Topic: For those who own a Classic Controller *Important*

[Ian Sane]

"Am I some kind of horrible mutant freak that I'm the only one that can do this:"

I can do that, it's just very uncomfortable.  It's not an ergonomic way to do it.

[segagamer12]

<<Am I some kind of horrible mutant freak >>

yes but we dont mind

[UncleBob]

I dunno... it works just fine for me and has on SNES, GBA and beyond...  Heck, Genesis controllers were slanted, wern't they?

[Smoke39]

Genesis controllers also sucked.

[WuTangTurtle]

the 6 button genesis controller was pretty good, it had somewhat small buttons however but the controller was nicely fitting to your hands.

[Chozo Ghost]

Did any of you consider that this might be fixed via a firmware update?

[Saturn2888]

I'm hoping it will be, but how much is Nintendo gonna have to fix via firmware? How many patches can they actually release?

About the controls, it's more comfortable to use B and Y, that's simple and stated and fact. Also, Nintendo made the stupid decision to use B and A, something they even didn't stick w/ when using SNES games. The thing about it is though, if you use your Wiimote, then you're not gonna have to worry about B and A being hard to use on the Classic controller. The problem here lies in the fact that the Classic controller is a lot more comfortable to use than the Wiimote. The only reason you can even use the Wiimote is because people don't wanna spend another $20 on another controller that won't even add much functionality if all they're gonna buy is NES games. But the thing is, if they did buy it, they've be highly disappointed.

Just to add something extra:
For anyone that doesn't know this, Super Mario Bros. was actually designed to be played with arcade sticks, and I own some myself. Lemme tell you, the benefit for being able to use GCN controls makes it so my GCN adapters for my arcade sticks will work w/ VC games and man is it fun using the arcade sticks to play those games. It just gives them a whole new dimention, a new feeling. It does take a bit to get used to the feeling of arcade sticks, but after that, you should be good. The sticks I own are the X-Arcade Solo and Dual and the Quasimoto QuasiCON 2P  

[shrapnel09]

hey thanks for that pic unclebob, i was actually doing that with my SNES controller to try and figure a way to compensate by doing a similar method with your thumb you showed in your pic... and it didnt feel that bad. In actuality you only need the y/b setup for platform games that require you to run and jump at the same time... games like zelda and contra arnt really going to make a difference.

An interesting trick i was thinking about doing... if there isnt a 3rd party NES controller (and a good quality one) and sense the wiimote kind of sucks as an NES controller from what i heard. buy an extra classicpad... unscrew it and rotate the button chip clockwise, that way the old b will be y, and the old a will be b. and there you have a nice cheated y/b setup.

What you think?