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highwaystar101 on 02 March 2009

Oh come on, everyone who is saying Dualshock or N64 (have you ever used the N64 pad, it's genious) You are not counting this pad, the atari jaguar, it weas so bad that it was epic...

 



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Bursche on 02 March 2009

Best: Gamecube
Worst: Original Xbox



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sparkit34 on 02 March 2009

I think the best controller is the Wiimote. It just feels right, and felt right the minute i first toughed it. I also love having my two hand separated.

I do think the nunchunck could be better. I believe the C and Z buttons should have been moved slightly to the right so that they could be tapped with the tips of your fingers, and i would have made changes to the analogue stick as it can get quite uncomfortable after long hours. I would also attach Wii motion plus to the thing. I.e. Nintendo really needs to come out with a new nunchuck.

I never got into any controller with two analogue sticks. I just don't have the level of orientation to cope, which is why i abandoned the gaming community for a couple of generations.

Ps. The DS controls are simply brilliant and i do not understand why no publisher has tried to incorporate DS controls into a Wii game.



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twesterm on 02 March 2009
Ascended_Saiyan3 said:
twesterm said:

Best: Gamecube, XBox 360
Worst: SIXAXIS, N64

Gamecube-- just an all around awesome controller. It was odd but accessing each button was super easy and natural. The only downside was that it didn't have four triggers.

XBox 360-- Huge improvement over the original Xbox controller because of the size alone. It does have the worst d-pad in the history of controllers but luckily not a lot of games need an accurate D-Pad anymore. The goods are the analog stick placement, weight, size, and the triggers are the best around.

SIXAXIS-- About the only good thing about this controller was the D-Pad. SIXAXIS tilt controler is nearly worthless, it feels like a cheap toy due to the weight, it has no rumble, and the triggers are terrible.

N64-- Interesting design but not at all comfortable or convenient.

I guess you didn't grow up with the PS1 and PS2 (basically the same controller), or maybe you should add the PS1/PS2 controller with the Sixaxis contoller.

 

 

Did you even read what I wrote or did you stop at SIXA- in a blind rage that someone said something bad about anything Sony?

If you bothered to read what I wrote you would have noticed that all my complaints don't have anything to do with what makes the duelshocks controllers not suck as much.



 

mexitalrish on 02 March 2009

my fav is a tie between n64 and 360. my least favorite is the ps1/2 controller. it jst never has felt comfortable to me. one of the reasons i never wanted to buy a playstation. wouldn't have bought the 360 is i didn't like the controller