(05-31-2014, 09:49 PM)MaJoR Wrote:RachelB Wrote:MaJoR Wrote:Oh come on. People give way too much hate on the N64 controller. The only mistake Nintendo made was the 3 prong designThat is a ridiculously huge mistake though. It makes it uncomfortable, and half of the controller is essentially unusable.
Why do you people hate the 3 grip design? Sure it looks odd, but who cares? All you have to do is not look at it, and you can forget it isn't 2 grip. That's it. Anyone who complains about it being nonfunctional doesn't know what they are talking about. It was perfectly fine. Who cares if "half" the controller is not usable. It doesn't matter what buttons are used, what matters is does it work or doesn't it. Z trigger and joystick works exactly the same as L trigger and dpad, and there's no ergonomic disadvantage. There is nothing functionally wrong with the 3 grip design.
Not having a dpad or l button is what is functionally wrong with it.
Quote:Z trigger and joystick works exactly the same as L trigger and dpadYes to Z, no to joystick. There's a good reason controllers have both a dpad and joystick.
(06-01-2014, 09:42 AM)jimbo1qaz Wrote: I find it interesting how people actually like having the joystick two inches below the natural position. Over 90% of games use the left joystick over the D-pad, why insist on putting it in an inherently less comfortable and likely thumb-dislocating position? Symmetry over usability? Then again I've never liked PS[1-3] controllers at all (puny handles, loose analog sticks, and triggers very difficult to push 100%), nor have I used any of the recent Nintendo opposite-joystick pads.It's not? If i hold my hand out straight, put my thumbs on the joysticks of my ps3 controller, and then wrap my hand around, my fingers land perfectly on l/r 1-2. It's also 100x easier to use both joystick and dpad at once that way.