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This is wrong on several important levels.]]>Nov 12th 2007 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/
While it looks like a decent arcade stick, I think I'll wait until there's a review or two on it before purchasing. I don't want to end up with a nonfunctional piece of plastic.]]>Nov 12th 2007 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/
Random Guy 1: GUYS!! I just thought of an amazing name for the new Wii joystick. The Shaft!!!

*laughter*

Random Guy 2: Seriously though... What are we going to name this??

CEO: I like it...]]>Nov 12th 2007 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 4:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Yes, size matters a lot for a fighting stick too. ]]>Nov 12th 2007 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/
I couldn't help myself XD]]>Nov 12th 2007 5:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/

the shaft.. well..]]>Nov 12th 2007 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/
Buyer beware!]]>Nov 12th 2007 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/
brawl can be played in a number of different ways (4, to be exact) wiimote style like zelda, with a classic controller, with a gc controller, or with the wiimote on it's side like some of the classic games allow.


check before you ask your questions, maybe somebody (in this case, nintendo) has already addressed your concerns.]]>Nov 12th 2007 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/
Who's the black plastic stick
that's a wii controller for all the chicks?
(Shaft!)
Can you dig it?
]]>Nov 12th 2007 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/
Already modded one classic controller into an arcade stick. And I can say with authority:

The classic controller (CC) sucks balls for fighting games.

Not all the blame rests with Nintendo however. They had to design a generic controller that would play NES, SNES N64, Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, and Neo Geo...

All with one controller.

And they did pretty good. It works, but fighting games for long periods of time make your hands hurt. Nothing like gripping some real plywood on some real arcade buttons on your lap.

Not to mention those analog sticks are wasted on the other 94% of the games out on VC and get in the way for real button-mashing.

All in all, the controller that they put out is REAL hackable. Nice big PCB, fat traces, and the pins on the chip inside the CC are nice and big too--so soldering wires to it is a snap. Here is a picture of what I am talking about.

http://bayimg.com/gaHCFaAbP

It's easy enough to ohm out the traces, to find out where buttons go. And then you just connect them up. Done and done.]]>Nov 12th 2007 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/]]>Nov 12th 2007 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 12th 2007 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/12/wii-shaft-the-arcade-style-joystick-for-virtual-console-titles/Nov 15th 2007 7:43AM