An essential purchase for old-school gaming fans.
Post Via amazon in Wii Accessories ReviewWii Classic Controller
If you're interested in playing Virtual Console games on your brand new Wii, then the Classic Controller from Nintendo is basically a must-have. Sure, it's true that a lot of games can be played simply with either the Wii Remote or a GameCube pad, but the Classic Controller, for old-school action, outdoes them both.
Consisting of your old-fashioned, yet very vital directional pad, two analog sticks, placed in the same positions as the ones on the PlayStation home console family's controllers, four face buttons (a, b, x, and y), two triggers (L and R), both of which click just like the GameCube controller's triggers do, interestingly enough (even though you can't use it with GameCube games, at least at the time this review was posted), as well as two Z buttons in between the L and R triggers (ZL and ZR), and +, -, and Home buttons, the Classic Controller is clearly packing a lot of things to press and move.
Another interesting thing to note about it is that there's this latch on the back of the controller that is not currently used by anything on the Wii. It was originally speculated that that is where the console's remote would plug into, but that clearly isn't the case anymore. It seems Nintendo has some future plan(s) for it, none of which we, the public, know about yet.
Okay, so now that you're familiar with the button and stick layout, you may be wondering how it feels? Just fine the answer is. Like a mix of the Super NES, Dual Shock, and GameCube gamepads, this thing feels very comfortable and doesn't weigh too much (which is assisted by the fact that there's no rumble feature present). The directional pad is nice and big, unlike the one on the Wii Remote, and the buttons feel very good, as do the analog sticks and triggers.
One minor complaint I have with the controller is the fact that it isn't completely wireless. You see, you have to plug it into the Wii Remote's extension slot. Still, I said it was minor, and it really isn't that bothersome at all, although I do wish it was fully wireless.
All in all, I highly recommend you buying the Classic Controller for the Wii. If you're at all interested in the system's Virtual Console selection of titles, you couldn't go wrong with it. Nintendo designed it with some of the best controllers from the history of video gaming in mind, and they've succeeded in making a very comfortable controller for all those old games you're likely to purchase and download from their Virtual Console service.
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