TIL GameCube's d-pad was added at the last moment
from lIlIllIlIIIllIlIlII@lemmy.zip to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 08 Jan 00:32
https://lemmy.zip/post/29602559

Could this explain the horrible d-pad in the NGC?

#retrogaming

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TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works on 08 Jan 00:35 next collapse

Bruh is this real there’s no way the b button would be there

But then again this is the same company that brought us the amazing N64 controller

Alexstarfire@lemmy.world on 08 Jan 00:39 next collapse

That’s not a B button.

TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works on 08 Jan 00:46 collapse

😳

czl@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Jan 00:40 next collapse

That’s the start button.

TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works on 08 Jan 00:45 next collapse

<img alt="Is this some kind of twisted joke?!" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/3011f9aa-1a6e-4e7b-98bb-81f7537c8146.gif">

MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net on 08 Jan 03:05 collapse

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fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Jan 07:30 collapse

Are you sure? It looks a while lot like the TADIP button

[deleted] on 08 Jan 00:40 collapse

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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 08 Jan 00:59 next collapse

Of course it is very important to have the start button in an easy to reach location.

lIlIllIlIIIllIlIlII@lemmy.zip on 08 Jan 01:10 collapse

I would say that initially they located it there to get some symmetry because aesthetic reasons.

savvywolf@pawb.social on 08 Jan 01:20 next collapse

I’d be very surprised if this is true. Adding a D pad and extra button at the last minute and redesigning the controller entirely feels a bit of a stretch. And it looks a bit strange having a dedicated “arm” just for a single button, especially if it’s the start button (rather than a hypothetical “D” button.

Edit: I didn’t realize there was an actual real photo of one linked as the post, rather than the blurry one in the description thingie. I don’t know what to think.

BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org on 08 Jan 20:18 collapse

That they had a bad prototype and they fixed it during development.

DmMacniel@feddit.org on 08 Jan 02:24 next collapse

And good that they changed it at the last moment. Sure the D-PAD is super stiff but can you imagine games like Metroid Prime without it?

DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works on 08 Jan 03:04 next collapse

Could put a layer on the C stick like Metroid Prime remastered to have one input handle both visors and beams.

lIlIllIlIIIllIlIlII@lemmy.zip on 08 Jan 08:32 collapse

I can imagine external developers asking Nintendo for a d-pad.

Chozo@fedia.io on 08 Jan 02:33 next collapse

I think "last moment" is a bit of a stretch. It may have been weeks before the Space World reveal, but the Space World event was a full year before the console released.

lIlIllIlIIIllIlIlII@lemmy.zip on 08 Jan 08:33 next collapse

Yes, you are right.

Bazoogle@lemmy.world on 08 Jan 21:17 collapse

But they are kind of committed once it’s been announced/show to the public. Of course they could change it, but it’s not as simple after the public has seen it.

Cruxifux@feddit.nl on 08 Jan 03:47 collapse

But without it how would I have tainted my opponents after I cheese them off the edge in smash bros?

imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee on 08 Jan 03:55 collapse

tainted

Cruxifux@feddit.nl on 08 Jan 03:58 collapse

Hahaha great autocorrect, not changing it.