Nintendo Revolution will play GameCube games

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

That's what I've been trying to get at. It's a great system. When it first came out, a friend of mine would go to EB and just stare at the controller, going, "ooh," and "aah."

Except the Z button is the absolute worst placing of a button on any controller, with only the black and white buttons on the X-Box controller as an equal. It wouldn't be so bad if the L and R buttons were designed with grooves.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Except the Z button is the absolute worst placing of a button on any controller, with only the black and white buttons on the X-Box controller as an equal. It wouldn't be so bad if the L and R buttons were designed with grooves.

"Theirs a Z button?" :\

Runs off to his Gamecube and picks up one of the controllers in disbelief...

 

[Desdichado]

As I said I have big hands... The DC controller is really comfortable in my hands and the analog controller was/is picture perfect.

I have probably average sized hands for an American adult male, but it also depends on what kinds of games you tend to play. My Dreamcast games are games like Street Fighter 3 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and the DC controller really sucks for those kinds of games.

Now, when I pop in my complementary copy of Crazy Taxi, it seems to play just fine with that controller. But I don't pop in that game very often.

But most folks would tell you that the games I play almost demand an arcade stick type of controller. I don't necessarily agree, but I think the PS style controller works better than most of the others.

 

[Captain Tagon]

Except the Z button is the absolute worst placing of a button on any controller, with only the black and white buttons on the X-Box controller as an equal. It wouldn't be so bad if the L and R buttons were designed with grooves.

I do have a problem with the Z button but i've never understood why people dislike the placement of the black and white buttons. I can use them just fine in about any game I've ever played on XBox.

 

[mojo1701]

I do have a problem with the Z button but i've never understood why people dislike the placement of the black and white buttons. I can use them just fine in about any game I've ever played on XBox.

It's because you have to consciously shift your palm to access them.

 

[Captain Tagon]

It's because you have to consciously shift your palm to access them.

Yeah, I just tried on my small XBox controller and my palm doesn't move when I hit the white or black buttons. Maybe I just have a flexible thumb.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Yeah, I just tried on my small XBox controller and my palm doesn't move when I hit the white or black buttons. Maybe I just have a flexible thumb.

Ditto, fells very natural to me. (and I have big hands.)

 

[Welverin]

The white and black button... I agree but at the same time I'm not sure where to put then. (Though I like the PS2 4 shoulder buttons so that would be my first choice.)

Well as I mention here, this would seem to be the case.

If you're going to injure people, forget the controller and go straight for the system with a perfect handle: The Gamecube

Bugger that, Xbox all the way, the thing is huge and has the weight to back it up!

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Well as I mention here, this would seem to be the case.

Ohhhh!!! Nifty!

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Bugger that, Xbox all the way, the thing is huge and has the weight to back it up!

Well, sure, X-Box has the WEIGHT and SIZE going for it...but the GameCube has the handle and mace-like swingability.