kory
I also purchased one of these, and I’m very familiar with the original Hori pad, I borrowed one from my friend and gave it a ton of use. I am very discerning when it comes to plastic feel, button feel, responsiveness etc, and this controller falls within 1% accuracy of the original, pretty epic. The only thing that felt off to me, was the face buttons A B X Y are not 100% the same color opacity of OEM gamecube buttons, but I’ve yet to check if they can be swapped with OEM gamecube buttons. I also want to cover the stupid Old Skool logo with a sticker or something. Even the backside of the controller has the same comfortable rise as the HORI pad.
robinhoodie
The original Hori pad was made for use with the gameboy player. I also use it to play Viewtiful Joe and Mr.Driller. It is basically a SNES pad with slightly more textured plastic, raised grip in back, and the iconic gamecube style face buttons. It’s slightly conkier in thickness too.
I also have the raphnet SNES to GCN adapter. Both are valid, and I enjoy them both!
At this point, I think I’ve tried all my favorite GBA classics on gameboy player with one of these controllers. The Hori/Old Skool pad was especially fun for Aria of Sorrow, MK Super Circuit, F-zero…. Actually it’s fun for all of them.