CirKa Wired Controller for GameCube/ Wii (Purple)

Considering the low cost of these controllers, they are good quality, the plastic case is heavy and rigid, surfacing is a low lustre micro texture finish, the sticks response is not quite as progressive as a Nintendo controller,the button switches have a lighter action, due to being very inexpensive membrane switches, I do like the positive spring return on the L and R shoulder toogles. Overall, I am quite impressed, especially considering that a Nintendo produced controller at Amazon.ca is $49 in Canada. I bought four, because they are a good buy from a 3rd party manufacturer and retailer that offer both competitive pricing and performance. Will it last forever? Nothing does... but I hope to get several hundred hours, playing my favourite games; Killer 7, Viewful Joe 2 and PNO3.

Product came in package as pictured works just as good as an og gamecube controller. At first I was sceptical to purchase this brand do to the price and reviews but I was like anything is better than the crap controller I have currently for my gamecube for the price makes for a real cheap replacement controller feels as good as the nintendoGC brand controller it's a little stiff at first but a little breaking in and it'll be fine mine doesn't feel cheap at all from the reviews I have read I plugged it in and I played 8hours straight no problems at all it responded well all the buttons worked well for a third party controller I'm pretty impressed back in the day I had mad catz brand and pellican brand and they were always crap shoots get good ones get bad ones that's with any third party brands from reviews on this brand it's a crap shoot as well so keep that in consideration when purchasing this product or any cheap third party brand for me this turned out to be a real decent buy

I'm rating it 4/5 stars because it's cheap and it works okay--not because it's great quality, but rather a good value. I use this for gamecube games like Smash Bros and Mario Kart on the wii, and for that it works just fine--I don't really experience any disadvantages to using this controller vs. the authentic one. For quick and casual gameplay, and considering you probably won't need it to work for a decade, you're probably better off saving your money and getting this one. Our authentic controller has survived fifteen years and is still in impeccable condition, but because I only want another controller for occasional trips down memory lane with old games, I don't need anything incredibly durable.Cons? It's cheap, and literally half or a third the weight of an authentic controller. For very precise, delicate movements with the joysticks, you're going to have a headache; for example, trying to change the CPU level with a slider (which require delicate joystick movement) on Smash Bros is an enormously laborsome effort. However, for basic games where very precise movement with joysticks aren't imperative, you probably won't notice a difference.Pros? It works, and it's cheap. Other than weighing less than half of the original controller, it doesn't seem too different.

I bought three of these pads, all seem to work perfectly, have played Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Kolona, Sonic Colors, some NFS games, and alot of gamecube games with them and these pads work just right, they are lighter than the Nintendo pads, but provide same functionality, theres no click between half-held and fully pressed on the L and R buttons, but they are actually very smooth buttons (feel almost like xbox 360 triggers)but other than that, they are almost exactly like the originals, and yes, they work with any wii game that supports gamecube pads, so it is fully compatible with gamecube and wii (atleast in my experience).They are also pretty durable from what ive noticed, my lil bro is rough with gamepads.. even tosses them.. and these still workif character moves continuously in a direction (happened to me once) unplug controller, and plug back in without moving the joysticksthat is pretty mcuh only prob i had with mine the entire time I owned them, and it was because my bro was playing with it while I was plugging it in.