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Phenomajp13 on 23 September 2025
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Pemalite said:
Soundwave said:

PC beat Nintendo actually.
I used to play Mechwarrior (1989) via MS-DOS (Pre-Microsoft Windows) with a analogue stick, granted I had to map the digital input to it and games like Wing Commander (1990) embraced it.

But for consoles, Nintendo 64 was ahead of the curve, but the dual-stick (Gamecube, OG Xbox, PS2) later proved to be the best solution anyway over the single stick the N64 had.

A lot of the Nintendo 64's ideas later laid the foundation for the Gamecube, but the Gamecube refined it... Many of which are ideas that still exist in Nintendo's consoles generations later. (Two sticks in an asymmetrical layout for example.)

And the Switch 2 is basically just a Switch Pro, but with a generational jump in SoC and regressions in other areas. (Display, Battery etc')

GameCube refined the ideas so well that Nintendo completely abandoned them the following generation with Wii lol. That's how bad of a platform GC was and PS/Xb is responsible for dual analog. It was such a failure, Nintendo changed their business model.

You romantizing GC is hilarious because Nintendo borderline abandoned nearly everthing about it. GC had pressure sensitive shoulder buttons (forgot what they are called) and Nintendo abandoned them lol. Gamecube's c stick was hardly a thumb stick, that little nub was horrible with no ridges for grip like tge actual thumbstick. The face buttons were made to be easily accessible next to each other with an oversived A button next to x and y buttons shaped around it along with a tiny b button. Nintendo never did this again lol. GC isn't responsible at all for what Nintendo does today, that's just plain another bad take about Nintendo from you along with your mistake of Galaxy games being GC games lol and Nintendo should copy anything MS does lol, something you said before. SNES is responsible for what we have today along with PS/Xb refinements of today's controllers. Nintendo themselves hinted at SNES being the inspiration for the joy cons (turn them sideways) during the Switch presentation. They mention GC being responsible for... the handle lol. They hardly acknowledge GC has major inspiration at all with todays platforms and literally couldn't think of anything better to say about GC besides its handle that isnt on any other platform. Its clear you arent much of a Nintendo fan because you would know alot of this and spread way too much misinformation. How about pay better attention to Nintendo to learn instead of pushing your agenda with misinformation. PS literally took a SNES controller and added dual analog and dual rumble, PS has been arguably the biggest contributer to today's console controllers and all they did was double everything the SNES controller has. No one at Sony looked at the GC controller and went that's a great idea lol.

I hope Nintendo continues to operate via ignoring euthiasts because clearly they genuinely know nothing as proven by all the Switch 2 hate. Euthiasts will romantize Nintendo's worst performing platforms like GC and hate on the successful ones like Wii, Switch, and Switch 2 lmao. Why in the world would Nintendo or anyone listen to individuals like that? I mean apparently Switch 2 is a Switch pro when most Pro consoles are not allowed to play games not playable on the original. Switch 2 is literally getting games Switch would have never gotten. Switch 2's library will be so much better its not even comparable.

Last edited by Phenomajp13 - on 23 September 2025