Nintendo, as a company, usually caters its games to its own developed hardware. The Gamecube controller is an incredible feat of engineering, hosting a well-designed octogonal thumbstick, unique button layout, and a comfortable ergonomic feel. Being completely wired, it minimizes all chances of input lag between controller and console. The new Gamecube controller adapter does solve one of these issues. For this reason, competitive Smash players still choose to play on old CRT televisions with wired controllers. It’s the time it takes for a button press to react on screen. Professional Smash players are also rather particular on things like input lag, also known as latency. effectively solidifies the game’s addition to future fighting game tournaments.

Bringing the Gamecube controller back to Smash Bros. with the Wii U Gamepad, Pro Controller, or Wii Remote with Nunchuk, the Gamecube controller has been the preferred input method for competitive Smash players. Although players can still play Smash Bros. There’s a really good reason to why bringing the Gamecube controller back matters. But considering how fickle competitive gamers can be, it’s still to be seen if the community will embrace a non-Nintendo branded controller. Could Nintendo also be teasing a re-release of the 13 year-old peripheral? We do know that third-party peripheral maker PDP will be developing a Gamecube style controller for the release of Smash Bros., which is expected later this year.

nmyj9QMsuUĪlso shown in the image above is the classic Gamecube controller with the Smash Bros. will be playable with GameCube controllers. Get excited! The #WiiU version of #SmashBros. with probably the most universally accepted controller method.

What this means is that players will be able to play the new Super Smash Bros. Nintendo announced Thursday that it plans to release an officially licenced peripheral that will allow players to connect their Gamecube controllers to a WiiU. Nintendo is readying a full frontal assault against my wallet, and it looks like their strategy will work beautifully.

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