Reliable 3rd-party controller for Smash?

[HoldMahBeer]

Can someone link me to a cheap, reliable 3rd-party controller that is capable of competitive play?

All three of my controllers A buttons are dead, and my Wavebird is on its last leg.

Thanks!

 

[Xyzz]

Commonly it's agreed that there's no 3rd party controller that fulfills any of your requirements, and you should just try and find a used official one (in good condition), if a new one isn't an option for you.

 

[Vortex 4]

Xyzz is right, you don't want to use a 3rd party controller for Smash. I've tried a few and their analog sticks are just not sensitive enough.

Luckily you can still get brand new 1st party controllers on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Nint...407609887&sr=8-1&keywords=gamecube+controller

I got one of these and it works great!

 

[Krynxe]

You can also buy a triwing screwdriver for pretty cheap and try to see what's wrong with your previous controllers' A buttons. The A button shouldn't really die unless something went out of place in the interior of the controller, or there's something inside the controller that you can clean/remove that was preventing it from working fine.

Do not buy the cheap 3rd party unofficial gamecube controllers that look official but have no Nintendo logo on them. I bought one for a couple dollars to see a while back, and it literally came with the L button already broken and the c-stick was upside down. After trying to play melee with it for about an hour, the R button also broke and it no longer read c-stick inputs correctly. T'was one of the fasting things to ever go from my mailbox to my trash bin

 

[WHA?]

hey i got a couple controllers. Nintendo brand. can sell you one for 20ish depending on shipping. if you are interested let me know. I have blacks and indigos, all working and with the grips intact.

or I am willing to take a chance and trade you your 3 broken ones for one of my working ones.

 

[Red Rice]

hey i got a couple controllers. Nintendo brand. can sell you one for 20ish depending on shipping. if you are interested let me know. I have blacks and indigos, all working and with the grips intact.

or I am willing to take a chance and trade you your 3 broken ones for one of my working ones.

Do you have any pictures of these controllers? I might be interested in some. So you have blacks? Do you have any platinum ones?

 

[Amiibo Doctor]

Painting them is a possibility. I think there's a few guides on the webs.

If you can get a Gamestop controller, you could replace the buttons on that one with the buttons from your dying and dead controllers. The X, Y, shoulder and A buttons are all very annoying to deal with. Take off the faceplate, and slightly carve a barely larger space for the new eyebrow buttons. Replace the triggers in the Gamestop with trigs in your other ones, and get a priest to bless it. Congratulations! You have a controller!

 

[seko08sk]

hey i got a couple controllers. Nintendo brand. can sell you one for 20ish depending on shipping. if you are interested let me know. I have blacks and indigos, all working and with the grips intact.

or I am willing to take a chance and trade you your 3 broken ones for one of my working ones.

Are you willingto trade I have a semi working the analog stick just moves a bit to the side

 

[WHA?]

Do you have any pictures of these controllers? I might be interested in some. So you have blacks? Do you have any platinum ones?

no platinum ones. I have sold some through reddit. my username is : chubuwee
i will either make a new post there, or just update my old one with new pics and send you a link soon. I also write descriptions for them. like if they are loose for spacies players, or more stiff for like floaty players.

Are you willingto trade I have a semi working the analog stick just moves a bit to the side

i only offered to trade holdmahbeer because there is a possiblity i MIGHT be able to make 1 good controller out of the 3 busted ones he has. Just for fun.

not willing to trade 1 busted for 1 good one.

 

[Trickerhere]

Even though 3rd party controllers are pretty bad. I have found the gamestop controller one kinda useful.