
Retro gamers are creatures of habit we know what we like! So, knowing all that, there’s no surprise that this iconic styling can be found on controllers for the GC all the way up to the Switch. Nintendo are often cited as being the first company to have the top-left and bottom-right placing of analogue sticks that many of the best retro handhelds now use, a design that is still championed to this day on the Nintendo Switch. (How many of you thought I was going to write ‘Breath of the Wild’ then?)

Everything just worked, and after the crazy set up of the N64 remote, it felt like a huge breath of fresh air.


The GameCube controller design is often voted the best of all time, and it’s not hard to see why. Get ready to cut the cord on gaming as we take a look at the best wireless GameCube controllers of the year!
