Stick rant incoming..
I did receive the N64 controller an hour ago. While the overall build and quality are excellent, the stick placement is just plain wrong. Revolutionary my ass. Holding it from the middle to use the stick makes it awkward for my right hand. Yes my right hand, not the left, because now it's not gripping the right part properly, leaving my palm open. The stick is also very slippery. My thumb keeps slipping off it. I'll need to buy a grip for it.
Using the dpad and buttons though is very nice. Everything feels right and in place again. Quality is excellent.
They tried to do something with that stick but it really didn't work out. No wonder this console failed miserably vs the PS. It just feels like an unfinished experiment. Like they haven't done enough QA, just threw the stick in the middle and were done. How did this even get the green light is beyond me. How did anyone at Nintendo actually try holding it and not think this is uncomfortable? They could've easily placed the stick just diagonally under the dpad, in that empty space between the dpad and where the stick is now. That would've been perfect. Easily and comfortably reachable with my left thumb. And also could've had a grip on it so thumbs don't slip. That literally took me 5 minutes to figure out
Could've defo been revolutionary then.