Retro Fighters Battler GC Pro Troubleshooting

No matter how much you mash the home button, your controller just doesn't seem to power on.

You probably know how to solve this, but for the sake of completeness, here's the solution: Simply plug the controller into a USB C power cable and wait.

Lithium ion batteries wear out. It's inevitable. After about 1000 charge cycles, they all but lose their ability to power devices. If your controller doesn't work after charging it for awhile, you may have a bad battery. Fortunately, Retro Fighters didn't actively work against repair like certain companies (*ahem*, Nintendo, *cough*, Apple), so replacing it is fairly straightforward. I'll try to publish a guide for this soon.

Your controller powers on normally, but it won't connect to the dongle.

If you have your controller in Bluetooth mode, it won't connect to any dongles. To solve this, set the Bluetooth-2.4 GHz toggling switch to the 2.4 GHz setting. If your controller is already powered on, you will have to press the reset/sync button located near the switch, then power the controller back on to connect.

Check to make sure your dongle is plugged in. It may simply be that you forgot to plug the dongle in, or that it isn't fully inserted into the port. Make sure that the orange light on the dongle is flashing. This is an indicator that the dongle is powered on and ready to connect to the controller.

Your controller powers on normally, but it won't connect to your device via Bluetooth.

In order to connect to a device via Bluetooth, you must first pair your controller to that device. For the Switch, the most straightforward method is to plug it into the console directly via the included USB C cable. For other devices, press and hold home and A until the controller vibrates. Then continue the pairing process through your device.

If your controller is in 2.4 GHz mode, use the same method shown for solving "Your controller is in Bluetooth mode", but set it to Bluetooth mode instead of 2.4 GHz mode. All other steps are the same.

When you boot up a GameCube game, the game seems to think that you're tilting a stick when you're not.

To fix this, power off the controller via the reset button, unplug the dongle from the GameCube or Wii, plug it back in, and reconnect the controller. This is an undetermined issue, possibly a conflict between the GameCube's software, which takes the initial position of the stick and accepts it as neutral, and the controller's hardware, which has a set neutral position. If you have a better explanation of this issue, please add it!