Controller problems :(

[WingedApple]

Well, about 3 weeks ago I bought this new controller. It was cordless and said it was 15% smaller than the one a gamecube normally comes with.. And a day ago, I started noticing that it was malfuctioning. Whenever I want to choose a character for melee the hand (the hand on the screen) either drifts upward or downward, even if I don't touch the joystick. Now when I play a melee battle Peach automatically crouches when I try to run or dash... When I was blasted of the stage I used peach's Up+B umbrella move.. and just before I got on the stage I let go of the joystick and I fell because it goes downward on its own..

The controller has fallen a few times, one time my brother threw it to the ceiling and it fell, but I didn't notice any changes after. When I play, sometimes my hands start to sweat and stuff, but it doesn't actually seek into the controller.

Does anyone know how to fix this? I don't plan on buying another controller anytimes soon...

The funny thing is, I wasn't really use to fastfalling, but now the controller does it for me!

Thanks in advance.

 

[-Darc-]

Congratulations. You just bought a third party controller.

Now to fix the controller:

Get a first party controller. Seriously.

 

[WingedApple]

I don't think it's a third party controller.

It goes down all the time.

I'll consider your reply though...

 

[-Darc-]

Really? 15% smaller than a normal controller? I guess I might be mistaken.

It sounds exactly like what a third party controller would do. It would have to be beaten up pretty bad for a Nintendo controller to do that.

I'm really baffled. Are you sure it doesn't say Madcatz or something?

If it is a first party controller then you must have got unlucky.

 

[pikachun00b7]

I know what the problem is..... when the game cube loads the game while your c-stick, analog, or R/L buttons are pressed or touched the the place where the c/analog stick was placed is the neutral position.

 

[-Darc-]

I know what the problem is..... when the game cube loads the game while your c-stick, analog, or R/L buttons are pressed or touched the the place where the c/analog stick was placed is the neutral position.

This is true. This has all happened to us, but it consistently does it for him.

Which would mean that either he has an obsession with holding the control stick up or down or that it is actually stuck that way.

 

[psicicle]

in other words, hold X, Y and start for 3 seconds and if it still drifts downwards, get a 1st party controller because the only 1st party wireless ones are actually bigger than the normal controller.

 

[WingedApple]

This is true. This has all happened to us, but it consistently does it for him.

Which would mean that either he has an obsession with holding the control stick up or down or that it is actually stuck that way.

That might be true, I use peach, so I use a lot of turnips, and pulling out turnips is, DOWN+b.

I need more explanation on third party controllers please. I sort of know what third parties are,
but I've never heard of a third party controllers... Help?

 

[WingedApple]

Really? 15% smaller than a normal controller? I guess I might be mistaken.

It sounds exactly like what a third party controller would do. It would have to be beaten up pretty bad for a Nintendo controller to do that.

I'm really baffled. Are you sure it doesn't say Madcatz or something?

If it is a first party controller then you must have got unlucky.

It says GameStop. Oh god, I can't believe I didn't realize the name when I bought it.

I was more obsessed about how it looked than how it functioned at the time. ****it.

 

[pdk]

speaking of which, which chain stores still stock first-party cube controllers?

 

[Elen]

speaking of which, which chain stores still stock first-party cube controllers?

I'm not sure if they still stock them but Ebgames/Gamestop seem to always have them when I'm there.

You should try X+Y+Start for 3 seconds to see if you can get this controller to work, but you should really just go buy a 1st party controller.

 

[Ornj]

Well, about 3 weeks ago I bought this new controller. It was cordless and said it was 15% smaller than the one a gamecube normally comes with.. And a day ago, I started noticing that it was malfuctioning. Whenever I want to choose a character for melee the hand (the hand on the screen) either drifts upward or downward, even if I don't touch the joystick. Now when I play a melee battle Peach automatically crouches when I try to run or dash... When I was blasted of the stage I used peach's Up+B umbrella move.. and just before I got on the stage I let go of the joystick and I fell because it goes downward on its own..

The controller has fallen a few times, one time my brother threw it to the ceiling and it fell, but I didn't notice any changes after. When I play, sometimes my hands start to sweat and stuff, but it doesn't actually seek into the controller.

Does anyone know how to fix this? I don't plan on buying another controller anytimes soon...

The funny thing is, I wasn't really use to fastfalling, but now the controller does it for me!

Thanks in advance.

LOL i have a wireless controller that does the EXACT same thing, and its funny because sumtimes when i press left/right, it goes the other direction then goes the right way, and lloks like the char moonwalks ,lol if i could do that on command it would be the best mindgame ever!!!

 

[WingedApple]

I have the original gamecube one though anyways.. *sigh*

Why do good things always have to go away so quickly..

 

[F8AL]

I'd suggest taking out the receiver and plugging it back in or resetting your controller.

 

[Red Exodus]

Chances are, it's Madcatz. The worst company for 3rd party anything. If you bought a 3rd party controller expect it's life to be short or expect all of your sessions with that crappy control to be a fight inside the game and out.

 

[mark.]

did you try x+y+start?

what it does, is it resets the center of the controller, so if the joystick is holding down slightly, it will reset it so that the down facing joystick is the new center (hope that made sense)

but if anything, get a nintendo controller. BTW a third party controller is a controller made by.. a third party lol (any company other than nintendo, or sony for ps2, ect.)

 

[WingedApple]

Yep it's MadCatz. I'm going to smash those people... oh well..

I got this other non wireless controller too, and it also broke.
The controller that comes with the gamecube is still alive but now my brother has honey stuck inside the b button. But it's only a thin layer of it. Whenever my hand gets warm it melts the honey and makes it sticky, but when I stop playing it cools. So I can only play for like, 10-20 minutes.

 

[WingedApple]

did you try x+y+start?

what it does, is it resets the center of the controller, so if the joystick is holding down slightly, it will reset it so that the down facing joystick is the new center (hope that made sense)

but if anything, get a nintendo controller. BTW a third party controller is a controller made by.. a third party lol (any company other than nintendo, or sony for ps2, ect.)

When would I press X+Y+Start?
When I'm choosing a character? Or in a game?

 

[Spoon Man]

yeah madcatz = suck.
just go to whatever local gamestore you have and look for one of the default ones that says "Nintendo gamecube" on it. They're only 30 bucks or something nowadays and i know that Gamestop gets new ones in with their regular shipments so it shouldn't be too hard to get a new one.

 

[Red Exodus]

Yep, although the Nintendo controllers are more expensive than 3rd party controllers they last way longer, the controller I got with my GC is 3 years old [it outlived my GC, R.I.P. GC] only has 1 problem and that's the fact that my C-stick top rubbed off [hey I don't play with it, my friends do]

 

[Fefnir Cerveau]

Aw man, Madcatz...Hahah, new controller nao!

 

[tshahi10]

press and hold xyz+start for ten seconds. maybe that helps

 

[petre]

When would I press X+Y+Start?
When I'm choosing a character? Or in a game?

at any time that the system is on. its not a game function, its part of the system, so it works whenever. hold the buttons for a few seconds, without moving the joysticks or l/r buttons.

 

[WingedApple]

Once I did X+Y+Start the controller stopped responding.
Is this normal?

 

[Red Exodus]

Yes, when you let it go it should rerspond again.