If you could change the control scheme in Melee, would you?

[Svetsunov]

I'd turn off Tap Jump so I can finally uptilt properly.

 

[KrazyKnux]

Scuf controller imo

 

[NightShadow6]

I would never change the perfect layout.

 

[Xyzz]

At this point?
Nah, I find it near impossible to make myself want to shield with L to shift some of the activity from the left to the right hand lol.

 

[Teczer0]

I wouldn't nope.

/sheikmain

 

[Dan Salvato]

I think the Smash control scheme is pretty bad for a fighting game. It's very imprecise. Personally, I would come up with a control scheme involving an 8-way digital stick and two attack buttons instead of one, along with other changes. I put some thought into it but never entirely fleshed out the idea.

 

[fatman667]

Mmmmm, probably not, but I might actually turn off tap jump for the same reason. But then again, I use tap jump for JC up-smash and JC-grabs.

 

[oukd]

map samus superwavedash to dpad left/right

 

[Avalancer]

map samus superwavedash to dpad left/right

hire this man for ssb4 development

 

[FrootLoop]

disable X and R buttons

 

[Bones0]

I think I would switch B actions to X, so I only have to use A, X, and Y, which are all right next to each other. Multishining would just be Y-X-Y-X-Y, and aerials OoS would still be Y-A. Only other thing I would like to change is the C-stick just because it's so far from the buttons, but I'm not sure what you could do about that. I've thought about having a stick on the BOTTOM of a controller that you control with your middle finger or something, but that would probably mess too much with just being able to hold the controller steady, idk. Having buttons on the bottom that you could map to a move no matter what direction you're holding would be sick. You could input a FF and nair at the same time (or uair without the C-stick), SHDL while holding forward, shine OoS while tap jumping (for DI purposes), etc.

I think the Smash control scheme is pretty bad for a fighting game. It's very imprecise. Personally, I would come up with a control scheme involving an 8-way digital stick and two attack buttons instead of one, along with other changes. I put some thought into it but never entirely fleshed out the idea.

This would certainly make the game easier, but also less complex. Getting rid of all those angles inbetween 45 and 90 would have huge, negative impacts on WDing, DI, SDI, recoveries, shield tilting, angling moves, and probably other stuff.

 

[Gea]

Yeah no analog would kill the game for me. I would likely put grab on X and shield on Z (for powershields). While the option of tapjump would be nice, having to cstick stuff like usmash out of run would be butts.

 

[KnitePhox]

I'd make the 4 right thumb buttons as small and as close together as n64 c buttons, all with the sensitivity of Gc b button, id make the Gc z button contacts larger and button as wide as n64 r button but as long as Gc z button with same sensitivity as Gc dpad

Make interchangable sticks for melee and 64 respectively all in a Gc shell ofc; there's my dream smash controller

Maybe add a crouch button somewhere

 

[Boat Mode]

All id want is mapping tilts to the cstick for easy pivot tilts

imo everything else in manageable

 

[Massive]

Yes.
The control scheme in melee should be completely re-assignable.

Reliance on the layout of the gamecube controller has probably caused some artificial barriers that we as a community are not completely aware of. It is one of the few things I think melee is really lacking when compared to brawl (the other being the variety of available badass music).

 

[Lovage]

everyones hating on GC controller

what peripheral would be better suited for melee really tho?

if someone says fight stick imma laugh

 

[TheCrimsonBlur]

Gamecube controller is the best of all time hands down

Literally no other controller ever made could even play Melee (try some of them with Dolphin....its terrible)

I honestly wouldn't change a single thing about the controls. Melee 2 gud

 

[The Business]

I'd make z button always grab and remove the other functions.

I know there are other cool uses for z but i really don't care, I just get mad when i try to grab with z and a light shield comes up.

 

[Twinkles]

But then you couldn't do that flashy shied -> lightshield trick!

Also, it'd make doing a marth killer a pain.

 

[Frogman751]

I would just keep it the same, I don't feel like learning new controls...