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It's the same as the Mario & Luigi Hori Battle Pads, other than it's yellow with black accents and the Pikachu art in the center. Like the previous ones, it has the two sets of bumpers & triggers on top (ZL & ZR) instead of only the Z button on the right that the original Nintendo GameCube controller has. It also has a turbo feature, unlike the Nintendo & PDP offerings, which can come in handy once in awhile.
The awesome thing about these is you don't need to keep looking for one of the GameCube adapters to come in stock to play with this on your Wii U. Instead of the standard GameCube wire/connector, it connects to your Wiimote, similar to the older Wii Pro controllers. So it's semi-wireless, which can be good if you have a long distance between you and your console.
The original Nintendo brand is still king, with its signature look & feel, but this one does have some advantages. As I mentioned, the semi-wireless functionality is great, and it's a little bit lighter (at the expense of not containing the rumble features from the original), and extra turbo feature & Z buttons. The buttons still feel nice on this controller, but are a little bit more springy than Nintendo's original GameCube controller.
Playing with this on Smash Bros 4 is so much better than the Wii U gamepad, and the Wii U Pro controllers. If you never played Smash Bros Melee on GameCube, you'll probably survive without this, but otherwise it is a must-have item.
Compared to the PDP controllers (PDP Wired Fight Pad), it's on-par and really comes down to taste more than anything. I probably prefer the Hori slightly, but the PDP ones are very close in quality. PDP's are glossy instead of flat, slightly larger, and share the extra Z buttons on top. PDP's doesn't have the turbo feature though. But PDP has an advantage in their greater variety of colors/styles/themes to match all your controllers.
As you can see in my video, it's really awesome to match up all your GameCube controllers with a matching Wiimote. But unfortunately for Pikachu, there simply isn't a good match for it. I have a match for the Hori Mario & Luigi, and the PDP Peach & Yoshi, but the closest I can come to the Pikachu yellow is my gold Zelda Wiimote, which doesn't really match at all. But that really only matters for fellow OCDers.
Overall it is a fantastic product, and while I mostly have raved about its use for Smash Bros. 4, it really is a fantastic controller for nearly every other game that supports these. I've battled my Mario & Luigi ones to death, and they are still good as new, so I also feel good about their durability & longevity. Plus, you don't have to get an elusive (and expensive) GameCube adapter to play with these on your Wii U. And if you needed one final reason to buy this, it's even cheaper than the OEM GameCube controllers, so you see we have an easy 5-star winner right here.
