Lawrence Yeung
Industrial Designer @ Mad Catz — San Diego, CA
Wii U FPS Pro Controller - TBA
Kotaku - When I first saw Nintendo’s official Xbox 360-ish Pro controller I thought, “You know, I would probably like this better if it featured the same controller layout as the 360 one.” Apparently Mad Catz feels the same way. This is the FPSPro, a third-party Wii U controller developed completely independently of Nintendo. In fact, Mad Catz’s Alex Verrey told me that Nintendo’s announcement this weekend caught the company entirely off-guard. They had approached Nintendo with the idea, and Nintendo said they planned on focusing on their classic controller. And then boom, Xbox 360-looking thing. So the FPSPro has the offset analogue sticks that many gamers crave. It’s also got a pair of middle finger-accessible tap buttons, another reason it’s functionality superior to Nintendo’s own hardware.
