Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | 07:44 GMT
Nintendo unveils new Wii controller
Nintendo’s posted first pictures of a new Wii controller on its site.
Named the Classic Controller Pro, the new peripheral looks like a Classic with bits on it. It’s the Classic with handles and two extra shoulder buttons, basically.
It’s out this year. Do you need this? Probably not.
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Posted in: Nintendo, Wii
Tags: Classic Controller Pro
8 comments
#1
Blerk
26/02/09, 8:19 am
Doesn’t that have more shoulder buttons than the original?
#2
Blerk
26/02/09, 8:22 am
Ah, no – they’ve just moved the little round ones into proper buttons.
Too many controllers, Nintendo. FAR too many controllers. I’ve never had so much crap for a single console in my entire life – we’ve got an entire cupboard full of the fucking things. On the flip side, I have one 360 controller which does ‘everything’. So much for ‘simplifying’ the controller experience.
#3
DrDamn
26/02/09, 9:16 am
Looks to use the same stupid connect to a wiimote for “wireless” use approach too. I use a classic controller for Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon and it’s crap having the wiimote rolling around pressing it’s buttons all the time.
#4
Tonka
26/02/09, 9:30 am
I hang my Wii remote on the wall next to me when I play using the Classic Controller. At least this one have the cable coming out at the front.
But why the fuck are they releasing this? Have they something up their sleeve? Some new games relying on old school controls rather than point n’ wave.
To the WDG!
#5
Blerk
26/02/09, 9:46 am
It’ll be for Resi 6, no doubt. So they can make it just as awkward on the Wii as it is on the other two.
#6
G1GAHURTZ
26/02/09, 10:01 am
Nintendo have lost the plot…
‘Oh, how the mighty have fallen!’
#7
Tonka
26/02/09, 10:02 am
I’m sorry but that is not what my “Unnamed Sources Close To The Developer” is telling me.
#8
Tonka
26/02/09, 10:03 am
And I was replying to Blerk.
Not G1GA.
(I remember the days of the Edit button.)