• just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    A lot of people really liked that N64 controller, though I feel it would have been an unnecessary design if that Z button wasn’t included.

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      2 months ago

      Hell no lol. It always made my hand cramp and lock up and it came out when I was 11 or so. And the thumb stick giving kids blisters because it’s just a plastic stick with no soft rubber on top. Like wtf is that choice?

    • weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      N64 has less buttons to work with than it’s predecessor due to this stupid three handle set up. And 99% of games are made with analog stick in mind, so I can’t imagine a scenerio in which holding it is at all comfortable. I don’t know what is there to like here, it’s a step down in every way.

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        2 months ago

        Hold up. First of all, the word you want is “fewer” buttons.

        Secondly, that’s still just incorrect. There aren’t fewer buttons.

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          2 months ago

          C buttons are meant for camera controls so a good amount of games did have fewer buttons to use. And dpad’s positioning meant for most games it served no use at all. There is no reason both couldn’t have been on the same handle.

          It’s not as bad as I thought it was yesterday when I wrote without thinking about it too much but it’s still a big step down from the SNES controller. There is a reason a lot of people prefer modern replacements like Brawler64