News Hand Held Legend starts a Kickstarter for their GC Ultimate Controller Kit project

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Hand Held Legend is a well established and quite popular company that's been around for more than a decade and focuses on controllers, upgrades and replacements for retro consoles and handhelds of all kinds, be it Nintendo's or Sega's older consoles like the NES, Game Boy or Master System, to modern systems like the Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series consoles.

A couple days ago, Hand Held Legend officially unveiled their latest project titled "GC Ultimate Controller", for which they will start a Kickstarter page on September 16th. This project aims to bring the feel of the original Gamecube controller to modern games and systems by offering a DIY solder-free kit that the user can put together on their own and also customize to their own liking, with even an app made to customize through software and recalibrate the sticks, remap buttons and more.

The project will also offer hardware customization as well, like modifying the octagonal plate for the analog stick to a rounded one, a special split D-Pad design where each button can individually be pressed to make it more accurate, two different triggers, one low profile mechanical (fully digital) and a full analog one to replicate the feel of the original Gamecube triggers too, and other options as well.

Currently, their Kickstarter page lists the following features for the GC Ultimate Controller Kit:

• 1:1 footprint with the original GameCube controller
• Support for GameCube, N64, NES, SNES
• Open source firmware and 3D models (Available on GitHub)
• Compatible with OEM triggers and buttons
• Hall effect joysticks (Gulikit TMR with stick-click buttons)
• HD Rumble (The best in its class for aftermarket controllers)
• Bluetooth support (Switch/PC/Android)
• Configuration app (Android/PC/Mac/Linux)
• RGB stick underlighting
• Split D-pad design
• Dual motion control sensors for improved gyro accuracy (Switch/Steam supported)
• Dual Z buttons
• Built-in support for mechanical triggers OR analog triggers (for all of you Melee and Sunshine enthusiasts)
• Swappable gate-plate (Octagon and Circular included)
• USB-C connectivity and recharging
• XInput support for PC/Android (1000hz input rate)
• Native Slippi support (1000hz input rate)
• Ergonomic trigger shape
• Injection Molded buttons
• 100gf tactile Z buttons

The amount of features so far is quite extensive, and the compatibility with modern systems so far cover Android, PC/Steam, Switch and more, although it is currently unknown if other bluetooth-compatible consoles like the PS5 or Xbox Series will be compatible or not. Additionally, compatibility with original Gamecube, N64, SNES and NES systems via a special detachable USB Type C to Gamecube cable without the need of an adapter of any kind, with the same type of USB-C cable also being available for N64, SNES and NES systems (with only the GC and N64 ones being showcased in the video).

As for the kit itself, here's what will actually be included within each kit:

• Injection Molded Shell (Emerald Blue is the default) and peripheral parts
• Trigger bracket
• Screw and spring hardware kit
• Analog stick caps
• Button set
• Split D-pad set
• Li-Po battery
• Main PCB
• C-Stick PCB

At the moment of writing, the only base colour option offered is the Emerald Blue, but HHL mentions that if they reach a certain stretch goal, more colours will become available, with them sending a survey to backers so they can select the colour of their choice once the campaign ends.

Those interested can subscribe to be notified about the launch of the Kickstarter project, with the current number of followers sitting at around 1000 right now. The GC Ultimate Controller Kit Kickstarter starts off on September 16th, 2024.

"GC Ultimate Controller Kit" Kickstarter page
Hand Held Legend Website