Topic: Controller Evolution: Is It Necessary?

[Spak-Spang]

Actually I should amend that I think the Wii Controller has the potential to be the Best of any controller played.  And I don't mean the Wii Controller with all its special attachments...just the Wii Controller and the analog attachment.

[wandering]

Hmm. Some good points, but I'm not sure I could really compare controllers for 3d games to controllers for 2d games.

Anyway, my favorite controllers, for 3d games, are as follows: GameCube -> Xbox 360 -> N64 -> Dual Shock -> Xbox type-s -> Xbox hugeotron -> Dreamcast.

The cube controller works very well for me. But then, I'm as tunnel-visioned as Nintendo. Capcom vs. SNK? What's that?

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Dreamcast was great

Have you used one recently? I had fond memories of the thing, but then I played with it recently and dear god does it suck.

[Galford]

Playing Capcom vs SNK 2 really did suck on the GC.
Even playing KI Gold on the N64 was easier on the hands then the Cube's version of CVS 2.

One reason I think the Dual Shock design hasn't changed much is it's based on the SNES controller, one
of the best controllers of all time.  I just don't like the evenly placed analog sticks, the GC does analog a lot
better.

[IceCold]

I'll always love the GameCube controller, and how it moulded perfectly into my hands, making me want to keep playing..

The Dual Shock, on the other hand, is horrible. Just absolutely, positively, horrible.. From the awkward design to how uncomfortable it felt, to those damn too-smooth, too-loose umbrella analogue sticks in the non dominant position with them also being used as buttons, to the awful shoulder button layout to the split D-Pad to those bloody shapes on the face buttons! Ugh..

[KnowsNothing]

IceCold almost has every reason why DualShock sucks, he just missed "analog face buttons."  Too damn mushy!

The wost part has to be the D-Pad.  Jesus that thing kills my thumb.

[Shin Gallon]

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane

The Cube control still wins point for comfort though.  It melted in your hand and for Nintendo games it was awesome.  It just sucked for stuff like Capcom vs. SNK 2.

I agree completely.
Though really, for Capcom fighting games, anything but a Saturn pad or an arcade stick sucks.

[Spak-Spang]

I think the SNES pad worked beautiful with Capcom Fighters.  I thought the shoulder buttons worked very well to make it easy for finding the face buttons for doing the quicker combos, and pressing the strong attacks to finish combos, and to do bigger hits.

[Hocotate]

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Originally posted by: IceCold
The Dual Shock, on the other hand, is horrible. Just absolutely, positively, horrible.. From the awkward design to how uncomfortable it felt, to those damn too-smooth, too-loose umbrella analogue sticks in the non dominant position with them also being used as buttons, to the awful shoulder button layout to the split D-Pad to those bloody shapes on the face buttons! Ugh..

I agree completely. Dual Shock is the worst controller I have ever used. I had to buy a Saturn controller for my PS2 just to tolerate the system. My order of best to worst controllers:

N64, Saturn, SNES, GCN, DC, NES, Atari, 360, XBX, PSX/2

Wii will probably replace the 64 as #1, but I'll wait till I actually play it lol.

[Galford]

Rhoq, is your avatar Peter from Dawn of the Dead?