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Nintendo Made This Controller? Why Am I Not Surprised?
This controller fits like a glove...a really tight one. I am 16, and this thing is so small my thumbs overlap two or three buttons at the same time! The Z trigger is in a worthless spot, and it's not easy to use at all (Which means whenever they will make you use the trigger there will be all heck to pay)! The analog is in the right place this time (Thank god), but what's with the C analog? Why can't I just use the the L and R triggers to move the camra!?! Plus why can't I push the A button? I swear. Regardless how big that button is I can't use it right to save my life (And when playing a video game, that could be a bad thing)!Don't even ask me what we'll ever need the D-Pad for, I don't know! However this is a cool color though, so I gusse that count's for something! Otherwise I don't recomend! Nintendo has has a bad reputation with making bad controllers (N64 anyone?), and this one is no different!
a quick summary of the gamecube controller
imagine this, you're sitting in you're living room playing super smash bros. melee some 3d-esque sprite whacks you upside the head with a fan(what?)and in counterattack you dislocate you're shoulder, bend your elbow the wrong way, and break you're thumb in order to hit thelittleredbuttonyou're character jumps, bashes his skull on a support beam and diesfinall in all the buttons are misplaced, misshapen, and misused(they could use all that plastic in whiffle balls)
Great Replacement Controller
It is getting harder to find affordable official Nintendo Gamecube controllers for our old Gamecube games. I have tried countless off brand controllers for a number of game consoles and am never satisfied with the game play. This item was a lifesaver!
Nice controller, but...
The GameCube controller is very well-designed. It's really easy to figure out the right button to push. I would have put the 'Z' button on the back of the controller, like with the N64, instead of in front of the 'R' button on top of the controller. Luckily it's not used much. Otherwise, it's a very nice controller.
Inexpensive but break easily
I bought two these for the WII so my kids could play Mario Cart with the controllers, combined with my original Game Cube controllers 4 people could race at once and had a lot of fun (more fun than with the steering wheel/remote combo). The first Indigo one stopped working after about 6 months. We stopped playing the WII for awhile and then started playing again, I replaced the Indigo controller with a new official Game Cube controller so 4 of us could play again - 2 days later the other Indigo controller stopped working so I'm now back to 3 controllers... grrrr I'm going to buy another real Game Cube controllerI'd suck it up and by an official Game Cube controller, my originals still work fine.
Generic Gamecube controller
The movement stick doesn't sense when you only push it in any direction a little bit. it either goes all the way or none at all.