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"GameCube pad choice"

If you had the choice between the official GameCube pad (colour doesn't matter) and the WaveBird wireless controller (again, colour doesn't matter), which would you choose and why???

Many of you will probably say the wireless as the wires cannot get tangled and so that more people can sit around you for a four player game, without pulling the leads out or pulling the console.
But surely you'd get a similar effect if you just brought a pair of cable-extenders?? That's what i'm gunna do, i'm not too sure about wireless pads??

So I won't go for the wireless pads, i'm sticking with the official ones. Maybe i'll import some to save money?? When I have money of course!

What would you choose between and why??

Jeez we really are running low on new topics in the Ninty forum.

Just out of interest, what's the "big deal" with wireless pads- all my friends and me used them on Mega Drives! Another Sega first in consoles gaming that Ninty have picked up :p (just like the analogue stick and analogue buttons)

Sonic

Indian-DudeY2K wrote:
> im making that robot aswell ! , and sPiKe2k , the wavebird , (the wireless
> controller) is a FIRST PARTY , made by nintendo , controller , not 3rd party as
> i have said twice before in this topic.


ok cheers, any idea if there is a confirmed price?

im making that robot aswell ! , and sPiKe2k , the wavebird , (the wireless controller) is a FIRST PARTY , made by nintendo , controller , not 3rd party as i have said twice before in this topic.

I would choose the Wavebird because:

- My mates have a strange tendancy to sit at the far back corner of the room when playing games. The wireless controller would mean that they won'tpull the controller out of the socket or pull the whole console off the top of the table.

- No more tangling, meaning no more "follow the wire" games to find which plug is conected to which controller.

- More freedom of movement (or is that basicly the first point I made?)

- Ever since I started my robot (http://realrobots.co.uk) I've been completely stocked up on batteries, because I care for it soooooo dearly. So power supplies wouldn't be a problem.

Are nintendo releasing the wireless controllers? if so any idea when in the UK? i never buy 3-rd party unless i really have to!

wave bird because it has no cables! and i don't think it uses that much power.

not yet , but thats a good idea , ill do it later on tonight , thanks sol'

Battery power's annother reason why I won't get a Wavebord pad. I've also never really used a wireless one before, and i've heard you have to keep them roughly in-line with the controllers sockets, or else it won't work??

I'll stick with 4 pads with leads, and maybe get some cable-extenders too. I tend to move the pad around quite a bit, especially in racers and fast paced games.

And Indian Dude Y2K, have you posted your GC pad review in the reviews section for the pad??

Indian-DudeY2K wrote:
> the wireless ones ARE OFFICIAL ! they're not 3rd party.



In that case I would choose the wireless one - More convenient!!