Topic: GC controller on VC

Hello everyone,

Just a quick question - I wish to play some of the VC games available and I understand that I need a classic controller to play them. I do also though play my old GC games and have 2 GC controllers.

My question is can I use my GC controller to play VC games - obviously my reasons behind this is that I dont want a room full of different controllers for my console.

Cheers
Keith

you can, yes. for some games, this may even be the preferred method. however, i strongly recommend that you buy a classic controller, as some games can be nearly unplayable without it. Super Mario World, for instance has you hold Y to run/throw fireballs, and press B to jump. this is extremely awkward with a gamecube controller, and many of the jumps require running. on a classic controller, though, it's natural as the buttons are right next to each other. so a classic controller would not be a bad investment, in my opinion.

You don't need a classic controller, you can get away with using just a wiimote and GC pad (as I do).

Others may disagree....

thanks for that. Am I correct though in saying that it does not work the other way - classic controller being used on GC games?

you are correct, my good man.

unless you buy a CC to GC adaptor.

even then, however, the shoulder buttons on the classic controller are not pressure sensitive, so it still wouldn't work for a few games.

Depends on what games you have. The N64, SNES, and occaisionally the Neo-Geo are the only consoles on the service that require a CC/GC Controller. Everything else can easily be played with a sideways Wiimote. It works well enough for N64 games, since the GC controller is the closest in design to the N64 controller, but it's a nightmare with SNES games, since the buttons are very weirdly aligned. In Super Mario World, for instance, B is used for spin jumps, while the X and Y buttons are used for regular jumps (At least I THINK so). It feels REALLY uncomfortable, so... Yeah, don't do it.

Bottom line: If you play a lot of SNES games, go for it. Otherwise, you're good.

Technically the GC controller works well with all VC games. But I found the SNES and Genesis games been very hard to play with the GC controller, specially the SNES ones.

but they are.. unless the spring, potentiometer, and 10bits (instead of 2 bits which would be expected for 2 buttons) are there just for show. Not sure if the Pro version has analogue shoulder buttons but so you might be right in that regard.

I don't think I have ever seen it used BUT haven't I seen the Gamecube Controller used like that on the Wii either.

I can recite big important things too!

skywake is right the CC does have analogue shoulder buttons (not that I've seen any use for them); the CC Pro does not (because they're pretty useless!).

C64, NES, TG-16, Master System and select Genesis games: WiiMote only
SNES, Neo Geo, Most Genesis and select N64 games: Classic Controller
Most N64 games: GCN controller

It's really a wise to get at least two classic controllers and 2 GCN controllers. That way you are coverd for not only the games in which the right "feeling" controller is needed but you're also covered for 4 player games.

Use the Classic Controller for SNES/Genesis games. I highly recommend it.
Reserve the Gamecube controller for N64 games.
Use the remote for NES and SMS games.