Impressions of ... that other arcade stick

From what I've read, the Hori controller actually seems less desirable than the Shaft for two reasons: Hori's stick can't be used with Gamecube games (I've been dying to try Ikaruga with a real arcade layout), nor can it be used with Brawl because the Fighting Stick only supports digital control (so trying to use it on Brawl results in performing attacks instead of, well, moving around at all). The makers of the Shaft have indicated that the joystick can be configured to support digital or analog control based on what game you're playing, and I can only assume since it plugs into the Gamecube ports that it would function as a Gamecube controller as well (though I've read no confirmation on this).

Eh, I'm not so sure about The Shaft.

I already have the Fighting Stick Wii, and I have to say I love that one a great deal. It's more traditional, but it's still comfortable. Not to mention it has the entire Classic Controller button layout (zL and zR seem to be missing from The Shaft), and it has Turbo function (which still works in GlovePIE, making it useful for a couple of things).

Eh, I'm not so sure about The Shaft.

I already have the Fighting Stick Wii, and I have to say I love that one a great deal. It's more traditional, but it's still comfortable. Not to mention it has the entire Classic Controller button layout (zL and zR seem to be missing from The Shaft), and it has Turbo function (which still works in GlovePIE, making it useful for a couple of things).

It looks (and I'm sure feels, because there are only three joystiq technologies that feel good - Happ Competition & Perfect 360 which look like teardrops, and Japanese style gumballs) like a travesty from the 16-bit era.

Too bad brawl uses waggling for moves if your using the wiimote alone.

Too bad brawl uses waggling for moves if your using the wiimote alone.

Brawl supports classic controller control so this would work just fine.

I'm going to buy a Wii to play brawl so I have yet to own one, so Ralph, sorry if my speculations are ill-informed. Though I have been keeping up with the Brawl Blog since the first update and I knew about the control schemes. What I am now aware of is that I do not understand how the controllers interact with the Wii. Does this plug into it through the Game Cube controller port? Do the classic controllers also use the Game Cube controller ports? And if this is wireless, does it support all motion sensitive functions of a wiimote? I was thinking it would be like a wiimote but without motion sensing... yeah I now realize that is odd. But for Brawl, would these few buttons be compatible for the classic controller scheme?