Looking to buy a Hori N64 Mini Pad or 2. Or 3.

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shenske:
Oh my mistake, thought you were just referring to the gameboy player for $43 (not the controller).

AppleQueso:
Is that pelican pad worth the money? I imagine the hori is better, but if spending $30 less means I still get a functional snes-esque pad I'd gladly go for the pelican.

KaiserWAVE:
Is that Hori controller really that rare and pricy? I got mine when it was released off play-asia.com for a measly $22 including shipping (which was around 18 Euros at that time). Worth every cent indeed. Got it with the Mega Man Anniversary Collection and it's incredibly good.

...both the controller and the Anniversary Collection ;)

shenske:
You could always go to retrousb so you can use actual nes and snes controllers on your gamecube/wii.
http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?cPath=22&osCsid=ad686e7114f285275b5dfe677787c6d2

That still doesn't help with the hori n64 problem but at least it may be a much cheaper alternative to the hori "snes" style gcn pad. (I want one of those hori n64 pads to).

satoshi_matrix:
Yes, I wholeheartedly recommend the Retrozone SNES adapter to GC over the Hori Digital Pad. I bought one when they were first introduced in Japan (I think I paid like $60 for it!). It does a great job emulating the look of the SNES controller, but for reasons I cannot comprehend, the controller maintains the same Gamecube oddball layout of the face buttons.

With the adapter, you can play Gamecube and Gameboy games as well as Wii VC and a number of Wii games all with your classic real SNES controller all without any lag or cable splicing.

As for the Hori N64 Mini Pad, I also own one. They're expensive, and I'm not sure it's quite worth the price.

Pros:
-An excellent Control stick. It's similar to the Gamecube's but a bit looser and also slightly bigger.
-You can access all the buttons without having to change how you hold the controller.
-Supports all existing controller addons.
-Great conversation piece amongst videogame friends.
-Two Z buttons below L and R. Use whichever one you want.

Cons:
Just like the OEM Gamecube controller, the dpad on the Hori N64 Ministick is placed as an afterthought. Any game that is played with a dpad your much better off to just use a real controller.
-The buttons are too close together.
-Expensive.

If you still want one, check ebay.

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