Comments on: Wii Classic Controller Pro Designed Like A PS2 Pad

By: randomfantard

randomfantard — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:55:54 +0000

Mayflash is making a Wii Classic Controller to PC USB adapter.
It should be finished either at the end of September or October.
Keep checking their website at www.mayflash.com for updates.
The VC is rather limited in its library of games, they lack many
of the unreleased Japanese titles such as Seiken Densetsu 3,
Tales of Phantasia, and so on...

By: randomfantard

randomfantard — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:55:54 +0000

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:44:03 +0000

What I am surprised beyond all belief is that there hasn't been a line of controllers made to replicate all the different controllers on the Virtual Console. The SNES one is nice, but I am talking about a line including Genesis, TG-16, etc that is available for purchase. Sure it would be somewhat niche but surely there is enough demand to justify it.

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:41:41 +0000

I am not sure that this is possible. The Wii just cuts off all new features when it goes into GameCube mode. It no longer knows it is a Wii. That is how it maintains such high compatability. I don't really know how they could enable any kind of connection other than through the GC ports on the top and it has a wire in the picture.

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:39:03 +0000

I don't mind wiring it through USB but the real problem is Nintendo didn't put enough USB ports on the system. By default I already have both being used between my lan adaptor and wiispeak. This seems to be a problem with most people I know.

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:37:10 +0000

If that is the case then they really do need something else. The Gamecube controller is nice, I used it for just about every Wii game that supports it, but it isn't very good for some games like fighters due to it's strange button layout. That being said, I personally don't like the Classic Controller much due to the buttons. They just feel strange and clicky to me, more like the DS Lite. It always feels to me like they take a split second too long to reset and give a feeling of being stuck. They should have made the buttons more like the SNES controller.

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:30:01 +0000

Well as big as it is, the need to put rumble in it. The lack of rumble on N64 games is pointless. Just put rumble in this and issue a few patches for the N64 games out now that originally supported it. Then again, I find the Gamecube controller is more suited for N64 games than the Classic Controller anyways.

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:27:52 +0000

Well I have the Nyko charge station and recently it has been giving me tons of trouble. One of the batteries went out and the second side of the base hasn't really worked much for over 6 months. Probably the best alternative is to just invest in some rechargeable AAs.

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:26:26 +0000

Personally I think that quite a few games have used it well. The yanking feature in Folklore was quite nice and the arrow guiding in Heavenly Sword was a nice touch as well.

By: EvilAkito

EvilAkito — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:35:52 +0000

Do I see the cord coming out of the top instead of the bottom? That alone makes me want to buy it.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:51:56 +0000

The Wii has way too many controllers and peripherals as it is, the problem is the unconventional remote is very limited for many kind of typical games to begin w/. They should give us a true wireless Wavebird or SNES controller, I too hate the fact the classic controller has to be connected to the remote while playing VC games, playing Megaman 9 drains the juice from the remote fast. I know Nyko has a charge station, but why doesn't Nintendo release an official one still? Going thru packs of AAs isn't exactly environmentally friendly, in addition to costly.

By: matty

matty — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:38:46 +0000

I have HUGE hands with freakishly LONG fingers and I loved the Classic Controller.

By: ZefiroTorna

ZefiroTorna — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:38:52 +0000

How nice this would have been if only they made it compatible with Gamecube games or the cube controller port, with rumble too (considering the now added thickness). The only thing that appeals to me about this would be the relocated ZL and ZR buttons, although I would prefer the thinness of the standard classic controller be preserved and have one set of shoulder buttons relocated to the face of the controller.

Well, there's always hope that Sega might one day release a Saturn controller for the Wii, until then I'm sticking to just the standard classic controller.

By: Chow

Chow — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:14:38 +0000

Something seems off about those DualShock2 measurements. The “widths” for all three show the longwise measurement, so I'm guessing the “length” is measuring the height? Why is it listed as eight inches tall? (I won't mention the typo in the other measurement, because it is a typo after all)

By: Akimitsu

Akimitsu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:14:35 +0000

There's not much of a point to this, but it does spring a new design on us all who have one (I don't own one yet, but I might get this one if it comes out in the US). It mimics the Dual Shock 2, which is considered to be one of the better controllers out there, but I think Nintendo could've just used the one SNES-style controller they gave out as a gift for their Club Nintendo instead of this one.