Wii U controller

[silvertone]

do 8 fat gamers even fit in a room.........

i think there is only 1 sort of fat guy i play w/ when i play multi player games

[PLEASEHELP1991]

i think there is only 1 sort of fat guy i play w/ when i play multi player games

are they all aznbodybuilders

[bluaki]

I think an octagon guide around a joystick is rather useful because it helps with going straight in one of the primary directions

But I guess most cases where that would be particularly useful are probably better served by using the d-pad instead. The Wii U controller does make the d-pad more easily accessible than the Gamecube and Wii controllers do.

[Hiro]

I think an octagon guide around a joystick is rather useful because it helps with going straight in one of the primary directions

But I guess most cases where that would be particularly useful are probably better served by using the d-pad instead.

the times i think the 8-gate is useful is in fighting games and for that i like it plus it just feels better to me but idc that much

The Wii U controller does make the d-pad more easily accessible than the Gamecube and Wii controllers do.

how so

[Thyme]

how so

the placement is okay on the wiimote imo

but yeah it felt weird on the gamecube controller

[spoiler]but not as weird as the c-stick [/spoiler]

[bluaki]

the placement is okay on the wiimote imo

Using the d-pad instead of the joystick essentially completely changes your controller, with losing two buttons, making two more awkward to use, and making the IR camera unusable, practically reverting to an NES controller which is in some ways actually less comfortable to use. This is not at all comparable to PS/Xbox/3DS/WiiU where your left thumb can easily (in the middle of gameplay) switch between analogue stick and d-pad for movement with your right hand remaining over the face buttons.

I'd say that counts as weird placement

The N64 controller also had quite a bit of weirdness for switching between joystick and d-pad from moving the entire left hand (with resulting problems of balance/symmetry and silly appearance), but at least it uses the same face buttons for both and the d-pad itself is decent unlike the ones on gamecube/360

but not as weird as the c-stick

What was so weird about the c-stick? I think it was better than Gamecube's d-pad and was generally used much more in games.

[strongbad]

i agree with hiro with the fact that it should be shaped more like a gcn controller
       
how else are we supposed to play smash bros?

[silvertone]

playing ssb. with 2 ppl... future of nintendo

[strongbad]

playing ssb. with 2 ppl... future of nintendo

1v1 is my preferred way of playing smash
so maybe nintendo is finally doing something right

[Samus Aran]

1v1 is my preferred way of playing smash
so maybe nintendo is finally doing something right

you're awful

[ME##]

i agree with hiro with the fact that it should be shaped more like a gcn controller
       
how else are we supposed to play smash bros?

probably by using a gamecube controller anyway

[Hiro]

probably by using a gamecube controller anyway

i think they said the gamecube stuff is removed this time around

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i think they said the gamecube stuff is removed this time around

ugh, that's another problem

[ME##]

i think they said the gamecube stuff is removed this time around

but i thought the new backward compatibility rules stated that you skipped the most recent generation to support 

[Kalahari Inkantation]

but i thought the new backward compatibility rules stated that you skipped the most recent generation to support 

i would honestly be pleasantly surprised if the other consoles had backwards compatibility with physical games at all, even if it skipped the most recent generation