Where to Buy Skylanders Giants MiniPro EX Wired Controller for XBOX 360

Description

Control your favorite Skylanders! Compact design keeps you comfortable during long adventures!

Features

• Dual Rumble
• Chat Headset Port
• Illuminated action and bumper buttons
• 9.8 ft/3m Cable
• Comes in orange and blue

Customer Reviews

Solid controller for kids - 8 out 10
Ragamuffin

Got this for my 5 year old son to play Skylanders with. We have the blue one and it's my first experience with a wired Xbox 360 controller. This is our third Power A controller (we have used two of their Power Pack Mini Wii controllers for the last two years to great success).I used it myself for around a four hour gaming session (Skyrim) to make sure it was responsive before turning it over to him. Overall, it's a solid 8/10 controller. The thumbsticks are generally responsive and smooth. I can feel the slightest resistance pushing "Up" with the left thumbstick. Like I'm feeling the mechanisms rubbing inside the housing. It's very slight though and I usually forget about it unless I'm really paying attention to it.The light up feature is very cool and my son loves it. You click a button on the back to light up the four colored face buttons and the shoulder buttons. Face buttons feel good, as do the triggers.My one gripe is that the shoulder buttons are too "clicky." I much prefer the "smooshy" feel of the regular Xbox controller's shoulder buttons. I've been using Dragon Shouts in Skyrim for 180 hours and suddenly switching to the Microcontroller was an adjustment. You really need to push it in the center of the shoulder button, and not just tap the corner of it. I think it might actually be too tough for my 5 year old son to do that, but you don't use the shoulder buttons in Skylanders so it's not an issue right now.One thing I didn't realize about having a wired controller connected to the Xbox. It will ALWAYS be Controller 1, even if you turn on your system using another wireless controller using the center guide button. And you can't "turn off" the controller or else it will power down the whole system. My son doesn't have the coordination to plug it into the USB port in front of the Xbox behind the hidden door, so we pretty much leave it in all the time, which means I'm constantly having to turn off the Xbox after I start it up with my regular controller, unplug his and then restart the Xbox with my wireless controller.And of course, I forget to re-plug his wired controller in all the time when I'm done, and God forbid my wife learns how to plug in the USB controller, which often results in an angry phone call to me at 3:00PM from her that usually goes like this, "Why the @$#! can't you remember to plug it in before you got to bed," followed by, "How the @#!$ is this supposed to go in again?" Even though I've showed her like 10 times now how to do it.Overall though, I would buy this controller again and recommend it to anyone with small children (or small girlfriends/wives). :) Read more ›

Great controller!
W. Steele

I got this for my 7 year old daughter and I have to say I would rather use this controller too! It is the right size for smaller hands. It has lights that light up the buttons and has generally been a joy to use.

Awesome!
Shilder

Received the blue controller! Great for kids small hands, light up buttons and graphic designs make it easy to win over kids!