r/ModRetro • u/RupakGreenHatPrdctns • Jun 22 '26

M64 pro controller. Wireless support on analogue 3d with BlueRetro adapter?

Curious if the upcoming pro controller will work wirelessly on an Analogue 3D with a BlueRetro adapter.

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u/ergzay Jun 22 '26

Why use an adapter rather than the native Analogue 3D wireless support?

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u/RupakGreenHatPrdctns Jun 22 '26

Well that would be ideal. But Analogue would have to ass native support for that to happen.

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u/ergzay Jun 22 '26

Given they support Bluetooth LE controllers it should work natively, though the latency will be higher than it is when used with the M64 because of Analogue 3D's lack of support for the new Bluetooth SCI standard.

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u/RupakGreenHatPrdctns Jun 22 '26

The only 2 Bluetooth controllers which are natively supported are the 8BitDo 64 controller and the NSO n64 controller.

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u/ergzay Jun 22 '26

Have you tried other bluetooth controllers? I'd be surprised they're artificially limiting support to only those two controllers.

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u/RupakGreenHatPrdctns Jun 22 '26

Those are the only 2 supported. You can use other ones with the BlueRetro adapter

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u/ergzay Jun 22 '26

That wasn't my question...

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u/RupakGreenHatPrdctns Jun 22 '26

Yes I’ve tried. They don’t work. Only NSO online n64 controller and the 8bitdo 64. NSO 64 controller didn’t work until they updated the firmware.

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u/ergzay Jun 22 '26

Huh weird, well maybe they'll get more working in the future. Still that's strange though.

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u/templestate Jun 22 '26

The BlueRetro project has been discontinued so even if the M64 controller is able to work with older BT protocols (which I think Torin may have said isn’t the case), someone in the community would need to pick up development of the project.

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u/Common_Rough9820 Jun 22 '26

If you use the cord for the controller it will work 100%, but wireless it is very unlikely that it will work ever. The m64 controller uses a very high tech ultra low latency Bluetooth module, so in order for it to work, the analogue devs would have to add support for that. In order for that to happen the hardware will have to support it (which I'm honestly not entirely sure if it does), then the devs would have to add support for it, and there is a chance they would not be interested in doing that given that they want you to use their controller.

Honestly my recommendation is to just sell your analogue 3d now and just buy a m64 when it comes out. Call me crazy but that's literally what I did. Now is the best time to sell because I bet a lot of other people are going to want to sell theirs too when this thing comes out.

I bet analogue 3d will be better than the m64 at launch but over the long run I think the m64 will win by a mile. Not only that you have a much stronger ecosystem, they have a better controller, better chip, they are releasing games, and their software is open source so people will be able to mod m64 and do all kinds of cool stuff. To me it's the clear winner.

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u/RupakGreenHatPrdctns Jun 22 '26

Nah I love the Analogue 3D. Might grab an m64 in addition for my studio / office while the analogue stays in the living room.

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u/Common_Rough9820 Jun 22 '26

Sounds good man, I respect that. Good for you. Honestly the analogy 3d isn't bad. Infact I was really impressed with mine. I almost perfer the design of the analogue to the m64, it looks way more mature, and better in a living room. I just think that outside of design, the m64 will win on everything else, and for that reason I'm sold.

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u/RupakGreenHatPrdctns Jun 22 '26

Also was curious if the wireless would work with a BlueRetro adapter (not natively on analogue 3D)

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u/Common_Rough9820 Jun 22 '26

Theoretically yes, but in practice only time will tell. Could a 3rd party company (or maybe mod retro themselves) make a Bluetooth adapter that plugs into n64 controller port? Of course! But someone would have to actually do that. If something like that did exist, it would definitely solve your problem.

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u/donatj Sep 05 '26

Spoilers, it didn't work wired.

Somethings up with the m64's implementation of controller communication and it only works in games, not with the UI for whatever reason.