Some gamers can just never quite find the exact control scheme that they need for some games. Well now you will never have to suffer that again with the XCM Remapper. The 
remapper sits between your Xbox 360 controller and console and it does exactly that, remaps buttons, however you want. The only button that can’t be remapped is the Guide button, all others can be move literally anywhere you want. Want to invert the X-axis on a control stick? You can do that, how about switching sticks? Yes, that’s quite simple as well.
At the heart of the unit is a big saucer-sized control pad with gives you a set of input and output micro-switches and a central program switch. Remapping a button or stick is as simple as this:
- Press the program button.
- Press the button on the silver side (input) that you want to move.
- Press the button the gold side (output) that you want to move it to.
- Press the program button again (to end programming mode.
For example, I wanted two switch the sticks for a dual-stick shooter. I pressed P (program) then the silver RC (right control stick) then the gold LC (left control stick) and P to finish. With most dual-stick shooters that would have locked my shooting to the direction I was moving so I again pressed P then the silver LC, the gold RC and P again to finish swapping the sticks left to right. You can also do multiple remappings during one programming session. I split this one for demonstration purposes but you could press a silver then a gold then a silver then a gold before hitting P a
gain.
I have to say, through no fault of the unit, that made gaming quite difficult. So I switched them back. This really comes in handy with the Xbox Indie games as many do not have reconfigurable controls. Most first-person shooters allow for some customization of the controls now but for those that don’t, this will allow you to play every single game with the exact same control setup and that is pretty slick.
There are some things missing, for example, there are no save slots whatsoever, so every time you want to play a game or switch games you will need to reconfigure the pad. Then again, you might just need this for a couple games that have a standard control scheme that you want to edit. That would be quite easy. But really, this unit would benefit from some internal, battery and memory along with some simple save 
slots.
An added bonus of the unit is that it adds about three and a half feet of length to the USB cable, so if you never seem to have enough cable you will with this.
All in all the XCM Remapper is a pretty slick piece of gear. It will certainly make your gaming better when you can quickly setup the controls exactly how you want them. No longer will you be tied to the hand-cramping controls of the developers. This works great if you’re left-handed and really want to switch the controls up. Some of us lefties have played so long with the standard configuration that it just wouldn’t feel right to switch it around
