Hardware DNA: teardown of the various Nintendo controllers
Update
Part 2 is now available! Check out below for the link!
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Controllers are, by far, one of the most important parts of a console. It doesn’t matter how powerful it is, or how many games it has, if there’s no controller, you simply cannot play anything on it. If you’ve always wished to learn more about the various Nintendo controllers, then Fictiv has the perfect article for you!
In this article, they show the inside of the various Nintendo controllers across the generations, from the very simple controller of the NES to the complex GamePad of the Wii U. They not only show pictures, they also explain what some of the elements do, why Nintendo did things the way they did, and more.
It also allows the reader to realise just how far we’ve come when it comes to controllers. Nowadays, a controller is a pretty complex piece of hardware, with many parts: it really makes the NES controller looks like a marvel in simplicity!
The Nintendo controllers teardown article is split in two parts:
We will update this post when the second part is available online!
