• @[email protected]
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    248 months ago

    What else am I supposed to spam from all the way on the other side of the Zelda’s castle stage while you make your way over to me only for me to SD just to waste your time?

  • @[email protected]
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    177 months ago

    Am I the only one who liked the GameCube and N64 controllers? I do not understand how anyone held a 1st-gen Xbox controller and went “now THIS is my fuckin JAM” or whatever we said in 2001

    • @[email protected]
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      257 months ago

      I do not understand how anyone held a 1st-gen Xbox controller and went “now THIS is my fuckin JAM” or whatever we said in 2001

      I remember that Penny Arcade really hated them:

    • @[email protected]
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      147 months ago

      I have very large hands, so even back then, that 1st gen Xbox fattie controller was magnificent. I miss them dearly.

    • @[email protected]
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      27 months ago

      Yup, the N64 controller was good. I especially liked the use of the Z button for firing weapons in first person shooters.

      Nothing seriously wrong with the GC controller either.

  • @[email protected]
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    157 months ago

    I remember when the N64 came out. I hated the little joystick on the controller so much that I became a PC gamer instead.

  • @[email protected]
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    108 months ago

    Always hated the controller (never owned one so never got used to it) but pretty sure I remember some old smash buddies dying by the D-pad.

      • @[email protected]
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        187 months ago

        The GC controller is amazing. I like my Switch Pro and Xbox controllers for pc but neither is as good as the GC controller. It just flows perfectly.

        Except for situations when minimal distance between B and Y is required.

          • Billiam
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            117 months ago

            been the odd shape

            It always felt very ergonomic to me. Also those things could take a beating and keep on rocking.

            the use of just one shoulder bumper

            Yeah, that was a weird one. Could be the big N thought that two would be too similar to the Dualshock.

            odd choice of the analog controller base which doesn’t allow for perfect circles

            See, I miss this. I liked being able to “lock” in a direction and move exactly where I wanted to go- you didn’t have to push perfectly accurately on the stick to move in any of the eight compass directions.

            Also the nipple analog

            Remember, this was a time before the twin-stick FPS formula had been nailed down (c.f. the controls for the original Metroid Prime compared to the Switch remaster) so the C-stick was probably intended to not be used that often- just a logical evolution of the C-Buttons from the N64. Besides, who doesn’t love nipples? :-)

            Though I will give credit for the triggers. That click was always satisfying.

            Yep.

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            87 months ago

            Other than needing a left shoulder bumper (which third-party controllers using this layout for the Switch offer), I think it’s perfect. Massive primary A button with a smaller B next to it and the X/Y buttons on the shoulders of the primary button makes excellent placement to me. It’s extra useful when moving between Xbox and Nintendo since they swap the order of the buttons.

            • @[email protected]
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              77 months ago

              Yep, if Nintendo released a new console with a GCN controller with two shoulder buttons on each side, perfection would finally be achieved.

      • voxel
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        47 months ago

        kinda weird how Nintendo is against the classic smash community but still made a product that caters towards them

  • @[email protected]
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    87 months ago

    But how else would I taunt someone after falcon kneeing then off the stage in smash bros?

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    48 months ago

    It was just continuing in the finest tradition of the N64. At least the GameCube controller’s was in a position reachable by human thumbs.

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    38 months ago

    I feel like I did on a handful of games, but it’s been a hot minute since I owned a GameCube, so who knows?

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    27 months ago

    Love this controller and love the D-pad for Smash. It got used on my Wii too. I have a Pro for the Switch which is a really good controller, but it’s just not the same.