Bluetooth Xbox Controllers Are Now Compatible With GameCube

"2022 is a wild, wonderful world where if you've dreamt it, you can have it," writes Slashdot reader segaboy81. "Such is the case with this new mod that allows you to pair Xbox controllers (among others) with your GameCube." Neowin reports: Laser Bear Industries, who offers other key mods for the Nintendo GameCube, is currently taking pre-orders for the GameCube Blue Retro Internal Adapter, a controller input board replacement that brings Bluetooth capability to the Nintendo GameCube. These new Bluetooth capabilities offer a wide range of compatibility with different Bluetooth input devices. Currently, the firmware is compatible with all Bluetooth Xbox One controllers. Unsurprisingly, it does not support the early Wi-Fi direct Xbox One controllers from 2013 and 2014.

In addition to Xbox controllers, it supports a host of other contemporary input devices, including PlayStation and Nintendo controllers, and modern Bluetooth keyboards. So, if you're desperate to join the undead community of Phantasy Star Online players over your Nintendo Broadband Adapter and want to use your cheap Bluetooth mechanical keyboard with Gateron switches, you will be able to soon. The GameCube Blue Retro Internal Adapter (a mouthful, really) also adds a few interesting creature comforts, such as remote power down and remote reset.

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[cdmn1]

also misleading as its Xbox One controllers, not Xbox

Thank goodness, other controllers also compatible

[HalAtWork]

Including PlayStation, 8bitdo, and some other Bluetooth controllers.

For $100 I wouldn't want to be stuck with just that choice.

Open source

[Meneth]

The firmware is open-source [github.com], so it will be possible for third parties to add support for more controllers in the future.

Queue

[Dan East]

Sometimes a story gets stuck in the Slashdot story queue, and it pops out 20 years later.