controller is a thousand times better than the 360 controller so its just that much better.

I like the way it worked

Works just as I hoped it would. It was simple to install and get running. I figured it would make my Wii U Pro Controller emulate a 360 controller, and the button layout would match for 360. I.e. Y on a 360 pad is the top button, but is X on a Pro controller. I figured with this that X on my Pro controller would function as Y did on my 360. To my surprise all the buttons were correct. What was Y on my 360 controller is still Y on my Pro controller!

I owned an XBox 360 controller to use with my PC until it died. I didnt have any other XBox controllers, but I do have a Wii U with three pro controllers, which are mostly not used unless if there is a party, so I decided to take a chance on this so I could use one of my Wii U controllers and save some money opposed to buying a new XBox 360 or Xbox One controller. Ill first mention there are software solutions for getting a Wii U controller to work with a normal Bluetooth adapter. The software solution consisted of a special Bluetooth management program, a button-mapping program, and an XInput driver program to allow it to be recognized as an XBox controller. In my experience these workarounds are a bit clunky, and it seemed to report the analogue sticks as binary (example: holding up on a stick will report all the way up, or nothing at all. There was no middle-ground or places in between). While there may be fixes to this behaviour and have it work as expected, I wanted something simple. I wanted to to press the sync buttons then expect the controller to just work. Thats why I bought this adapter. This product is basically a dedicated special-purpose bluetooth adapter that maps and works as a gamepad or XInput adapter all-in-one, so everyhing is done in the adapter without the need of extra software configuration (except installing the driver once before you first use it). It took a minute or so the first time for my computer to recognize the adapter (after installing the drivers first) and the Wii U controller, but since then it connects quickly every time I power on my black Wii U pro controller. The first time I connected it one of the analog sticks was reporting as slightly off-center, but that was fixed by calibrating it in the Game Controllers control panel. In the Xinput mode it detects and works as an XBox controller just fine. One thing to remember, other than the different location of the analogue sticks, the A and B buttons are reversed compared to an Xbox controller, as are the Y and X buttons. The map perfectly well, but if youve been using an XBox controller beforehand this will be noticeable. Youll either have to just go with it and adapt, or remap your buttons. So far the adapter has been reliable with connecting and maintaining a connection. I havent had any problems using it as an XBox controller in my games so far, and in other software like Steam and Oculuss home software. The Wii U controller will still go asleep if left idle for too long, so youll have to press a button to wake it up and have it automatically re-connect. Thats to be expected though.

I was aware that I could get the Wii U Pro controller to work on my PC with a regular old bluetooth adapter, but this was barely more expensive and didnt require fiddling with as much software setup. To me, I thought the convenience of the item was worth it. On the PC everything seemed to work without any problems so far. Just a bit of light use over a few months, but at least initially its been fine for me. PC Games with the Xbox360 controller support recognized the controller fine. I used it a bit in FF14 ARR, and it worked fine. It also worked in some games that required Direct Input instead of XInput. So both functions worked fine for me. This isnt a knock on the product, but button mappings were a problem when trying to use with the PS3. Its possible to use for games that allow full button re-mapping, but most dont do that. TLDR: It works.

While it technically functions, it does not seem to work very well with third-party controllers. For example, my Hyperkin ProCube controller is unable to use all of the buttons when connected, as the device falsely registers a button being held down on my controller.

Works well for the games I wish to use it for, which dont require quick button sequences. I gave it 4 stars because it seems to have some slight input lag, which will probably spell death for faster games. Theres a mini disk for the drivers, but it seems to work as a plug and play for me.

I used to use my PS3 and these hacker made applications to use the Sony gamepad with my favorite PC games that I dislike playing with a keyboard. Nintendos Pro Pad eats the PS4 and XBOX One controllers lunch - in every way, and is for even highly advanced PC users essentially impossible to bluetooth connect to your PC without registry and system file level hacking and unverified driver installation steps that even went beyond my comfort level and I build machines and can even make a PC into an apple computer if I want. Spend an entire weekend failing and failing and breaking your windows install or creating bugs that lead to crashes and a shell of a computer and still likely you will have failed to do what this device for like $15 does in this many moves: 1. plug into USB 2.0 or 3.0 2. press sync on the device 3. press sync on pro pad. DONE - instantly works. You can in few steps use it still for your Wii U, and even unplug and change your USB port used and this has zero effect on its connection. Games for Windows that require an xbox controller? Theres a switch you flick and bam, now its xbox you can even install the xbox controller drivers and press the home button and windows will pop up the xbox green controller 1 logo and options to upgrade the software. You dont even need that, or to calberate your pro pad, $15 makes the worlds best modern pad work with every game to come to market as of this writing Dec 2014.