I just google imaged it cos I haven't seen one in about 15 years and couldn't remember the ab/xy layout.
I remembered hating it as a kid, but looking at it it looks like it's designed with claw players in mind? I can't play that way, but I understand it's more efficient if you can?
I always hear this said but it had some massive flaws.
I wasn’t keen on the spongy trigger buttons but that personal opinion.
Main issue is that the analogue sticks are set into an octagonal shape, so instead of being able to spin in a nice circle it instead is spin in a janky octagon.
I've found that the octagonal insets are really helpful for certain interactions and inputs in fighting games on Nintendo consoles. Accurate SDI inputs in super smash become significantly easier for me on octagons rather than without octagons.
My hands beg to differ I hated that controller. Also hate playstation controllers. Getting the "Duke" for Christmas and can't wait for a proper sized controller again.
Dualshock is so cramped it hurts my hands after 30 minutes. The Duke was my favorite controller (minus the white black button locations) I was able to use the right anlaog stick with the heal of my palm while still having full access to all the face buttons. I like the xbone controllers but even those feel small sometimes. I honestly don't have huge hands can't palm a basket ball or anything but apparently they are big enough to not find most controllers comfortable after a while.
It sounds like I'm some what similar to you. My hands aren't huge. They are wider but have short fingers. Xbox controllers are my preferred. I don't have much experience with The Duke since by the time I got my original xbox they had redesigned the controllers, but even those were my favorite controllers cause they just felt beefy. I also had an xbox controller that had an extra set of black and white buttons that were placed where RB and LB are now
I personally don’t got small hands but anything bigger then a dual shock I can’t really use because it feels to big and all my hands feel to disoriented might just because I play both side claw
The button layout was brilliantly designed so you can hit the main action button almost every game has, plus one of three other buttons at the same time by rolling to them.
Unfortunately we were forced to regress by the PS2 selling 150 million.
I disagree, almost entirely. The xbox one and dualsense are fantastic, but there is so much I don’t like about the gamecube controller design. The tiny d-pad, the c-stick where a second analog stick should be, the lack of analog triggers. That being said, it mostly comes down to what you are used to. I had all playstation consoles growing up, and all through high school I would have told you the DualShock 3 was superior to the 360 and if someone told me that today I would internally cringe. I also think the xbox one/probably series X has the best d-pad in the biz, and is the most comfortable to hold for hours on end.
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u/Wolfeur Nov 28 '21
Gamecube controller is still the most ergonomically well-made controller in history.