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9031 | 65.25% |
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| Waluigi |
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1603 | 11.58% |
| Waa |
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748 | 5.40% |
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It looks stupid, but there are far worse controllers out there in terms of function and ergonomics.
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Oct 2, 2012 19:54
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Wikipedia Brown posted:It looks stupid, but there are far worse controllers out there in terms of function and ergonomics. Come on... 
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Oct 2, 2012 19:56
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That thing is awesome. wu tang wu tang wu tang wu tang  The finest controller ever produced.
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Oct 2, 2012 19:58
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zenintrude posted:Come on... That's one's pretty lame compared to... 
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Oct 2, 2012 19:59
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Wikipedia Brown posted:That thing is awesome.
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Oct 2, 2012 20:00
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Wikipedia Brown posted:That thing is awesome. You'll be glad/horrified to know that 29 people have purchased this controller recently. 
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Oct 2, 2012 20:07
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Detective No. 27 posted:That's one's pretty lame compared to... I hope that tail is soft and bendy, otherwise I guess it'll ruing your crotch if you sit with it in your lap.
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Oct 2, 2012 20:46
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Honestly wasn't THAT bad. The d-pad/analog stick switch was probably the single worst thing about it. But I have normal hands that loved the GC one but couldn't stand the Xbox controller. Iacen posted:I hope that tail is soft and bendy, otherwise I guess it'll ruing your crotch if you sit with it in your lap.
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Oct 2, 2012 20:48
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Honestly wasn't THAT bad. The d-pad/analog stick switch was probably the single worst thing about it. The thing that makes the Gamecube controller difficult to use is that many games don't use the analog triggers, and want want you to simply press them down all the way. While it's not much more effort than any other controller, using the Game Boy Player or playing games that required R and L button pressing really often were quickly tiring.
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Oct 2, 2012 20:52
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zenintrude posted:Yes...
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Oct 2, 2012 20:57
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Please you guys don't even know about bad controllers.  
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Oct 2, 2012 21:18
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I saw that chainsaw controller at Gamestop back when it came out. How are you supposed to hold it? 
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Oct 2, 2012 21:26
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japtor posted:The Classic Controller had analog shoulder buttons with a bit of travel and a click at the bottom like GC triggers. edit-someone made a nerdy video proof of it...two months ago drat, I don't even remember that on the regular CC but I dropped it so quick with the release of MH3 and gave it away so I'm not surprised. Mill Village posted:I saw that chainsaw controller at Gamestop back when it came out. How are you supposed to hold it? The two handles I think? The black one and the regular chainsaw one. It's absolutely retarded.
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Oct 2, 2012 21:39
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Mill Village posted:I saw that chainsaw controller at Gamestop back when it came out. How are you supposed to hold it?
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Oct 2, 2012 21:41
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Mill Village posted:I saw that chainsaw controller at Gamestop back when it came out. How are you supposed to hold it? No idea but I'm getting the impression it's like a pseudo-arcade stick.
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Oct 2, 2012 21:41
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big mean giraffe posted:They've been around longer than just this generation. They've been around for longer, but games rarely used them until this generation.
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Oct 2, 2012 21:42
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PonchAxis posted:Please you guys don't even know about bad controllers. Yeah, Hori is a treasure trove of bizarre controllers, like the katana one (for Muso 3? Is that Dynasty Warriors from Koei?). They also made the Dragon Quest Slime controller (with an easily disconnected cable...). For the Dragon Quest hack and slash Wii game, they made this controller:  They were apparently inspired by Wii's split controllers to make this PS controller.  While I couldn't find any photos, they also made a custom PS2 controller with a tiny stand attached so a player could have her budgie sit on the controller while she played. (Famitsu special: Couldn't find photos.) Hori also tried to make controllers with hair. (Like the stubbly stuff that used to pass as hair on GI Joe figures from long ago.) Apparently that was a disaster. "In about thirty minutes, the controllers looked tragic." But that didn't discourage them from making prototypes for all consoles and testing repeatedly.
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Oct 2, 2012 22:28
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I'm really curious to try that split controller. That's one aspect of the Wiimote that I liked.
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Oct 2, 2012 22:39
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I'd love to read a thread about weird controllers.
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Oct 2, 2012 22:39
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:I'm really curious to try that split controller. That's one aspect of the Wiimote that I liked. In college we toyed with the concept as applied to a traditional keyboard, cut in half.
