Missed Out On NYXI's GameCube-Inspired Switch Controller? Pre-Orders Are Now Available

Done and done. I hope it’s good. The video reviews sold me on it.

To this day I don't understand the praise the GameCube controller gets. It was only an improvement because of the train wreck N64 controller. The Z button, the C-stick, the face layout, just garbage.

@Maulbert Most of these Gamecube-Inspired controllers don't have those issues. And yeah the layout of the GCN controller is amazing, but the official controller made by Nintendo had serious issues.

I really like the idea but I can't preorder something that I don't know the quality of. I need it in my hands.

Whoa! I want this so badly.

I understand why Nintendo chose digital triggers with the Joycons… but seeing this kinda makes me wish the Switch controllers had analog triggers like the GCN controller.

Snagged one after reading it's presumably limited to 10,000 units. Hope it lives up to the hype.

@Maulbert It’s 100% adults who grew up with the GameCube and are chomping at the bit for anything at all that will quench our nostalgia thirst.

And because the currently the only bone Nintendo has thrown us lately is a Mario Sunshine remaster, we lose our minds seeing something like this. ♥️

*Edit: and competitive smash players looking for a way to play in handheld with the GCN layout. Hard to adapt to the diamond button layout when you’ve spent thousands of hours developing twitch reflexes on the GameCube pad.

So do I understand it correctly the controller does not charge via the joycon rails but has two seperate usb c ports? Why

“The promise of no drifting”, yeah I’ll play ‘the wait and see’ game first.

I kinda wish that such an ambitious project had original stick designs instead of new ones. Especially the C stick.

Does it have rumble?

@Danondorf I was an Xbox guy during that era, and I am not a fan of Smash. I literally purchased Gamecube controllers to use on PC, and it was love at first hold.

So, not 100% then

They must be paying you lot to keep mentioning this controller

I mean why encourage people to buy a 3rd party unproven controller. That’s expensive and probably difficult to get a refund if faulty?

Taken a chance on this as it's weirdly something I've been wanting since the Switch released. Proper Gamecube-styled Joy Con, not just a colour scheme.

Dont believe the hype. I am using my Wii U Pro Controller for everything, its the definition of perfection. For handheld I use the retro fit gamecube-like controller-grip combo.

Normally I'm not a fan of third party controllers, but this one seems like it'll be good quality so I ordered it. Being wireless is huge bonus, and it's nice that it has rumble even though it's not HD. The reviews all seemed great for it, so I'm excited to try it out.

@Maulbert You do know that Nintendo's arguably most hardcore group of fans are generally playing smash bros right?

This gives smash fans a decent option to play wireless without a wavebird. Given that I have small kids now, I can't have my actual GC cords running everywhere.

@Baler People have already gotten their hands on the controller and it's getting great reviews.

@wuntyme8 The Switch doesn't really need to have analog triggers, Nintendo just need to add analog functions to the Switch. With no analog functions implemented in the Switch means even if there are controllers with analog triggers, those triggers will act as digital triggers instead unless analog function is added which if Nintendo want they could always patch it in for Switch at any time before its hype is over. Not sure why they won't do it but since they couldn't even implemented something as simple as custom themes and menu music to the Switch I could understand why.

@TowaHerschel7

Let me guess…these are my issues with it.
1) Small D Pad
2) Drift in a few months of Smash playing (I never got into it so my launch Wavebirds are still just fine.
3) Octagonal stick guides
4) One shoulder button on the left.
5) Too long of a throw for the triggers.

@Chunkboi79 yeah and so did the joy cons with the lights around the sticks. Don’t be fooled!

I really love the Gamecube controller and would totally jump at a "pro controller" with the CGN layout, but the following are non-negotiable, IMHO:

• Rumble (doesn't necessarily have to be "HD rumble")
• Gyro/motion control
• Bluetooth (not a Smash guy, I just like the controller's shape/button layout)
• Built-in rechargeable battery

Doesn't seem like anyone makes one that ticks all of those boxes.

@Baler There's a lot of those, which ones are you referring to?

@Chunkboi79 The ones this company made. I bought them they were rubbish and wouldn’t refund me in full.

@Danondorf the diamond layout is garbage and outdated. I play games on Wii, Wii U, Switch and my Steam Deck with a bevy of GameCube styled controllers and it's wonderful never having to look down to figure out button placement! All of those people acting like GameCube controllers are only for Smash fail to realize that there are hundreds of games originally made for that controller. As for modern games, I can say that God of War is amazing with the GameCube layout 😍.

@Maulbert

its almost as though not everyone's hands are the same size and shape! 😱

THE MORE YOU KNOW

in all seriousness, SNES controller plus handles, sticks, and triggers is the only legitimate controller design idea. got it. 👍

@LightyKD

yes! I played through Diablo 3 in 2020 with a powerA GameCube controller and it was sublime! cannot imagine it any other way now!

Dang same price as a PS5 controller. I'll stick with ReWASD and an emulator.

when you see a controller ANNOUNCEMENT, get excited, then 2 days later the very next article about it you see informs you that you "missed out." 😔

@Danondorf

you are dead wrong, my friend. speaking in absolutes about other people, when you haven't even asked them, makes you look like a buffoon. PSA.

for the record, I was not a child when GameCube came out, and I was a PS2 boi and a Nintendo hater at the time, and I STILL came around to the glory of the GameCube controller!

my genuine personal preferences are by definition right, so you must be wrong! ☺️ enjoy your hate, it must be lonely in there.

Wow - if you could bottle the snarky cynicism in these comments you could probably sell it for a fair amount of money.

@Serpenterror

Some games allow use of analog triggers through the use of the Gamecube to Wii U adapter that was sold. A good example of this is Grid Autosport which allows the Gamecube controllers to use the triggers to control gas and braking.

If the rumored Gamecube expansion comes to Switch Online, it would be huge to have triggers.

Additionally, these bluetooth controllers can be used with any system that supports bluetooth. As such, the triggers would be a nice selling point to utilize with say a steam deck.

Does anyone know if this has a screen capture button? It's too insignificant of an issue to make it into any features list, but there's a button with a rectangle icon on it. I find myself not using my SNES controllers on Switch mainly because I can't capture anything.