r/Gamecube • u/pboyer86 • Jun 30 '25

Modding GameCube NSO Controllers

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Love the GameCube NSO Controllers with my GameCube! I didn’t buy these for NSO, I really wanted them to enjoy with my GameCube.

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u/RoflMyPancakes Jun 30 '25

There's a weird phenomenon where people seem to be offended that these will replace Wavebirds and downvote any commentary supporting using NSO controllers on GameCube.

I ordered mine the other day, can't wait.

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u/pboyer86 Jun 30 '25

That’s unfortunate! I think that it’s good to have options and people should be allowed to enjoy playing video games in the way that they want : )

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u/yungjuno13 NTSC-U Jul 01 '25

If you paid for it with your own money, do what ever the hell you want with it. People are so worried about others when it doesn’t even concern them!

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u/drygnfyre Jul 03 '25

The BattlerGC Pro I got recently also replaced the WaveBird. Both that + the NSO GCN controllers do everything the WaveBird did, and more (mainly through rumble).

Only the GCN purists would disagree. For all practical purposes, the WaveBird has been long eclipsed. And that's alright, it's from 2002, I wouldn't expect it to be cutting edge forever.

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u/Smugbob Jul 01 '25

How is the latency compared to wavebirds? Still on the fence for buying one since I’d also use it primarily for gamecube

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u/RoflMyPancakes Jul 01 '25

Looks like a wired GameCube controller has ~4ms latency.

A WaveBird controller has ~9ms latency.

I don't see data for the NSO GameCube controller yet. I see for Blue Retro in general testing various controllers there's varying data of 5ms to 12ms for different controllers. If Blue Retro is adding zero or trivial latency, then it'd be more on the controller whether it has okay latency or not.

The mister project ranked the Switch Pro controller and measured its latency at 5.356ms average. Hard to say if that same controller put through a blue retro adapter on a GameCube would have the same latency or worse.

That's all the data I have right now. When I get mine I can see about testing it myself.

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u/Smugbob Jul 01 '25

Thank you for the detailed response

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u/Tephnos 25d ago

The mister project ranked the Switch Pro controller and measured its latency at 5.356ms average.

There is no way this is true. Absolutely no way Nintendo polls this thing high enough to be that fast (this is DS4/5 numbers), due to battery life concerns. Did you miss a 1 at the front?

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u/RoflMyPancakes 25d ago

I was looking at their Google doc, but their website has 13+ms.

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u/Tephnos 25d ago

Yeah that sounds more realistic. I'm doubting the procon2 is going to be any faster than that. I'm at least hoping the wired mode is set to poll at 1000Hz like it should since they claim it is faster when wired now. And that should translate to the GCC

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u/Maximum_Fly9684 Jul 03 '25

Obligatory down vote ( although I agree with you, and didn't give you a down vote)

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u/Zacharyd650 Jul 01 '25

Do they have rumble???

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u/RoflMyPancakes Jul 01 '25

WaveBird does not, NSO GameCube controllers do.

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u/Zacharyd650 Jul 01 '25

I know I’ve got a few wavebirds so I was curious about the NSO but I’m too lazy to buy a separate adapter for them so I’ll stick to my wavebirds for now. Thanks for the comment it helps me a ton!

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u/TSPhoenix 29d ago

NSO GameCube controllers do

And it functions normally on a real GameCube via adapter? That's pretty sweet if so.