wii wired controllers

[Romana]

N64, Dreamcast, PS1 was the last great controllers. Then controllers took a one way trip... INTO HELL!!!!!!

Ugh are you kidding me, the N64 controller was a fucking monstrosity. Especially after a year or so when it develops that weird powder stuff in the control stick and the whole thing starts to get stiff and unresponsive.

I'd say the best controllers I've used are Gamecube and PS2. I've yet to really use the 360 controller or Classic Controller myself.

[mav]

I agree--the N64 controller was an absolute abomination, and the Dreamcast controller wasn't all that great either. Sony's controllers are good (the original Playstation controller was fair, but definitely got a much needed face lift with the inclusion of the analog sticks).

The Gamecube controller is definitely a contender for one of Nintendo's finest. Obviously the SNES/SFC controller paved the way for virtually every controller we've seen since then, but I do think the Gamecube controller out shined a lot of the other controllers in its generation.

[chrono eric]

Console companies are totally in cahoots with battery manufacturers...Wireless controllers have been around since even the 16-Bit era (maybe further back even) and they never took off. You know why? Because it's a frivolous, unnecessary expense...So they made 'em the system standard, of course! Lame. The more stuff they cram into controllers, the more that can possibly go wrong with them. Remember NES controllers? Those things were fucking BRICKS. You could literally use them in gladiator bouts against 20 odd men, come back, plug the fuckers in and they'd STILL work...Nowadays if you drop a controller from even waist height, you cringe (if it's a friend's you know you're getting the evil eye)...

I may be blowing things out of proportion...At least about the gladiator bouts anyways...>_>

Meh, I love my wireless 360 controller. Nothing beats the ultimate of laziness of lounging on my bed while playing XBOX and eating Pringles.

I also used to rave about the PS2 controller, as every other systems controller just didn't match up. But I've gotta say the 360 controller has really grown on me. Between the two, I'd say it feels more natural than the PS2's.

[mav]

Yeah, the controllers have definitely gotten more ergonomically-design-conscious. Remember the first XBox controller? What a beast.

[V_Translanka]

Yeah, the Dreamcast controller was like two XBOX controllers slapped together...with a memory card in it for no good reason...add to that the cord plugs were too sensitive and popped out too easy...but at least vibrating was an optional doohicky (my hands throbbing is not immersive...if anything, it's the opposite), which made them the most durable of that gen...

I still say PS2 controllers are probably best, but I still think DualShock is stupid. I don't know why they didn't just take their controller design and slap a screen in the middle for the PSP...360 is ok, but I hate triggers. Shoulder buttons are quicker and thus, to me, better. The only advantage of a trigger is that it sort of simulates a gun better for FPSs, but I know I'm holding a controller either way and if I have a choice, I'd rather my gun have a hair trigger...

Nothing beats good ol' WASD and a kickass mouse (maybe one of them ball ones) though.

[Shee]

I hated the first Xbox controllers!  Probably because of the White Button and the Black Button, that crap made no sense.  I think the 360 ones are fine.  N64 was ugly but worked well when ya got used to it.  The yellow "c" buttons probably could have been used better.

[HyperNerd]

I personally WORSHIP the SNES controller. The gamecube controller's padding on the analog stick comes off after heavy use and fucking murders your thumb, but I like it. PS2 is okay as well.

[Lakonthegreat]

And oh, the Atari 2600 had an add on wireless. A lot older than 16 bit.

Yeah but those didn't come out until the end of the 2600's life cycle, after Nintendo had developed the NES Satellite. Which, coincidentally, is a piece of garbage. I know, I own one.

[Lakonthegreat]

Yeah, the controllers have definitely gotten more ergonomically-design-conscious. Remember the first XBox controller? What a beast.

Why do you think they call them "Big fucking potato" controllers?