There's a web site out there called RetroZone which offers a variety of controller adapters, including two for the Nintendo's Wii that make it compatible with game pads for the NES and Super NES. These adapters plug into the GameCube ports on the side of the Wii, allowing the player to enjoy Virtual Console games the way they were meant to be played.
Well, some Virtual Console games, anyway.
RetroZone doesn't offer an adapter for Sega Saturn controllers, or their smaller but equally effective Sega Genesis counterparts. This is bad news not only for Sega fans, but tournament caliber fighting game players and anyone in the market for a small, responsive joypad with logically placed, uniformly sized buttons.
I've asked RetroZone to make a Sega Genesis adapter available. This would have the double benefit of letting both Sega Genesis fans and the gamers who want to kick it really old-school with an Atari 2600 get the most out of their Wii experience. However, despite having the technology available to them, the management at RetroZone have refused to make the adapter, claiming that there isn't a market for it.
It's time to prove them wrong.
Fellow Saturn fans, please show your support for Sega's outstanding mid 1990's controller design and ask RetroZone to sell a Wii controller adapter that's compatible with the Sega Arcade Pad. Be polite, but firm, and pledge to purchase the item once it is made available. If RetroZone receives enough mail asking for a Sega controller adapter, there's a chance they'll change their minds.
Wii owners who own games like Capcom vs. SNK 2, Bloody Roar, Super Street Fighter II, and Guilty Gear X just can't play them with the default controller. Tell RetroZone to give them a Sega controller adapter, and give them a fighting chance!
(Note: The e-mail is not explicitly listed on the site. The FAQ makes a rather vague suggestion to send E-mail "to this domain", so I'm guessing retrozone@retrozone.com will work)
3 comments:
Ah, reminds me that I still have to buy some sort of Saturn>Dreamcast adapter, since the original DC D-Pad is hideous.
I'll write Retrozone a mail, even if I don't have a Wii yet. :D
I'll do anything you say Arugulaz, just 'cos you said it. However, I've always found the Wii's "classic controller" very Saturn-like (compared to things like the SNES controller...) Personally I'm all about SEGA getting Saturn titles on the VC... It's possible if we're getting N64 titles available for Download...
if your sega saturn pad is MIA or out of commission. You can get new ones here http://bestsku.com/platform.asp?catid=Sega%20Saturn
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