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Oct 2, 2012 22:41
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Chronojam posted:In college we toyed with the concept as applied to a traditional keyboard, cut in half. 
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Oct 2, 2012 22:45
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Oh, that's neat. We just realized one day that while you're laying in bed or slouching in a comfy chair, your hands are often in strange not-together positions.
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Oct 2, 2012 22:46
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You think those are crazy, wait till you see the next thing coming from Nintendo:
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Oct 2, 2012 22:49
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They should have taken the opportunity to get rid of face buttons and put them on either the handle of the controller or make them into levers or triggers of some kind.
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Oct 2, 2012 22:54
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Speaking of controllers, here's a great clip showing the gamepad going through a lag test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxIhZYjyBxc Spoiler:no lag Bonus Edit: ZombiU Dev Diary #2 just went up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R21GztGJUbI StepDadJeff fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Oct 2, 2012 |
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Oct 2, 2012 23:40
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Fatal posted:You think those are crazy, wait till you see the next thing coming from Nintendo: Not wide enough... 
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Oct 3, 2012 00:40
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zenintrude posted:Not wide enough... I want that. You can balance it on your lap. If I could get some kludgey thing going to use it with a computer as a keyboard AND a gamepad, it would be the best invention EVER. No joke.
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Oct 3, 2012 00:46
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DoctorWhat posted:I want that. You can balance it on your lap. If I could get some kludgey thing going to use it with a computer as a keyboard AND a gamepad, it would be the best invention EVER. No joke. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gamecube-Co...=item3a7624be04
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Oct 3, 2012 00:48
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I know THOSE exist but I doubt it supports they keyboard portion. PLEASE TELL ME I'M WRONG AND IT DOES
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Oct 3, 2012 00:50
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DoctorWhat posted:I know THOSE exist but I doubt it supports they keyboard portion. I can't confirm/deny that the keyboard function works with one of those, but I have a USB to GCN adapter that I used to connect a USB keyboard to my GCN, so I would guess that the reverse would be true as well... IIRC, the ASCII keyboard controller has two plugs, one for the controller buttons and one for the keyboard section, so it would seem like it would have a good chance of working.  Would be nice if someone who had both could confirm this, though.
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Oct 3, 2012 00:54
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greatn posted:Dreamcast controller was so gimmicky. Who the hell needs a second screen in their controller? How am I, a hardcore gamer, supposed to keep track of all that? The VMU screen wasn't even used by most games. You got a title screen at most.
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Oct 3, 2012 00:59
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Vaerai Archon posted:The VMU screen wasn't even used by most games. You got a title screen at most. He was being factitious... remind yourself what thread you're posting in 
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Oct 3, 2012 01:00
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zenintrude posted:I can't confirm/deny that the keyboard function works with one of those, but I have a USB to GCN adapter that I used to connect a USB keyboard to my GCN, so I would guess that the reverse would be true as well... So you'd probably need 2 GC controller adaptors; but then it'd probably get registered on the PC as just a controller and you wouldn't have keyboard input. No clue though.
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Oct 3, 2012 03:45
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Where'd you get that USB to GCN adapter, then? Seems really niche. What would you use it for (besides PSO)?
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Oct 3, 2012 05:22
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StepDadJeff posted:Speaking of controllers, here's a great clip showing the gamepad going through a lag test: This is very, very awesome.
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Oct 3, 2012 05:22
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For MH Tri, people without keyboards were so drat annoying.
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Oct 3, 2012 05:24
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StepDadJeff posted:Speaking of controllers, here's a great clip showing the gamepad going through a lag test: It's not impossible that the controller is receiving video through the wire. Digital Foundry actually found the controller at the expo got the signal 7 frames ahead of the TV, but they put that on some probable TV post processing delay.
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Oct 3, 2012 05:34
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Apparently the gamepad has less lag than the TV, makes sense considering most HDTVs have at least a little lag and there's no middle man or anything for the gamepad.
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Oct 3, 2012 06:01
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StepDadJeff posted:Speaking of controllers, here's a great clip showing the gamepad going through a lag test:
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Oct 3, 2012 06:11
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Chronojam posted:For MH Tri, people without keyboards were so drat annoying. Even playing with the Keyboard was horrid; taking the time to type anything meant risking instant death. I remember we always used Skype when I played with Goons.
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Oct 3, 2012 06:20
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