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brani on 14 December 2008

currently using this...

the built of it is good and it feels better than 3rd party ones



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mike_intellivision on 14 December 2008

It could be these controllers did things in a unique way that was not "by the book" but worked.

They don't function on the Wii because they can no longer use the tricks that made them work well on the GC.

In other words, it is akin to some software not being able to be fully functional on a new OS, even when the new OS fully and flawlessly emulates the old OS.

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PPS -- Always take out batteries when not playing them for a long time. I forgot to to that with one controller (wireless N64 by Docs) and now it is pretty much useless.



      


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O-D-C on 14 December 2008
Grey Acumen said:
twesterm said:

Not to sound like a jerk but I either just don't believe you or think there's something else to the story you aren't telling or are missing.

I mean really, why would Nintendo suddenly say fuck all those other controllers out there, you're only using ours!

Ok, well, yes that would mean more accessory sales but then that would rank as one of the dumber decisions ever made. I'm sure if this were actually the case we would see more than one random forum post about it.

-edit-

And yeah, the Wavebird is the only Gamecube controller you should have.

-edit #2-

And before you get angry, answer me this:

  1. What would this really get Nintendo in the long run if this were the case?  Remember, they're already swimming in money.
  2. If true, why isn't this story on every gaming blog?

Well, lets face it twesterm, who here has bothered using their gamecube after getting a Wii? and how many people have enough faith in 3rd party GC controllers to actually question it if they suddenly stopped working?

Heck, I got rid of my Gamecube a long time ago and the 3rd party controls went with it, I never even tried them in the Wii that i can recall.

Plus, there are a bunch of different 3rd party controllers, it's entirely possible that the specific off brand that Kyliedog has simply wasn't properly designed to work on the Wii. most recent controllers probably don't have this issue though.

 

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Grey Acumen on 14 December 2008
O-D-C said:
Grey Acumen said:

Well, lets face it twesterm, who here has bothered using their gamecube after getting a Wii? and how many people have enough faith in 3rd party GC controllers to actually question it if they suddenly stopped working?

Me

Why?

 



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ctk495 on 15 December 2008

This reminds me that I need to get a new GC controller.



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nordlead on 15 December 2008

3rd party controllers do work on the Wii. (my brother has a 3rd party wireless GC controller)

Odds are the wii is slightly tighter on the specs for controller signals, and the 3rd party controllers messed up on them just enough for the Wii to not recognize them, but the GC does.




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SnesTea on 15 December 2008
Grey Acumen said:
O-D-C said:
Grey Acumen said:

Well, lets face it twesterm, who here has bothered using their gamecube after getting a Wii? and how many people have enough faith in 3rd party GC controllers to actually question it if they suddenly stopped working?

Me

Why?

 

 

Same reason I did/do. Wii takes too long to load up games and if you have a GCN disc in the Wii, it doesn't automatically read it so you can start playing.



Makepeacefox on 15 December 2008

I've had some problems getting my third party wireless Gamecube controller to work on my Wii but only as player 1. It works perfectly well in the other player ports. Dunno why this is?

@ KylieDog; Do your controllers work in any other the other ports?



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sethnintendo on 15 December 2008
Snesboy said:
Grey Acumen said:
O-D-C said:
Grey Acumen said:

Well, lets face it twesterm, who here has bothered using their gamecube after getting a Wii? and how many people have enough faith in 3rd party GC controllers to actually question it if they suddenly stopped working?

Me

Why?

 

 

Same reason I did/do. Wii takes too long to load up games and if you have a GCN disc in the Wii, it doesn't automatically read it so you can start playing.

 

You forgot about the all mighty GBA player for the GCN!!!!  One reason why I recently set my GCN up again.



Son1x on 15 December 2008

I have 3 different controllers and they all work. First is the official one, one from Speed Link and another (well 2 atm) from Hong Kong for 1$ + shipping.



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