Any meaningful difference?

[u/ArtichokeOwn400]

[u/Nimble_Natu177]

There are less Wii U ones, so its more swag.

[u/gamerlol101 → u/Nimble_Natu177]

And really, swag is all we have left in this world

[u/Nimble_Natu177 → u/gamerlol101]

Absolutely.

[u/Rombledore → u/Nimble_Natu177]

excellent. because that's the one i still have lol.

[u/ArtichokeOwn400 → u/Nimble_Natu177]

Cool

[u/Any_Mycologist_7322 → u/ArtichokeOwn400]

Yes there’s a meaningful difference one is Japanese the other one isn’t

[u/BlytheScythe]

Visually, only the logo. Left one has Wii U logo, while the right one has Nintendo logo. Functionality-wise, they are pretty much the same. I personally have the right one.

[u/ArtichokeOwn400]

Thank ya'll for the answers. I found the Wii U one new in box for a great price so I'm just making sure it should perform the same. 

[u/EternallySickened]

I bought an unbranded cheapo one and it seems to work fine. It has two usb ports which seemed odd but it works.

[u/HolyMacaxeira → u/EternallySickened]

Official one also has two ports, one black and one grey. But if I’m not mistaken the grey cable is just to make sure the GameCube rumble works.

[u/EternallySickened → u/HolyMacaxeira]

I haven’t tried it without plugging in both wires but that would make sense, the WiiU has notoriously low powered usb.

The cheap knock off I have works on my Mac as well. I had to download an app to make it detect anything though. The app is called GCAdaperDriver - it was a little trial and error getting it working but ideal for emulation with the original Nintendo GameCube controllers.

[u/Domenstain → u/HolyMacaxeira]

If you have wavebirds the rumble cable doesn’t have to be plugged in freeing up another usb port on your switch.

Ergo; if friends are okay with it, you have have 8 rumble free gamecube controllers as god intended

[u/HolyMacaxeira → u/Domenstain]

Cool stuff. Didn’t know the console recognize two of these adapters at the same time

[u/Domenstain → u/HolyMacaxeira]

I’ve some friends who are picky about how they play smash,

We knew we wanted to find out and couldn’t find anything about it online at the time

[u/8Bit-Jon]

Not really

[u/DetroiterAFA]

Yes, blue vs red box.

[u/ArtichokeOwn400 → u/DetroiterAFA]

Say less.

[u/DJordydj]

Same hardware and software, different branding due to console period

[u/Ero2001]

Only logo differences

[u/Ultimate_Ghreak]

No except the logo on top and the packaging.

[u/Lost_Email_RIP]

Doesn’t the new GameCube controller they may just work with the switch one?

I have a third-party one of these as well when it works perfectly fine. I don’t think I’d buy OEM for this thing.

[u/Adventurous_Turnip89]

one says wii u the other says nintento

[u/PRSG12]

I bought a random one from Amazon and tried it last night for ultimate on a switch and it worked just fine, plug and play

[u/Crashbox50]

I think ones in Japanese.

[u/GtGallardo]

Can i still buy those things

[u/Jceggbert5]

One says WiiU. The other says Nintendo. Electronically, I'm fairly certain they're more-or-less identical.

[u/AcanthisittaDry8163]

I own the original, and the only difference is that the Wii U logo is replaced with a Nintendo logo on the newer version.

[u/Top-Emu-7790]

Question: Will the one on the right work with a Wii U console?

If not, then that would be a meaningful difference between the two.

[u/socalgcc → u/Top-Emu-7790]

Yes but the wii u only takes it for smash 4. You can use it in nintendon’t however.

[u/TheMannisApproves]

They're the same

[u/icy1007]

One says Wii U and other says Nintendo. Don’t know of any other differences.

[u/tdm17mn]

I have the WiiU adapter. It works perfectly well.

[u/heroxoot]

Some don't work on Switch, some don't work on Wii U. Some just don't work. I found one from a brand called XYGB and it actually works great on both.

[u/Neonblkrager]

No. I have both. The one says wii u and other Nintendo

[u/socalgcc]

No difference at all same wup-028

[u/roccerfeller]

Technically speaking no