Nintendo Wii Fanboy

I have gigantic man-hands (so I can grip my gigantic man-pen– what? Huh? oh.), and I still have trouble getting to the 1 and 2 buttons. Major PITA and hand cramps to boot.

Ideally, Nintendo should've widened the Wiimote by 1/4 of an inch and made the 1 and 2 buttons kidney shaped, like on the GC controller.
It would've also probably been a smart idea to make the D-pad a very short analog stick instead (with the ability to click in certain directions if you push it hard enough, thus making it still feel like a d-Pad sort of) since so many games seem to use it as camera control anyway.

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I have pretty big hands, and I just resign myself to repositioning my hand to press those buttons when I need them. Fortunately, most games treat them with the same caution reserved for Start/Select on last-gen controllers -- I have yet to see one where they're used for any *common* actions. That said, I wouldn't mind having easier access to them.

What might bug me more, come to think of it, is the positioning of +/-. Some games use those fairly frequently (I'm thinking of MP3:C), yet they require some thumb-joint-swiveling to reach and you have to be careful not to hit the home button (though that's thankfully recessed a little). I would have been happy to see a total of 3 buttons where A currently resides, as samfish suggested, though I'd move +/- and leave 1/2 alone (and largely unused), so that you could still hold the thing like an NES controller when needed.

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The d-pad needs to be a little bigger - at least matching the size of the DS Lite d-pad. And if they could smoothen out the corners that'd be great. Currently, the d-pad is well too sharp. My thumb always comes away with a pinkish-glow after using it for a sustained amount of time.

Also, it'd be nice if the home button doubled up as a real pause button - though I know this is rather unlikely. Most games use +, but it's a bit hard to reach. I don't have massive man hands to boast of. They're man hands, just not massive.

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Mmmm, I agree. Another couple buttons beside the A button would be very handy... 1 and 2 need to stay where they are for those times when the remote gets turned sideways... But what ever happened to X and Y?? :(

Then Smash Bros could be played with the Wiimote with ease... Twilight Princess could have an optional button press instead of waggle...

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1 and 2 dont bother me as much as the + button. i always somehow manage to press it while getting really into brawl mainly when i do a B up move......that ticks me off

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Now that I'm looking at the picture, I'm completely at odds at why they designed it this way.

Why not put the - Home + at the bottom and move the 1 and 2's where you can actually reach them? Or move the speaker? Something...

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I also have large hands, and I find that *occasionally* I have issues trying to get to the 1 & 2 Buttons. But I can't recall any games that use those too much.

My wish list for revisions: slightly larger d-pad w/slightly more rounded edges, a little wider & thicker controller (just a smidge larger - like Samfish says), and cord free nunchucks (this one is not that big of a deal to me, though).

I DON'T wish for the remote to go up in weight or lose the perfect weight balance it now has.

I find that playing in 'classic' 2 handed horizontal style actually gives me cramps worse than using like a pointer. The added thickness would help with that, I am sure.

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I don't have big hands, but I have no problem moving my thumb from the a button to the 1 and 2 buttons, without changing my grip.

If need be, I can also just press them with my other hand.

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I have absolutely no problem with the remote's buttons. While the 1 and 2 buttons aren't EASY to get to, they are rarely used and my thumb doesn't have a problem getting to them.

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Just learn to hit them with the palm of your thumb. Thats what I do.

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I have normal sized hands... But I remember when I first started using the Wiimote, I had to use my other hand to press the 1 or 2 button (which meant the possibility of dropping the nunchuk)...

Nowadays, I can press it... but I practically have to dislodge my thumb to press it quickly.

If I'm in a show-off mood, I just slightly toss it in the air and quickly press 1 or 2 and catch it back to its normal position....
But no one likes a show-off, so I don't do that in multiplayer games. :P

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I have a friend that is a big Zelda fan, but she has to play the Gamecube version because she is missing some fingers. I've never felt so awful for her. In any case, at least Nintendo is supporting alternative controllers (like in Brawl and Kart). I hope other game developers consider those people who aren't able to reach those 1 and 2 buttons.

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Fault at the pretty big man hands, and so, i don't have much of a problem reaching the 1 and 2 buttons, while playing No More Heroes or Zelda:TP. I did like the design, it's pretty original, but it's a shame not everybody can adapt to it

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it's not a problem so long as i don't need to reach for it mid action, but i have pretty big hands and i've gotten used to it. the -/+ never give me any trouble. it would be nice if the A button weren't so lonely though...

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The buttons don't bother me as much as the needless waggle.

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I don't understand why so many crazies complain that they can't reach the 1 and 2 buttons. The solution is so simple; stop using your right hand to stretch down and reach them! Presumably, at least, you have two hands, and your left is free to grab wherever. Even if you're holding the nunchuk in your left, it's easy to position it near the bottom of the Remote when you know you're going to need to press the 1 and 2 buttons. It's just like pressing the d-pad on a 360 controller - you just take your thumb off the analog stick for a second.

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Yeah, using the map and changing the camera in Okami is a bit of a pain. I can do it on the fly, no problem, it's just a bit odd using a map for navigation when you have to contort your hand for a few seconds to hold the button.

The obvious solution, of course, it to rub cancer-inducing sludge on my wrist until I grow a tumor, which, with any luck, will grow two vestigial fingers before it kills me.

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the only thing that really bothers me is that they're called "1" and "2" instead of "X" and "Y".

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gigantic man hands! no problems!

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