8BitDo is celebrating the Nintendo 64’s 30th anniversary with new versions of two of its most popular accessories. It is giving the Retro 87 Mechanical Keyboard and Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller a translucent blue makeover inspired by the classic console.
The new “Clear Blue” editions were initially announced in China. However, both products are also heading to the US, where they’re priced at $99.99 and $59.99 respectively.
The Retro 87 Mechanical Keyboard leans heavily into Nintendo 64 nostalgia. Alongside its translucent blue shell, it features yellow arrow keys modelled after the N64 controller’s iconic C-buttons. Meanwhile, the A, B and Start keys borrow the same blue, green and red colour scheme as the original gamepad.
Beyond the retro styling, the keyboard retains the same feature set as the standard model. That includes an aluminium plate, hot-swappable PCB and 8BitDo’s Cloud Gray linear switches. These were developed in partnership with HUANO. It supports Bluetooth, 2.4GHz wireless and wired connectivity. Moreover, it works with Windows and Android, and can be customised through the company’s Ultimate Software V2.
The keyboard also ships with two matching Super Buttons, though unlike some previous special editions, these aren’t wireless.
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The Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller receives a similar treatment. It combines a translucent blue top shell with coloured ABXY buttons and grey thumbsticks. Also, a translucent white lower shell closely resembles some of the Nintendo 64’s most recognisable colour variants.
Thankfully, the cosmetic refresh doesn’t come at the expense of features. The controller still includes TMR thumbsticks, RGB lighting rings, a six-axis motion sensor and a 1000Hz polling rate. This rate applies when used in wired or 2.4GHz wireless mode. Furthermore, compatibility extends across Windows, Android, SteamOS and Apple devices.
While 8BitDo regularly releases game-themed accessories, this marks the first Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller designed around a console rather than a specific title.
The Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller N64 Edition is available now. Meanwhile, the Retro 87 Mechanical Keyboard N64 Edition is scheduled to launch on August 14, with pre-orders already open through 8BitDo’s online store.
Gemini can suggest Drive file moves and new folders.
Organize My Files requires Workspace or Google AI access.
The tool is useful but still feels limited and unfinished.
I’m an Apple person. I’ve owned an iPhone since 2007 and a Mac since before that, so of course I’m also a longtime user of iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive. I pay $10 a month for the 2TB iCloud+ plan because I have 488GB of data sitting there, including nearly 40,000 photos. Don’t judge me. The real problem is that I’m also a heavy Google user, specifically Workspace apps.
After 14 years of using Google Drive, I have 340GB of data stored there from all the Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Gmail messages I’ve created, not to mention file uploads. So I pay $20 a month for Google AI Pro, which gives me 5TB of storage and access to Gemini AI. And because, apparently, I need all the subscriptions, I also pay $20 a month for ChatGPT Plus.
I need to cut subscriptions
I know… I need to cut subscription costs somewhere. I’ve wondered whether I should cancel ChatGPT or somehow, some way, reduce my Google usage enough to stop paying for extra Drive storage. Realistically, I do not think I could ever get my data down to the 15GB Google gives me for free. My Drive has become so daunting that I’ve mostly stopped trying to manage it.
The funny part is that I am hyper-organized. My pantry has coordinated glass jars with labels. My daughter’s toy room has a place for everything. My Google Drive, though? A dumping ground. What can I say? Pre-parenthood Elyse was not so organized.
Because my Drive has never been in a good place, I have let files, photos, screenshots, PDFs, tax documents, drafts, downloads, and random digital debris accumulate with no real oversight for years. I keep putting off cleaning it.
Recently, I had the idea that some AI service could connect to my Drive and help me quickly organize it with a few clicks. Then I remembered my Drive includes things like my house deed, a copy of my will, and my LLC business details, and suddenly giving a random third-party company broad access to my personal data felt like too much to bear.
So here we are. My Drive is still messy, and my subscriptions are still multiplying. Joy. I sure do love that in this economy.
Can ‘Organize My Files’ declutter my Drive?
But today I spotted a quiet little launch from Google: its “Organize My Files” feature is now available. Can Gemini actually, truly help me declutter, organize, and simplify my Drive now? Apparently, it uses Gemini AI to suggest moving loose files in Drive into existing folders or creating new folders for related files. And I get to review everything before anything moves.
If this works, maybe one day I can move my data out of Drive and cancel my Google AI Pro plan for good. Maybe. One day.
How Organize My Files works
What you’ll need: A Google account with a messy-as-hell Drive. Oh, and Google’s “Organize My Files” feature is currently limited to Google Workspace and Google AI subscribers. Workspace smart features must also be enabled for it to appear in Drive.
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Look toward the top of the file and folder list in My Drive for a new button called “Suggest File Moves.” Google said it will appear in My Drive as well as in parent folders in Drive.
Clicking Suggest File Moves opens a new Organize My Files window, where Gemini will begin analyzing loose files and suggesting ways to clean them up.
It’s time to use the checkboxes to select or deselect any file or folder that Gemini served up.
Also, if a suggested folder name is weird, just rename it. Check destinations for folders, too. If they aren’t right, change the target. Once the suggestions do look right and you’re happy, approve the changes.
Gemini will then perform the file or folder moves in one batch and return to My Drive.
After all that, Gemini suggested 19 moves for me. Nineteen. And it mostly surfaced recent files I had created or uploaded.
Some of the suggestions made sense. Gemini wanted to move my resume and a couple of resumes I had helped family members create into an existing resume folder. It also suggested creating a new Family and Real Estate folder for house deed documents, plus a Travel Planning folder for upcoming summer trip itineraries I have stored in Drive. But one of the files it grouped under Travel Planning was literally called “Delete,” because it’s a doc I want to delete. Gemini did not realize that, nor did it suggest deleting it.
To be clear, I have hundreds of gigabytes of data and years of clutter sitting in Google Drive.
Still, I approved the changes Gemini recommended. For the heck of it, I ran the tool again. In about 30 seconds, it suggested the same thing: the same file moves, the same new folders, and the same changes it had just made. This feels half-baked.
It’s not at all the sweeping cleanup assistant for Drive that I was hoping for and need. Maybe it will get better over time. It did just come out of beta, and it’s possible Google will improve how Gemini scans Drive, prioritizes older files, recognizes obvious trash, and surfaces deeper organization suggestions. I just don’t want to have to click it 500 times, hoping it finds something new each time.
Looks like I’m still stuck with a messy Drive and a $20 AI Pro subscription… for now.
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