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Nintendo Now's Classic Controller Pro Review

Nintendo Now writes:
With the launch of Monster Hunter 3 (Tri) this week, comes the launch of the Wii Classic Controller Pro in North America. How does the newly colored controller feel for Wii users? In my personal opinion, the controller feels great, the newly added handles give it the nice "snug" feel. It fits in the hand just fine. And with the added shoulder buttons at the top of the controller, you get the feel of Sony's Dualshock controller. There's one problem with the controller though.

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Blaze9295867d ago

Nice review, might pick this up

Perjoss5867d ago

got one of these coming tomorrow with my monster hunter. Looks nice, but im not sure about the 8-way grooves for the analog sticks, I've used a similar system on another controller and it just feels kinda clicky when you circle around.

ThanatosDMC5867d ago

It's basically $10 more to get the game bundled with the black controller. It's basically a DS3... MH really belongs to the Playstation.

Cevapi885866d ago

nice to see...would probably work perfect with super smash bros.

eggbert5867d ago

It's like a 360 controller with Playstation buttons and analog sticks. ThI'm confident teh d-pad will be better than the 360's.

thehitman5867d ago

its a ps3 controller w/ 360 buttons

tokoshix5867d ago

it's certainly better than the original!

HolyOrangeCows5867d ago

They basically Nintendo-ized the dualshock.

The other controller was pretty meh.
http://nintendonow.e-mpire....

I don't know why Nintendo has so much trouble creating traditional controllers.
I loved the N64 but the controller was designed for an octopus, the gamecube controller...just a mess in general.

JasonXE5867d ago

yeah that last one was way too simple

Theonik5866d ago

pwn'd
But Handles were on PS first. :P
Button layout is snes though. Does anyone know if this classical controller works with NGC games? I know the old one doesn't.

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BloodyNapkin5867d ago

You don't have to have this controller to play certain games do you?

tokoshix5867d ago (Edited 5867d ago )

The Classic Controller is like a peripheral attachment for the Wii remote, instead of a stand-alone controller. And is not mandatory to play certain games like how the WM+ would be for games like Red Steel 2 and Wii Sports Resort. Also, not every Wii game has support for the CC.

rexus123455867d ago

I hear Wii's latest great hit Monster Hunters Tri is pretty much un-playable with Wii mote, that's why they bundled it with this Classical controller.

tunaks15867d ago

"I hear Wii's latest great hit Monster Hunters Tri is pretty much un-playable with Wii mote, that's why they bundled it with this Classical controlle"
its obviously better with the CC, but if only have access to the Wiimote + Nunchuk, its basically like playing the game with the psp layout.

BubbleSniper5867d ago

nintendo classic controller pro>everything ms

D3adcell5867d ago

I love the classic controller pro. I got the monster hunter bundle and the feel with the grips on the side is so much better then the original. The placement of the z buttons is a lot better too.

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ActualWhiteMan23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg22d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree22d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai22d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) Still Feels Like Peak 90s Star Wars

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MayorPauline52d ago

This game along with Rogue Squadron got me into to Star Wars. The release of special edition VHS Star Wars collection was perfectly times on top of all that. 😆

Redgrave52d ago

Because it is.

Please re-release this.

SimpleSlave52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

But it wasn't. Although I do agree that some of the tie-in media, like the novels and comics, were pretty good.

Still, games like Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, and the space sims were peak 90s Star Wars. Shadows fell flat because of the abysmal controls and unimaginative levels. And if you wanted to really experience the seedy side of the universe, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was peak, and it wasn't even close.

Regardless, and much to my dismay, we got the better version thanks to Ubislop in Outlaws, which is what Shadows should've been, albeit at a smaller scale.

shinXseijuro51d ago

As a kid me and my cousins loved this game . I have great memories with this one and the Star Wars pod racer game .

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