Nintendo Wii classic controller

im...LOST

Some pics of the new classic controller for the Wii

HERE


The thing I have to say about it is that the button on the top of the controller(beside the right trigger) could be uncomfortable to press.
Maybe....

RE*AC*TOR

I think it looks nice and simple.

I hope it comes in a wireless flavour too.

I wonder will it just be a wiimote and nunchuck bundled with the console - or will this one come with it too?

BlitzKrieg

that could be the equivilent of the menu button on the x-360...no wait there's a little star button in the middle, that must be the launch button.

really depends on what that button does.

Rhyme

im...LOST wrote:

The thing I have to say about it is that the button on the top of the controller(beside the right trigger) could be uncomfortable to press.
Maybe....

Z Trigger, for playing Gamecube games?

zAbbo

Bagsie the name 'Wii Nipple'

1huge1

Rhyme wrote:

Z Trigger, for playing Gamecube games?

sure it had ports for gamecube controllers why would it use the classic controller? i think instead of a classic controller they should of just used the gamecube controller

like come on a console with 3 controllers a bit much

plus i can't imagine it being easy to play a N64 game with that

Earthhorse

It looks a bit "thick" if you know what I mean. Would prefer if it mimicked the size of an old SNES controller but that's probably impossible with analog inside.

I hope they realease hardware that lets you use old controllers on the new system. The SNES controller was genuinely the best for playing SF II and for old school NES games I'd really like to use the NES pad again. This could be redundant though, you can never tell how well a pad will work until you have it, and some games, in your hand.

Rhyme

Looking at the third photograph Earthhorse, it doesn't look too thick... maybe a few shades off the SNES controller but not nearly 'really thick'.

1Huge1: if they arent allowing the usage of older pads and only Gamecube and these two on the system, this 'classic' controller could be a lot easier to use with older games than the regular Gamecube pad.

Although i still stand by turning the Wiimote on its side so it resembles a NES pad.

Spuddie

So now we'll have the wiimote , nunchuk , classic contoller and the gamecube contoller all sitting happily beside the wii .Great :rolleyes:

evad_lhorg

and the light gun too.

1huge1

Spuddie wrote:

So now we'll have the wiimote , nunchuk , classic contoller and the gamecube contoller all sitting happily beside the wii .Great :rolleyes:

my point exactly
should of used to gamecube controller for all the old games, come on it worked perfect with oot like

steviec

Not everyone owns a gamecube. And if they continued to sell gamecube controllers marketting them as Wii controllers they just wouldn't be in line with the style of the rest of the console.

I figure this and gamecube pads will be completely interchangeable, so you can use whichever one you want, if you already have gamecube pads then you won't need to buy this.

That's my guess at least.

Lone Wolf

zabbo wrote:

Bagsie the name 'Wii Nipple'

Damn I was thinking that!!!

Looks really cool, we'll certainly not be short on options when it arrives.

Stalfos

i saw a picture somewhere with all the old Nes and even sega control pads in a suitcase saying you can use all these on a wii? Anyone else seen this. i think that would kickass

im...LOST

Yeah I saw it but I think it was just a kind of joke.
I dont think anything came of it.

flogen

im...LOST wrote:

Yeah I saw it but I think it was just a kind of joke.
I dont think anything came of it.

I'd say (and I hope) it will happen; although the wiimote itself is a nes controller, but it would be cool to play SNES and N64 games on the original controllers too, would be cool if they made adaptors for certain nerd who still had the originals

I must be missing something but what's that button thingey in the middle for? The one he's pressing in the last picture in the first post (beside the nipple)

BlitzKrieg

it looks like you can attach it to something on the back (see two long openings) and that button releases the control from it. (as you can see a piece of plastic being pressed down in the top opening).

My guess is they cant make this controller gyro-synced (or whatever you call it) so for games that combine the two control methods. (say the new zelda, or mario) You might be able to attach the wii-remote to the bottom and it works in the same function as it does on its own except now with a more traditional control feel.

Which if my guess is anyway accurate...i am a very happy bunny, i have tried sitting at my tv pretending my remote is the controller and i have never felt comfortable with it...but if i can have the traditional two hand grasp and still wireless controller....BRING ON NEW STAR FOX!

flogen

might be; I don't like the way this controller attaches to the Wiimote rather than the actual Wii or even just wirelessly to something; maybe it's somewhere to clip your wiimote so it isn't flying around the place as you swing your pad around and I'm sure it could add motion sensitivity as a result.

po0k

THere are two mounting slots on the back. I imagine it comes with a cradle that you clip in so the Wiimote cany piggy back below?

Like sticking two transfomers together. If they can make use of the gyroscopic sensors on the wiimote while connected to the pad, that would be cool.

BlitzKrieg

would be a nice alternative to the nunchuck...also MORE BUTTONS!

sock puppet

It looks pretty good.
Does it connect to the console or the remote?

BlitzKrieg

connects to the remote