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"Need a new controller"

I just picked up a cheap Gamecube and everything is cool (Great games like Res evil Zero and pokemon colesseum already being enjoyed). But the controller is really really gak!! It is the official jobby, but it feels awful to use. Can anyone recommend a good replacement?

I read somewhere that future perfect would be out next year sometime.

No christmas pressy then.

I just hope they sorted out the memory and saving problems it(TS2) has.

The sttep edges around the L and R buttons are perfect because they wrap around your fingers and are more comfortable.

The Z button should be near bottom of the controller simmilar to the N64 but alot bigger to cover three fingers.

I thought it might have been, after I posted though, when I read my first line "It's my favourite controller of all time"

He said in the post below mine anyway that he's grown used to it, and likes it now.
So case closed.

Nah, it was directed at the original post.

It's brilliant with TS 2, I must agree.
If that "new hands" comment was directed at me there, well, then, I don't know why, all I was saying is, it needs a W button or something where the z button is on the left hand side, and that the L and r buttons shouldn't be as big, and the edges not as steep, so that I can slide my fingers from button to button like I can with the PS2 controller.

And, as for the C-stick, I have no problems with it, but for a less dextrous person, the small size may make playing games like TS2 more difficult.

Speaking of Timesplitters, when is Future Perfect out?

I suggest you get yourself a new pair of hands as the Cube pad is easily the most comfortable pad to use. I've also had no problems using it with first person shooters, works perfectly with Timesplitters 2.

It's my favourite pad of all the time.
My only gripes with it are teh fact that teh Z buttons a bit thin, and the R button has raised edges, so it's dfficult to switch between the two in fast paced games which make use of both.
There's only one L button.
The c-stick is a bit small. I have a pretty nimble and accurate thumb, so it doesn't bother me all that much, but it does annoy my mates, and if friends don't want to use them, then Multiplayer games are wasted.

I have had a chance to get used to the pad now, and I agree that it a actually very good :) I'll be sticking with the official pad now.

Special Reserve offer a controller adapter thingy that lets you use a Ps2 controller on a gamecube.

P.S.You are totally nuts.
The buttons are put just in the right places and the c stick is in the same place as the ps2 controller.

Ooh it's not symmetrical, must mean it is rubbish.

Ashman wrote:
> If you think it feels a bit plasticky and breakable (the official pad,
> that is) then I suggest picking up a Wavebird. It looks the same, it
> feels the same, but it ain't the same.
>
> In conclusion. Wavebird is the greatest controller ever made.

I have a Wavebird but have gone back to using normal. I likes me rumble.