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Faxanadu on 31 January 2008

Nintendo has efficiently opened a new revenue source for themselves. Granted peripherals (especially controllers) have always been sold separately. But not like whats happening now. Case:

WiiMote - you get one with the wii. including a nunchuck. but then for four player games, you need 3 more wiimotes. and 3 more nunchucks. which are sold separately.

VC games - for VC games, you need the VC controller. And maybe more than one for multiplayer games.

WiiBoard - to play WiiFit, you gotta buy a WiiBoard. simple as that

SSBB - Best played with the GC controller. You dont have any left? feel free to buy a new one. or four for that matter, as you wanna brawl against friends.

TOTAL: One wii needs for full enjoyment: 3 extra WiiMotes, 3 extra Nunchucks, 4 ClassicContollers, 1 WiiBoard and now 4 GC controlles.

All in all 15 peripherals for the price of about 1 PS3.

Enjoy your games. 



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kirby007 on 31 January 2008

classic controller =/= gamecube controller ??



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fazz on 31 January 2008

A GC controller can work as a classic one, but a classic one can't work as a GC one... or something like that.



kirby007 on 31 January 2008
fazz said:
A GC controller can work as a classic one, but a classic one can't work as a GC one... or something like that.

I think it is the other way around =]



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jlauro on 31 January 2008

It depends on the game. Most games that support the classic controller will also support a gamecube controller, but the buttons are in different places, etc... so, for some games GC is better, and for other classic is better.

I see little need for gamecube controllers + classic controllers to be > 4.



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jlauro on 31 January 2008
kirby007 said:
fazz said:
A GC controller can work as a classic one, but a classic one can't work as a GC one... or something like that.

I think it is the other way around =]


 It's really VC game specific, but I think fazz had it right.  I don't think you can use a classic controller to play gamecube games, so by far GC game requirements > games that require classic.   (Although there are plenty of VC games that the original layout better matches classic than GC).

 

 



stranne on 31 January 2008

Not really a fair comparision. Of course you need four controllers to play four players. The same on the PS3. And Wii Fit shouldn't be in there at all. The Balance Board is the whole (almost, jogging might work) point of Wii Fit.



jlauro on 31 January 2008

Actually, you need 4 balance boards for multi-player Skii races and dance games, etc... Why settle for just 1 balance board in your controller collection?



Gamerace on 31 January 2008

Don't forget you need 2 gunshells with Link's Crossbow training, and 4 wheel shells for Mario Kart.



 

Faxanadu on 31 January 2008

@Gamerace: Thats the spirit, keep it coming.

I think they should sell a "WiiCupBoard" where you can neatly store all the stuff...



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