Adam Scott

I just realized that the track "Final Hours" from "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" uses the same foreboding synth as another song released 2 years before! It can be heard the same way at the beginning of the song "Florence" of the joint Québec/France musical "Notre-Dame de Paris" in 1998.

@abney317.com I just read about your analog stick problems, and I may have stumbled recently on something relevant for you. I isolated what makes a N64 controller so distinct from other controllers and why it sucks playing N64 games on them: it's all about the "thumb-travel range".

I launched my website stick-it-up.adamscott.studio last Monday! I go in depth on my theory on it, and I offer a tool where people can know by how much they need to extend their stick in order to emulate another one. (i use Blu Tack for now)

@abney317.com I just read about your analog stick problems, and I may have stumbled recently on something relevant for you. I isolated what makes a N64 controller so distinct from other controllers and why it sucks playing N64 games on them: it's all about the "thumb-travel range".

It's a term I coined. It's the physical distance a thumb makes when pushing the stick as far as possible. The quality of the sensor is not the only factor to consider. The N64 is unique in the sense that it's the controller with the biggest one. And games were made with this in mind.

@modernvintagegamer.com I'm certain that you'd be interested in what I discovered. It appears that the physical size of an analog stick matters more than we thought. That would explain why playing emulated N64 games (with i.e. JoyCons) feel so weird. It's caused by the "thumb-travel range".

With "thumb-travel range" (a term I coined) and the stick pivot radius, it is possible to calculate by how much exactly it's needed to extend an analog stick in order to emulate the range of another one. Analog stick emulation. 🤯 I detailed everything on my website. stick-it-up.adamscott.studio

Do you know about the importance of the thumb-travel range for a controller analog stick? This new concept will change the way we play games with analog sticks. *I'm dead serious.* It also opens the way for thumbstick emulation for more accurate retro gaming. Wanna know more? Read my article.

Do you know about the importance of the thumb-travel range for a controller analog stick? This new concept will change the way we play games with analog sticks. *I'm dead serious.* It also opens the way for thumbstick emulation for more accurate retro gaming. Wanna know more? Read my article.

Thumb-travel range (TTR) is the umami of 3D consoles. It is the essence of what makes N64 games feel like N64 games. There's finally a name to put on the fact that playing them on the NSO with a JoyCon 2 soooooo feels terrible. It explains why. More space your thumb has, more precise it will be.

Do you know about the importance of the thumb-travel range for a controller analog stick? This new concept will change the way we play games with analog sticks. *I'm dead serious.* It also opens the way for thumbstick emulation for more accurate retro gaming. Wanna know more? Read my article.

Check how much reach the N64 has compared to other platforms! 🤯 And I go in detail, in my article, on the fact that N64 developers were pretty much aware of it. Games were designed around the fact that you had so much range. With today's controllers, we lost something. It really shows.

Do you know about the importance of the thumb-travel range for a controller analog stick? This new concept will change the way we play games with analog sticks. *I'm dead serious.* It also opens the way for thumbstick emulation for more accurate retro gaming. Wanna know more? Read my article.

I fell deep into a rabbit hole. I came out from it 5 days later with a breakthrough in analog stick knowledge. I'll finally be able to get back to work. (What a wild ride. Phew!)

Do you know about the importance of the thumb-travel range for a controller analog stick? This new concept will change the way we play games with analog sticks. *I'm dead serious.* It also opens the way for thumbstick emulation for more accurate retro gaming. Wanna know more? Read my article.

Check how much reach the N64 has compared to other platforms! 🤯 And I go in detail, in my article, on the fact that N64 developers were pretty much aware of it. Games were designed around the fact that you had so much range. With today's controllers, we lost something. It really shows.

Do you know about the importance of the thumb-travel range for a controller analog stick? This new concept will change the way we play games with analog sticks. *I'm dead serious.* It also opens the way for thumbstick emulation for more accurate retro gaming. Wanna know more? Read my article.

Here's how GoldenEye 007 (N64) plays with a Switch 2 JoyCon. Notice the jank when moving the analog stick: it's almost like if it was all or nothing, everytime. It's jarring to see Bond walk between the concrete blocks. See also how stiff the N64 controller moves in the pause menu.

Do you know about the importance of the thumb-travel range for a controller analog stick? This new concept will change the way we play games with analog sticks. *I'm dead serious.* It also opens the way for thumbstick emulation for more accurate retro gaming. Wanna know more? Read my article.

Thumb-travel range (TTR) is the umami of 3D consoles. It is the essence of what makes N64 games feel like N64 games. There's finally a name to put on the fact that playing them on the NSO with a JoyCon 2 soooooo feels terrible. It explains why. More space your thumb has, more precise it will be.

Can somebody explain to me why my DK is red? I cannot revert back to his natural brown. And I'm not crazy, here's a screenshot from my game compared to the one from someone posted on Reddit. #donkeykong #donkeykongbananza #switch2

Found out! After the first Bananza event, DK's fur get brighter. I just tested it out. See the evidence here: I timestamped the video just before the event, compare the fur before and after.