I’m here to make friends, bask in the kind, accepting glow of internet comments, and speak the dark truth you’ve all long known to be true: The N64 controller, Nintendo’s infamous trident joypad for its third home console, is, and always was, awful.
You may think you like it. If you’re of a “certain age,” there’s a fair chance you have fond memories of playing classic N64 games like Mario Kart 64, Super Smash Bros., and Ocarina of Time. But nostalgia can be a powerful force, and it may be blinding you to the fact that the N64 controller was actually an abomination of a controller.
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