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RetroFighters Duelist Nintendo Switch Controller - $10
17-Jan-24 7:31pm
#1
Frank
800 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13) Has Written 11 Reviews 16 year anniversary at Game Trading Zone today! Secret Santa

I saw this deal pop up this afternoon, and I thought I would share.

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I've had a Duelist for quite a while now, and I really like it. I actually used it just 2 weeks ago for a few rounds of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
17-Jan-24 7:47pm
#2
nonamesleft
Double Gold Good Trader

How is the weight compared to the GameCube controller?
17-Jan-24 8:00pm
#3
Frank
800 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13) Has Written 11 Reviews 16 year anniversary at Game Trading Zone today! Secret Santa

nonamesleft wrote:
How is the weight compared to the GameCube controller?
Quite a bit lighter. I'd compare the weight to that of an xbox one controller with no batteries.
18-Jan-24 12:35am
#4
nonamesleft
Double Gold Good Trader

Frank wrote:
nonamesleft wrote:> How is the weight compared to the GameCube controller? Quite a bit lighter. I'd compare the weight to that of an xbox one controller with no batteries.Got it. Thanks for the comparison.

I find that replacement controllers can sometimes be too light, in a distracting way.
18-Jan-24 10:40pm
#5
BucketofJustice
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They usually feel cheap when you’re saying they’re too light. I want my controllers to have some heft to them, like the Xbox Elites. Make all the controllers substantial.
19-Jan-24 10:47am
#6
Frank
800 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13) Has Written 11 Reviews 16 year anniversary at Game Trading Zone today! Secret Santa

BucketofJustice wrote:
They usually feel cheap when you’re saying they’re too light. I want my controllers to have some heft to them, like the Xbox Elites. Make all the controllers substantial.
That's fair. I don't think the Duelist feels cheap, just light, but I totally get what you're saying and agree more weight is usually better.

For $10 the duelist is amazing as a backup controller for multi-player or when recharging others. wink
20-Jan-24 2:39pm
#7
BucketofJustice
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I’m glad that it doesn’t feel cheap. You’re right that cheap and light can be two separate things and I’m glad that seems to be the case here.
20-Jan-24 3:19pm
#8
Prime
300 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally 10 year anniversary at Game Trading Zone today!

What a great deal
20-Jan-24 7:16pm
#9
nonamesleft
Double Gold Good Trader

BucketofJustice wrote:
They usually feel cheap when you’re saying they’re too light. I want my controllers to have some heft to them, like the Xbox Elites. Make all the controllers substantial.Heft is a good way to put it. Some of the replacement controllers I've tried have hardly any heft. It's distracting.

The GameCube controller had great heft to it. A replacement I tried for it, not so much.
21-Jan-24 12:19am
#10
BucketofJustice
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When I think of light controllers I think of cheap controllers. There was a PS1 Mad Catz controller I had as a kid that was both cheap and light and it had like 2/3 the length of the PS1 controller length maybe? It was a POS, as was everything Mad Catz put out at that time.

I’m glad this one allegedly isn’t cheap feeling.

RetroFighters Duelist Nintendo Switch Controller - $10