Tookus
Smash Rookie
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2019
- Messages
- 2
- Switch FC
- SW-5704-7651-1707
I started to get serious about Smash just under a year ago. It was my first semester of college and I roomed with my two high school friends who trained me in the art of Smash 4 nearly everyday until Ultimate released. Sadly, I only had my 3DS to use as a controller, until I bought my own Switch a few weeks before Ultimate came out. As of now, I have a group of friends I play with consistently, and I am excited to go to my first couple tournaments in the Denver area.
The only thing stopping me is my near-constant controller issues. I got a Nintendo Pro Controller the day Ultimate released, and the control stick started drifting downwards so badly that it was unusable by June. I decided to convert to Gamecube, and being a poor college student, went with PowerA's wired (Nintendo licensed!) controller for about $35. I got my first one nearly a month ago, and both ZL and ZR stopped working entirely within 3 hours of use. I redeemed the warranty and finally got another one this week, which also broke in the same exact way, only this time it broke in under 30 minutes.
I have tried to manually fix them by adjusting the trigger mechanisms inside the controller, which will definitely cause my warranty to be denied, but at this point I don't care. I'm extremely frustrated that I can't find a functioning controller within an average price range, and the worst part is that all of my broken controllers all have glowing reviews at almost every retailer.
I just wanted some feedback and to see if anyone else has had as much trouble as I have. Also if anyone can recommend a consistent Gamecube controller I would really appreciate it.
Thanks for checking out my first forum post! Can't wait to get into my first tourneys and meet all of y'all!
The only thing stopping me is my near-constant controller issues. I got a Nintendo Pro Controller the day Ultimate released, and the control stick started drifting downwards so badly that it was unusable by June. I decided to convert to Gamecube, and being a poor college student, went with PowerA's wired (Nintendo licensed!) controller for about $35. I got my first one nearly a month ago, and both ZL and ZR stopped working entirely within 3 hours of use. I redeemed the warranty and finally got another one this week, which also broke in the same exact way, only this time it broke in under 30 minutes.
I have tried to manually fix them by adjusting the trigger mechanisms inside the controller, which will definitely cause my warranty to be denied, but at this point I don't care. I'm extremely frustrated that I can't find a functioning controller within an average price range, and the worst part is that all of my broken controllers all have glowing reviews at almost every retailer.
I just wanted some feedback and to see if anyone else has had as much trouble as I have. Also if anyone can recommend a consistent Gamecube controller I would really appreciate it.
Thanks for checking out my first forum post! Can't wait to get into my first tourneys and meet all of y'all!
