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Gamecube is the most underrated console while it was in circulation. (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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No shit. I mean what console has survived as long as those OG Gamecubes. I have had mine for 20 years and the first issue came up this year. Turns out it's an easy fix I can do myself and nothing destroying the console itself I can still play while working on this fix.

Also the Gamecube had so many games that were moved from the N64 that and some of the rarest games exist on Gamecube. Sometimes I can't believe it was ever a flop for them because it was a childhood favorite. I'm so glad I kept mine and tried to take good care of it even when it was in storage for so long.

I don't think any console today or even back at the time in 99 or early 2000s would last 20 years with kids turning into adults and 5-6 moves without having a console breaking issue.

Ive had 2 PS2's go down, a PS3 Gen1 break, 3 Xbox 360, and very sadly an OG Xbox that did last from 2005 to 2015, an N64, and my PS4 Slim is getting there for sure. All (except the 64) gotten years (some a decade) after this Gamecube I still have today.

Thank my lucky stars my sister gave it back to me because it is my rock of a console. It should have done so much better than what articles and money say. It's a very sought after retro console and I'm glad I still have and take care of mine from 2003 when I was a youngin'

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The GameCube controller was hot garbage. Weird unfriendly shape, buttons in the wrong spot, my thumbs and index fingers we're not happy with it. The N64 controllers had durability issues but the layout was spot on.

I also have the same complaints about the switch controllers. The secondary thumb functions (left d pad and right joystick) and primary L/R buttons are not in a good ergonomic place and cause my hands to hurt after a bit of playing.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Talk about an unpopular opinion. But hey your entitled to your opinion

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I agree with him, and it baffles me that people this day still go out of their way to play Smash Bros on Switch with a GameCube controller instead of the superior Switch Pro Controller.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

No, it's pretty popular.

The gamecube controller is a pile of shit. There's good reason why we don't make them like that anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I loved the controllers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The gamecube controller and the xbox duke are basically in polar opposite sides of thr spectrum. If you had on the reletively speaking, smaller hands, you liked the gamecube controller and hated the duke. Conversely if you had larger hands, it was usually the reverse.

Situatiom of japanese company built something optimized for the average japanese hand

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My husband got one of the new xboxes, and I hadn't touched one since the original Halo/Fable days. I was so disappointed at how tiny the controllers are now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I love the small controllers. They're so much easier on my joints than anything else, to the point where they've given me reaccessibility to my old games via emulator. Can't do a button masher to save my life any more though.

I wonder, if you're handy, perhaps you could gut one of the big ol' XBOX controllers and do a frankenswap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I have the opposite problem that you do, the new smaller controllers make my hands start to cramp up after a couple of minutes on the new ones. It looks like Hyperkin makes a 20th anniversary Duke controller, so if I want to, I could end up just getting that.

I am pretty sure that the new controllers are a better fit for most people, so it's probably better that they made the switch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've always considered every Nintendo control scheme to be garbage and usually people can at least agree that the N64 was trash, but to call it a spot on layout? Damn, what kind of hands do you have? Lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The button position is not compromised like it is on "normal" shaped controllers. There is one joystick right in the center of thumb ROM, the triggers are where my index finger naturally rests, it's just nice to use. I don't need Spiderman hands to hit button combos.