The N64 Controller's Tri-Handle Layout Revisited From a Modern Perspective

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Ganoncrotch said:

killeryoshis said:
I never grew up with an N64(I have played it though). It was always a weird system to me. Nintendo did a good job with their games on using it but when it came to third party game it always felt "off". Like the game had to adapt to the controller rather than the other way around. Also out of all the Nintendo controllers, it was definitely the weirdest controller. If you look at the controller evolution from NES to GC. It seemed like the N64 controller was out of place.

Anyway I think the controller worked best with 3D platformers and rail shooters like Starfox.

if you stop at the GC that means you're comparing it to the NES, SNES and GC? The NES / Master system choice to go with a rectangle of pain was something I could never understand even at the time, it just so clearly should have been rounded off at the edges, they served no purpose other than to inflict pain.

But yeah if you compare it to basically the SNES and GC pads then the N64 one does stand out.... most certainly doesn't stand out when you add in the WiiMote or the WiiU Gamepad though, those things are far less traditional controller than the N64 could ever have hoped to be.

What are you doing? Squeezing the controllers really hard? =P

I never had issues with the NES controller except for maybe a few finger blisters from the buttons.

Personally, I prefer the rectangular feeling to the rounded countrollers; especially the Gamecube's which forces your hands to conform to something made for smaller hands, and it gets crampy on certain games, like Mario Kart.