Does anybody else think it's absolutely insane that Nintendo came out with the Switch, the console with the worst d-pad of all time, offers tons of great 2D games that need it, then makes you buy a subscription package just for a chance at buying a reproduction of older controllers with actual, functional d-pads. I got the SNES Switch controller last year when I got my Switch because it was impossible to play Ori and Ori 2 without hitting the down direction on the Pro controller, making the game almost unplayable, or very unenjoyable. Now I got a great d-pad, but I still need the analog sticks to get to certain parts of the that particular game! It's just crazy to me that the inventors of the greatest d-pad of all time, the NES d-pad, won't make a modern controller with it, when it's been desperately needed for years(I do love every PlayStation d-pad, also perfect). Kind of ironic of the N64 controller, the laughing stock of many in the retro community including me, now use that d-pad and it's amazing, it's great. Not perfect, but absolutely great. For all the 8 or so games that actually used it for movement, it surprised me. Very curious to how the new reproduction N64 controller's d-pad will feel, should be good for 2D games, better than a Pro.
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Does anybody else think it's absolutely insane that Nintendo came out with the Switch, the console with the worst d-pad of all time, offers tons of great 2D games that need it, then makes you buy a subscription package just for a chance at buying a reproduction of older controllers with actual, functional d-pads.
I got the SNES Switch controller last year when I got my Switch because it was impossible to play Ori and Ori 2 without hitting the down direction on the Pro controller, making the game almost unplayable, or very unenjoyable. Now I got a great d-pad, but I still need the analog sticks to get to certain parts of the that particular game! It's just crazy to me that the inventors of the greatest d-pad of all time, the NES d-pad, won't make a modern controller with it, when it's been desperately needed for years(I do love every PlayStation d-pad, also perfect).
Kind of ironic of the N64 controller, the laughing stock of many in the retro community including me, now use that d-pad and it's amazing, it's great. Not perfect, but absolutely great. For all the 8 or so games that actually used it for movement, it surprised me. Very curious to how the new reproduction N64 controller's d-pad will feel, should be good for 2D games, better than a Pro.