Hands on Japans Xbox controller: GameCube?

Got this from Gaming Age forums.  This is interesting.  

http://pub37.ezboard.com/fgamingageforums2frm0.showMessage?topicID=9285.topic

"Local import shop had a couple of new XBOX items in today. First they had the offical Microsoft SCART cable. Pretty dissapointing - screen looked murky (On Sony TV) - similar to Dreamcast display but not looking as vibrant. I\'ll reserve judgement incase it\'s just the monitor calibration not set up right or the game (Halo).

Secondly they had a couple of Jap XBOX pads. My god! It feels so much better in the hands that whoever at Microsoft didn\'t decide to ditch the US one in favour of this little Nippon beauty should be taken out and shot. Button placement is better and it feels very much like the GC controller in the hands - \'Just right\'!  A Must purchase for any XBOX owner in west!"

can you get a pic up of the ameican and jap controller, as ive played a usa x - box,and was wondering what a jap controller is like, whats the difference

kopking, click to see the two side by side.  

http://firingsquad.gamers.com/features/ramblings2/image.asp?key=03

/me thinks that the main difference is the girth of the damn thing. I could be wrong

teehee, he said g1rth!


and heres the side by side

thats alot of difference, are the trigger buttons that much different, as i found the usa one sucked, when i say trigger i mean like the l1 and l2 buttons on a ps2

*looks at the Japanese controller*

Ah yes, the infamous impossible-to-reach d-pad.  If the Japanese supposedly have smaller hands, why is the Japanese controller d-pad so much harder to reach than the US counterpart?  It\'s almost as if the controller designers are trying to make the d-pad obsolete this generation.  I\'m sorry, but I\'ll never be able to use the analog sticks for fighting games.  It just isn\'t going to happen.

The face-button layout is a lot better though IMO.  They look a lot more spaced out (almost exactly like the PS2 face buttons), and the B/W buttons look much easier to reach.

Why they put the "Start" and "Back" buttons at an easier to reach place than the d-pad though is beyond me.  Why ruin a great pad by having such an obvious mistake?

Oh, and while I\'m on this "down with Xbox controller" rant, it still lacks 4 shoulder buttons/triggers.  Two shoulder buttons = TEH SUCK.

Originally posted by IronFist
Oh, and while I\'m on this "down with Xbox controller" rant, it still lacks 4 shoulder buttons/triggers.  Two shoulder buttons = TEH SUCK.

But I rather use the triggers for first person shooters games.