• PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Wavebird wireless GameCube controller FTW! I still have mine, 20 years later. Still works too. I bust it out once or twice a year when we play Mario Party 5 or 7.

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      7 months ago

      It’s crazy that I still have a ton of gamecube controllers in perfect condition that have hundreds of hours of use each and yet I’ve got a box of useless joycons.

      They literally don’t make them like they used to.

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        7 months ago

        I’ve had to throw away 3 Switch (3rd party) controllers due to drift issues, and I had to send my stock joy cons back to Nintendo for repair due to drift. Ridiculous.

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          7 months ago

          Its not too difficult to swap out the thumb sticks with hall effect versions and (mostly) solve the drift problem.

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            7 months ago

            Probably, but that’s not the consumers responsibility to fix a defective product. Now maybe after many hours of use, but mine was drifting within the first year.

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          7 months ago

          I still have my original joycons on my release day switch and never had an issue with the joycons on my oled or my other set bought used…I must be lucky