Topic: classic controller

[TrueNerd]

Hopefully the second stick on the controller is a stroke of forward thinking by Nintendo as they plan to make some new games for the VC that utilize it. That's the only logic I can come up with.  

[Kairon]

I think the second stick on the controller is there so that the VC is forward compatible with GC games, and that Nintendo will eventually not manufacture GC controllers anymore such that you will use VC controllers?

~Carmine M. Red
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[Ian Sane]

I just thought of a potential reason as for why the classic controller looks like it does.  It isn't really an ideal VC controller but as a standard controller for a new console it would be a good design.  Maybe it's a backup plan.  For the Wii to succeed the remote has to be accepted.  Yet there have been impressions that talk about lag, uncomfortable button layout, and things working goofy with certain lights.  There is the possibility that the remote control might not take off.  Then Nintendo would be totally screwed.  However if that happened they could always turn the classic controller into the standard controller and get by with that until next gen when they try something new again.  Now losing the remote would take away what seperates the Wii from the competing consoles but it's just a backup plan in case the remote is a total Virtual Boy style disaster.

[JonLeung]

Given Nintendo's confidence in it and a lot of people hyped up about the Wii just because of the WiiPointer alone, I certainly hope Ian's scenario is unlikely.  I guess it never hurts to have a backup plan, but I think few people could have seen the classic controller as being that.

It's not as likely as when Nintendo called the DS a "third pillar" just in case it bombed so that it wouldn't drag the successful Game Boy name down with it.  And we know what happened there...

[vudu]

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
I just thought of a potential reason as for why the classic controller looks like it does. ... Maybe it's a backup plan.  For the Wii to succeed the remote has to be accepted.  ...  There is the possibility that the remote control might not take off.  Then Nintendo would be totally screwed.  However if that happened they could always turn the classic controller into the standard controller and get by with that until next gen when they try something new again.

Only one problem with that; the classic controller plugs into the remote.  Without the remote the classic controller is useless.  Therefore, it's can't be a replacement, only a suppliment.  Although, you could argue that Nintendo could release a classic controller that interfaces directly with the Wii system.

[Ian Sane]

"Only one problem with that; the classic controller plugs into the remote. Without the remote the classic controller is useless. Therefore, it's can't be a replacement, only a suppliment. Although, you could argue that Nintendo could release a classic controller that interfaces directly with the Wii system."

I figure they would release a slight variation that doesn't need the remote but people with remotes can use the original classic model.  The important thing is that the Wii is designed to accept input from the classic controller so it can recognize twin analog sticks, four face buttons, etc.

[Kairon]

Third parties could always release an independent wireless VC controller.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

[King of Twitch]

"Without the remote the classic controller is useless"

That is a bit of a problem for new gamers who buy a wii, but it seems Cube owners have a decided advantage here.


Classic solution: 4 CCs ($80) + 3 remotes ($120) which people will buy eventually = $200

Wavebird/Cubetroller solution: 4 at $100-140 (for Cube owners will probably be $0) + 3 remotes = $220-260

4 potentially wireless CCs at (speculative) $25 + 3 remotes ($120)  = $220

Maybe it was a good deal after all.