18th May 2010, 5:23 AM
Hmm... I honestly don't see the difference there between analog sticks, except I prefer Nintendo's later ones. I like the 6 button layout of the N64, but other than that, I prefer the Gamecube controller or the classic controller (classic mainly for that d-pad goodness).
I think maybe one good idea might be that instead of an octagonal shape, let's use a circle shape but with some tiny triangular "notches" at the 8 directional corners. I think that could be the best of both worlds.
Oh, and I've seen square shaped analog stick depressions. It's basically an attempt to get the same full "range" as a joystick, which traditionally have square depressions themselves. However, they really are aweful.
I think maybe one good idea might be that instead of an octagonal shape, let's use a circle shape but with some tiny triangular "notches" at the 8 directional corners. I think that could be the best of both worlds.
Oh, and I've seen square shaped analog stick depressions. It's basically an attempt to get the same full "range" as a joystick, which traditionally have square depressions themselves. However, they really are aweful.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)