cm0002@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoNintendo Switch 2 design seemingly leaked by carrying case maker — similar aesthetics but with a larger screen and Joy-Conswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up192
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minus-squarefrank@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 days agoN64 -> GCN is a stretch to me, but Wii -> WiiU isn’t
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-26 days agoBranding aside, the GameCube had: four controller sockets built into the console a media format with much lower capacity than the competition a controller with one primary thumbstick and two primary face buttons. These feel like vestigial N64 features Edit: and three shoulder/trigger buttons!
minus-squarefrank@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoOkay, actually now that you bring all that up, yeah! The controller is very different looking but functionally, even the C stick/C buttons are similar
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-26 days agoMayyybe. IMO what sets the GameCube apart from anything else is its controller. Those asymetric buttons are unlike anything, including N64. Plus the weird analogic triggers.
N64 -> GCN is a stretch to me, but Wii -> WiiU isn’t
Branding aside, the GameCube had:
These feel like vestigial N64 features
Edit: and three shoulder/trigger buttons!
Okay, actually now that you bring all that up, yeah! The controller is very different looking but functionally, even the C stick/C buttons are similar
Mayyybe.
IMO what sets the GameCube apart from anything else is its controller. Those asymetric buttons are unlike anything, including N64. Plus the weird analogic triggers.