Peripheral Vision: Blaze Classic Wii Controller
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Coming across very much like a blend of the official Classic Controller and a PSP, the Blaze Classic Wii Controller is an alternative option if you’re looking for ways to play your old GameCube games or those classics from yesteryear on the Virtual Console.
Weighing in at £14.99, however, it costs the same as the official model, and in my experience I’ve never used a third-party pad on a Nintendo console that’s bettered the official versions. Which doesn’t necessarily make it a bad purchase, but it seems as if it’ll only benefit those unable to get hold of the in-short-supply Nintendo controller. It does remind me that Nintendo should release a wireless version of their own Classic Controller, though. Will we see anything like that next year, or does Nintendo not quite care enough about the core gamer to bother? With MotionPlus on the way in the spring, it might just be an official peripheral too many for Nintendo, particularly given Satoru Iwata’s insistence that the company wasn’t planning on releasing any more new controllers.
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December 4th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Is it just basically a blockier version of the existing CC? I prefer it like it is now tbh, the only suggestion is moving those tiny ZR & ZL (or whatever they’re called) down below the shoulder buttons so it’s easier to reach. Currently, my sister has a real problem reaching them mid-game.
December 5th, 2008 at 12:15 am
was there not some kind of patent problem keeping Nintendo from further producing their controllers?
December 5th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Ah, you might be right. I do recall something along those lines, though I thought the decision was being appealed. Seems odd that other companies can do the same thing, though.