• frank
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    5 hours ago

    N64 -> GCN is a stretch to me, but Wii -> WiiU isn’t

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      4 hours ago

      Branding aside, the GameCube had:

      • four controller sockets built into the console
      • a media format with much lower capacity than the competition
      • a controller with one primary thumbstick and two primary face buttons.

      These feel like vestigial N64 features

      Edit: and three shoulder/trigger buttons!

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        1 hour ago

        Mayyybe.

        IMO what sets the GameCube apart from anything else is its controller. Those assymetric buttons are unlike anything, including N64. Plus the weird analogic triggers.

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        4 hours ago

        Okay, actually now that you bring all that up, yeah! The controller is very different looking but functionally, even the C stick/C buttons are similar