What are YOUR favorite controllers?

[palmer6strings]

I don't really count off brand controllers.
If that were the case, the Hori controllers for the 64 and GameCube are just like an SNES controller.

[Hoggs17]

Top 3 (4)

1.  SNES
2.  360/PS3. 
3.  NES

All just "felt right" for their respective time.  I prefer FPS with the 360 and fighters with the PS3.  Genesis controller i hated and Dreamcast was cool but absolutely horrible for fighters.  Seriously.  Garbage.  Worse than the 360 for fighters.  SNES was perfect however, not a game on there that didn't feel great.

[Dr.Agon]

another favourite of mine is the neo-geo cd controller, not the best, but perfect for neo-geo games

dammit!, all this controller talk has sparked a project idea!...

[Blumpkin]

I've always been a fan of Playstation controllers. The DS4 is probably my favorite, I even love the light bar that everybody else seems to hate.

[Megatron]

One more I find myself really enjoying, is the Wii U Game Pad.  I know a lot of people are on the fence about this, if not completely against it, but I like it.  For being so big, this thing feels REALLY comfortable and plays remarkably well.  Touch screens don't do anything for me, but it is nice to have a DS and a console in one.

[Blumpkin]

I'll be a little blasphemous and say that I've always hated the Gamecube controller. I remember buying a GC just for MGS Twin Snakes, and the frustration of trying to learn that controller with such a complicated layout.

Then there is the hard plastic analog sticks, which always hurt my thumbs. And the dumb idea to only have one side of the controller with two shoulder buttons.

Yep, I hate the Gamecube controller.

[the7k]

Sega Saturn (Japanese/2nd Gen controller)
Sega Saturn 3D Controller (Basically the Dreamcast controller except with none of the horrible problems that it had)
Qanba Q4 (Stock parts feel pretty good for stock and it's easily to swap parts out.)
Mad Catz WWE Brawl Pads (Even though they break easy with as much as I used them, they're the only pads worth their price these days. Still pretty crap compared to pads from back then.)
Logitech Precision (Best PC game pad I've ever used. Bought a couple of these for $5 brand new way back when, and glad I did because they've gone up a lot since then.)

[sheep2001]

What we really need is SatoshiMatrix to give some opinions.  He's used pretty much every controller out there! Lol

[Ozzy_98]

Arcade controls using an optical or magnetic stick, and HAPP buttons.

I have bigger hands than most here (Ok fine, bigger everything  ) so I like bigger controllers.  Loved and liked  but my current fave is the F710

Of actual console ones, I liked the nes advantage and avenue-6 pad, since it had 6 buttons on the front, good for fighters.   PSX dual shock line is always a fave, they inspired most of the ones I like.

[Thom Grayson]

Favorite console controllers, hm... top 3, in no particular order -

Xbox 360 - combines things I like about several other controllers, and I'm sort of biased towards it because out of all the first party controllers I've ever owned, the Xbox 360 controllers have by far and away held up the best. So much so that I'm still using the controller that came with the system when I got it in 2010, and it's probably my most-played system. Sticks are starting to lose tension, but still totally usable.

PS4 - I like the lightbar, I like the clickpad. It's like Sony fixed all the things wrong with the previous DualShocks. I think the DS4 fits in the hand best of any controller I've used, though I wouldn't mind if it were a tad heavier.

SNES - Comfortably simple, and the fact that it laid the groundwork for pretty much every system to follow certainly doesn't hurt it.


And my top 3 least favorite, also in no particular order -

Colecovision (and other attached controllers) - built-in controllers are a terrible idea. Giving them cheap buttons, short cords, and a weird tilting proto-joystick on top of the controller doesn't make it better.

Gamecube - Don't get me wrong, I like the controller itself just fine, I like the offset face buttons and squishy shoulder buttons. But out of all the first party controllers I have ever had, I've had the most problems with the Gamecube's. Whether it's the second click in the shoulder buttons wearing out, or the rumble somehow getting messed up and making loud squeaking noises every time it vibrates, I went through several controllers in a year. That just should not happen with first party products. Maybe I was just unlucky.

Kinect for Xbox One - Incredibly unreliable, both for motion and voice recognition. I'd wave, and it would grab onto the person sitting next to me on the couch. I'd say Xbox, it would ignore me. I'd give it a command, and it would do something else. Etc, etc. And I specified Xbox One because the first Kinect actually worked pretty well for me overall. I have no idea why, but version 2 has given me issues literally every single time I've used one or been around and seen people using them.

[SegaNomadman]

These are mine:
1.     Game Cube: The controller is ridiculously comfortable and the layout is spot on. The analog sticks even have the notches allowing for locking in the diagonal inputs in eight directions so they don't slip around. This is by far the best.
2.     NES: This design may not be the most comfortable around but the simplicity of the design is perfect for any gamer with a D-pad and two simple buttons.
3.     Nintendo 64: This may seem weird but I love this one. The three prongs allow for a lot of versatility between the types of games. Weather it requires an analog stick or only the D-pad this controller can handle it.