I i was playing with my friend today. I use a wavebird controller alot. I decided to try my friends 3rd party GBC. I noticed a big difference in my play style! I seemed to hit more with a wired controller. Is it possible that wavebird controller has some lag when it sends info the the receiver?
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Wavebird lag?
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To quote everyone's favourite information source:
"Due to the data being transmitted, relayed, then decoded, there is a very slight lag in button response compared to a wired controller, but not enough to be noticeable to humans or affect gameplay."
You would have to be an amazingly acute person, or have an old wavebird with some technical problems, to notice.
However, since this game is usually decided on a frame-to-frame basis, I still would never use a Wavebird in competitive play.
"Due to the data being transmitted, relayed, then decoded, there is a very slight lag in button response compared to a wired controller, but not enough to be noticeable to humans or affect gameplay."
You would have to be an amazingly acute person, or have an old wavebird with some technical problems, to notice.
However, since this game is usually decided on a frame-to-frame basis, I still would never use a Wavebird in competitive play.
I guess my Wavebird might have some technical problems. Hard to say. I still notice very tiny lag in Luigi's aerials. I never have trusted wireless connections. I going start using my wired 3rd party controller that has two Y buttons and zero X buttons.
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Wrong. There have been numerous reports (especially with playing on Wifi) of Wavebird causing immense amounts of lag. For whatever reason, the Wii just does not play nice with Wavebirds.
If this were true, wouldn't the Wii be equally temperamental with wired GCN controllers? The only difference is the medium of signal, which is received and decoded by the receiver that plugs into the Wii, right? Does the Wii broadcast signals that interfere with the transmission or something?
ShadowNovan
Smash Cadet
I personally never noticed a difference between the two, I used to use a wavebird for a long time and only switched over when I got my wired white controller.
Since getting it I've played with a wavebird again a few times and really haven't noticed anything. The only time it made it a difference was when I was playing on this TV with a ****ty refresh rate that was laggy even with a wired controller but had more lag with a wavebird.
Since getting it I've played with a wavebird again a few times and really haven't noticed anything. The only time it made it a difference was when I was playing on this TV with a ****ty refresh rate that was laggy even with a wired controller but had more lag with a wavebird.
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You'll have to talk to the people with firsthand experience (I believe KishPrime and/or KishSquared had reports on this). I don't know all the details; I just know they confirmed that there was a distinct difference between wired controls and Wavebirds.
This video pretty much explains it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OwOCaLw_7Y
GotenOnNimbus
Smash Apprentice
WiFi, it's more pronounced for sure. If you're getting button lag, somehow the Wavebird amplifies it a bit and makes it quite a bit harder to play. Regular play, not so much...maybe a little.
Kasai
Smash Journeyman
I've never noticed it for offline play, don't really play online enough to bother noticing.
MasterRaichu
Smash Apprentice
I noticed it back when I played Melee more often. I quit using wavebirds for smash for the same reason most have: the off chance that you could be one-frame short of the finishing move or the defense against the finishing move.
The_Altrox
Smash Lord
I play wavebird, and it works fine. I even tested it with a reg controller and saw no diff. On wifi, I get a problem once in every 10 matches or so, but other than that...
That's only when playing Wirelessly online. Online play via LAN cable, or any offline play, you will be fine.
And that doesn't happen all the time either. I've played with my wavebird online and it didn't seem any laggier than without.
Basically, no. Wavebirds do not 'lag'.
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