Wii U Fight Pad Controller, or GC Controller w/ adaptor?

[DonkeyStrong]

is there a lag difference between the Wii U fight pad & standard GC /w adaptor? what's the community preference?

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[Gidy]

Fight Pad. Cooler design, less hassle, improved controls, backwards compatible for classic controller games.

 

[Heefe]

Gamecube + Adapter... because it's annoying to have a Wiimote connected to your controller.

 

[Xermo]

That gamepad looks clunky as hell

 

[Deleted member 245254]

Gamecube + Adapter... because it's annoying to have a Wiimote connected to your controller.

I don't see the huge difference from having a wire, connected to a device that's like just as a big as a wii mote, that takes up both of your Wii U's USB slots.

 

[TeaTwoTime]

I don't see the huge difference from having a wire, connected to a device that's like just as a big as a wii mote, that takes up both of your Wii U's USB slots.

There's not a big difference and it is workable, but I could never decide on the best place to put my Wiimote when using the classic controller and got irritated by it at times. Only having to deal with a cord, rather than a cord and Wiimote, is preferable for me. That said, I had a third party classic controller with a short cord (not sure if the official variety had longer cords or not). If the cord was as long as that of a GC controller it probably wouldn't have bothered me.

 

[Deleted member 245254]

There's not a big difference and it is workable, but I could never decide on the best place to put my Wiimote when using the classic controller and got irritated by it at times. Only having to deal with a cord, rather than a cord and Wiimote, is preferable for me. That said, I had a third party classic controller with a short cord (not sure if the official variety had longer cords or not). If the cord was as long as that of a GC controller it probably wouldn't have bothered me.

It's a pretty easy choice for me. Regular GC controller if tournaments or "gettin' real", fight pad if playing friendlies or kickin' it at home, so both.

For the record, I just stick it between my legs or off to the side.

 

[ChikoLad]

GC Adapter because it works out cheaper for me and I prefer not having the Wii Remote being attached anyway.

 

[Raijinken]

Gamecube. Generic non-character-specific design. Of course, if they make a Fire Emblem based one, I'll no longer care about that.
More realistically, GCN because I'll only need one adapter and suddenly have access to all of mine (and my friends') controllers, we don't have to buy new ones. If the fight pad turns out to be an acceptable alternative, might get one when the Gamecube controller's finally run out of Nintendium and break.

 

[Yakko93]

I prefer the adapter, but I like both and will buy both.

 

[ECHOnce]

Batteries.
/thread

 

[Exaggeratedhonesty]

So i'm going to go with the gamecube adapter, Because batteries make my wallet cry.

 

[The Revolutionary Cafe]

The adapter because
1.Wired > Wireless
2.1st party controller
3.1 = 4 ports

 

[Renji64]

Adapter I would get one of those fight pads if they weren't that shape.

 

[TimeSmash]

Is the Fightpad even made by Nintendo? I'm pretty sure it isn't haha, and I'd rather get something with almost 14 years of acclaim after being skeptical about the other controller's origins

 

[RedFly]

The adapter because
1.Wired > Wireless
2.1st party controller
3.1 = 4 ports

The adapter is wired, The fight pad is wireless.
There both first party right?
With the fight pad all you do is buy it and connect it to a wii-remote, So it's the same thing.

 

[The Revolutionary Cafe]

The adapter is wired, The fight pad is wireless.
There both first party right?
With the fight pad all you do is buy it and connect it to a wii-remote, So it's the same thing.

Nintendo is endorsing the fight pad but a third party is making where with the adapter you can use official GCN controllers. And connecting anything to a wii mote is still wireless because last I checked the wii remote isn't wired to the console where the adapters are wired to the system.

 

[RedFly]

Nintendo is endorsing the fight pad but a third party is making where with the adapter you can use official GCN controllers. And connecting anything to a wii mote is still wireless because last I checked the wii remote isn't wired to the console where the adapters are wired to the system.

Okay, So why do you prefer the adapter?

 

[Gidy]

Batteries.
/thread

Rechargeable batteries

 

[Khao]

One of them hooks up to a controller, leaving it useless. If you don't have many controllers, that's a big ****ing deal, as you'd be buying an extra controller without raising the number of players.

I don't really care about input lag, I don't play at tournaments and I've noticed absolutely no problems with my classic controller pro, so it's not about that. What I do care about is that a single player needs to be hogging two controlers at the same time for that thing to work.

 

[RedFly]

Rechargeable batteries

Lost rechargeable batteries.

 

[EdreesesPieces]

You still have to worry about running low on batteries in a tournament w/ rechargables. Unless you can recharge it using a wire to the Wii U.

 

[The Revolutionary Cafe]

Okay, So why do you prefer the adapter?

I think I'll most likely prefer the first party gcn controllers and wired controllers are better as I said before because they have less input lag and are better in tournies.

 

[Saikyoshi]

Adapter, for the sake of Wii Mode.

 

[RedFly]

Adapter, for the sake of Wii Mode.

Fight Pad replaces Classic Controller, So Fight Pad is BETTER for Wii Mode.

 

[Saikyoshi]

Fight Pad replaces Classic Controller, So Fight Pad is BETTER for Wii Mode.

Not for games that don't support or only have limited support for the CC.

 

[Ghoti]

I'm going with the Nintendo Fight Pad because of the L,R. ZR, and ZL buttons. This gives me one more button to use when setting up my controller.

Plus, I love Yoshi, so Yoshi Fight Pad FTW.

 

[RedFly]

Not for games that don't support or only have limited support for the CC.

Everything that supports the GCN also supports the CC Controller my friend. GCN offers nothing more over the Fight Pad.

 

[SpectreJordan]

I've never used a Game Cube controller (don't hate me please), but when I get my Wii U I'm going to get the GC controller/adapter & Wii U Pro controller to see which one I like more.

 

[ミスティック Speed]

eh
I'll stick with my GCC.

 

[Saikyoshi]

Everything that supports the GCN also supports the CC Controller my friend. GCN offers nothing more over the Fight Pad.

You'll be eating your words when GameCube games are released for the VC that require analog shoulder buttons. Like Melee.

 

[Gidy]

You'll be eating your words when GameCube games are released for the VC that require analog shoulder buttons. Like Melee.

Nintendo probably won't implement that feature for compatibility with other controllers.

 

[Moldy Clay]

Does the Gamecube Adapter even work in Wii Mode? Not sure why people assume it will.

At least we KNOW the Fight Pad does, since it is a Classic Controller.

 

[Saikyoshi]

Nintendo probably won't implement that feature for compatibility with other controllers.

Hoo boy, the fandom won't be happy with that...

Does the Gamecube Adapter even work in Wii Mode? Not sure why people assume it will.

At least we KNOW the Fight Pad does, since it is a Classic Controller.

I don't see why it wouldn't. I mean, a lot of Wii games used GC controllers.

There's also the fact that I don't want to buy and keep track of eight more expensive controllers for just four players.

 

[Trickerhere]

Both for me! But I am really liking the analog sticks on the Wii U Fight Pad

 

[Kevandre]

The Fight Pad is rather fugly but I like that it's compatible with more stuff. But tbh I'm all about

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the gamecube, probably. Which is odd since I spent years moaning about how humans need to move past it and that the classic controller was better etc. But it turns out it's totes not

 

[Wario Bros.]

Neither for me

 

[JoltSmash13]

Why can't Nintendo just make a simple controller that everyone likes for smash, that is cheap, effective, and is legal for tournament use? Wouldn't that make everything easier?

I don't have either, because I cannot figure out which is better when taking into mind how fast it reacts, the control scheme, and the price, so I am currently using the Wii U Pro controller.