The Wii U version of Smash Bros. will be playable with GameCube controllers

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Whelp Nintendo, take all my money. I will gladly pay to use my gamecube controller with the new smash bros.
The Nintendo 360 controller would be fine, but it's still a new controller. I'm much happier with my familiar layout and feel of the gamecube controller.

EDIT: Oh and i'd like to point out that there's very, very little chance the adapter will cost more than 1 WiiU 360 controller. WiiU has no gaems, I don't need a controller for no gaems. So i'll buy the much cheaper adapter that lets me and my 4 gamecube controllers play the new Smash Bros instead of buying 4 Wii60 controllers. Mad savings.
 

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For those of you hating on this adapter, have you even touched a GameCube controller? THAT controller is godly! The only thing the Cube controller was missing was clickable sticks and a fourth soulder button. Otherwise, the ability to never ever have to look at your controller to remember your button placememnt was lovely. The only other controller that comes close is the Wii Remote/Nunchuck combination. Personally the Cube and Wii Remote/Nunchuck combination aretied as number 1 on my favorite controllers list with the 360 controller coming in at second and the OUYA controller at third.
 
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Will they be releasing a new batch of gamecube controllers along with it or something? If not it doesn't seem very profitable as the only market for it (quite literally) is long time fans who didn't sell they're old peripherals at any point or are willing to buy used ones. Neither brings them any profit other than the adapter itself.
 

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vWii and Nintendont and I will be happy!

Likewise, I'd think that with it using USB, it would use HID right and not something funky like Xinput? If that's the case, it would prove to be very awesome :)

Will they be releasing a new batch of gamecube controllers along with it or something? If not it doesn't seem very profitable as the only market for it (quite literally) is long time fans who didn't sell they're old peripherals at any point or are willing to buy used ones. Neither brings them any profit other than the adapter itself.
Well, it sure beats trying to find cheap controllers on eBay, as they can be pretty expensive, there are also reproduction Gamecube controllers on Amazon IIRC, not too sure how reliable they are, but they look pretty well built.
For those of you hating on this adapter, have you even touched a GameCube controller? THAT controller is godly! The only thing the Cube controller was missing was clickable sticks and a fourth soulder button. Otherwise, the ability to never ever have to look at your controller to remember your button placememnt was lovely. The only other controller that comes close is the Wii Remote/Nunchuck combination. Personally the Cube and Wii Remote/Nunchuck combination aretied as number 1 on my favorite controllers list with the 360 controller coming in at second and the OUYA controller at third.


I still have my Wavebirds and original black wired controller from 2001 (well, the Wavebirds weren't released till 2002 or something), they all still work perfectly fine, so I'm pumped! This might even work on Mario Kart 8 with a patch!
 

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I have all 4 of my wavebirds as well. I was really upset at the possibility of never being able to use them. I just hope that we will get to use them in Wii mode.

Of course, I still can't get USB Loader GX to recognize any of my hard drives on the Wii U, despite the fact that they work perfectly as they are on the Wii and even if I could I still can't play GC games without keeping the Wii on standby so it might be moot anyway. If I can't migrate the games over properly, there isn't much of a reason for me to use my GameCube controllers with the Wii U.

Then again, if they give us the ability to use a gamecube controller instead of a Wii U gamepad on a Wii U game (even for games already released) it might still be worth it for me.
 
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I guess alot of people did not buy a pro controller?...much better then the Gamecube controller. I'm actually convinced you'd be at a handicap using the Gamecube controller.
 
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The fact that it's wired is almost a bigger deal than the fact that it's a GCC. At large venues/conventions/tournaments wireless is fucking awful when you're constantly switching between setups and there are hundreds of controllers working at the same time.
 

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Will they be releasing a new batch of gamecube controllers along with it or something? If not it doesn't seem very profitable as the only market for it (quite literally) is long time fans who didn't sell they're old peripherals at any point or are willing to buy used ones. Neither brings them any profit other than the adapter itself.

Dunno about the US, but any EBgames i've ever gone into still sells gamecube controllers. Not official, but yeah. Not bad either.
 
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Gamecube controller was shit tier in my opinion, it was too clunky and had the weirdest button layout, and two shitty joysticks (that fucking c-stick was god awful). But I digress, as people seem to be getting nostalgia boners over a 12 year old controller.
 
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It's funny... the other day I had seen a Hori brand fight stick for the Wii, and was at first thinking how it'd only really be used for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom... but I'm wondering how good something like that would be for playing Smash Brothers as well?

Apparently there was a huge charity fundraiser push to get the game back into EVO in 2013; not sure if it still is around for 2014, but hey... clearly the desire and the admiration from the fans is there.
 

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well, its good this way, the gamecube controller was great for smash bros. i've played that game on wii with every controler available at the time and they all sucked compared to the gamecube one.

however, i don't get why they create this weird adapter when they could also just create a gamecube style classic controller.
 

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Classic Controller Pro >

Gamecube controller was shit tier in my opinion, it was too clunky and had the weirdest button layout, and two shitty joysticks (that fucking c-stick was god awful). But I digress, as people seem to be getting nostalgia boners over a 12 year old controller.


Opinions, man, opinions.

Back on-topic: Nice for those who want to play with the Gamecube controllers. I prefer the Wiimote/Nunchuck combo myself.
 

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well, its good this way, the gamecube controller was great for smash bros. i've played that game on wii with every controler available at the time and they all sucked compared to the gamecube one.

however, i don't get why they create this weird adapter when they could also just create a gamecube style classic controller.


People probably prefer using this than having to use Bluetooth/batteries all the time, plus I'll be able to use the controllers I've had for thirteen years :P
 

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Classic Controller Pro >

Gamecube controller was shit tier in my opinion, it was too clunky and had the weirdest button layout, and two shitty joysticks (that fucking c-stick was god awful). But I digress, as people seem to be getting nostalgia boners over a 12 year old controller.
I've never stopped using my Gamecube controllers. The sticks are responsive and don't slip. I love the button layout that more naturally conforms to your thumb and the focus of a main button. The analog triggers move smoothly with little applied force and, again, your fingers don't slip off. Gimme a Gamecube controller any day.
 
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wasnt the gamecube controller and layout hailed as probably the most ergonomic controller design ever? really, the only thing that was arguably problematic about it was the controller size and the dpad, since it was really too small for some hands and the pad was just not good for controlling (though i can say the same about the 360 one). it worked well enough for menus and such, but was otherwise bad.

the center-button layout will forever be the one I prefer and i hope it will one day return to our hands.
 

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