How to Fix Goldeneye's Controls on Nintendo Switch Online

[@Agent719]

[Boots up game] "Yeah, gonna blast through this first level before bed." [Closes game] "...what the fuck..."

[@wondrboy89]

Perfect! Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking it was wrong!

[@blacksunshine7485]

The main issue is what can't be changed like the overly sensitive L/R reticle aiming. Not to mention the RCP90s and Magnums don't shoot through the doors the same. They used to leave marks on a wall behind a door. Not anymore.

[@hankthetank1563]

Yes that is the only thing I hate. It needs options on how your sensitive is when aiming .I have nothing else to complain about

[@TheRCScotsman]

Whaaaaaaaat?? Shooting through doors with the Magnum was one of my favourite tactics!

[@blacksunshine7485]

@The RC Scotsman As far as I know it still inflicts damage through doors but it doesn't seem as effective and certainly doesn't leave bullet holes on the other side

[@TheRCScotsman]

@@blacksunshine7485 That's disappointing. Thanks for letting me know.

[@DavyMcWavy]

I have a 8bitdo controller and i'm going to see how lowering the sensitivity feels

[@richardguilamo976]

Now we need the world is not enough the n64 version.

[@admiralAlfonso9001]

I agree

[@moochoman9948]

Spent many an hour on that in my childhood.

[@lewisgrant7622]

Not gonna happen. It was made by EA and ea don’t own the license anymore.

[@davidaitken8503]

That game was absolute garbage compared to Goldeneye. Rare was one of the most talented developers, at least until Microsoft got a hold of them and ruined them.

[@Gredran]

Nah we need Perfect Dark

[@jakescartoons6045]

Even on the original N64, I still use 1.2 Solitaire controls. Something about moving with the C-buttons and aiming with the analog stick just feels right to me on the original controller, even if the hands are swapped.

[@kylesalmon31]

Dude because of this game I had to re learn how to aim when I got a PlayStation because I was used to aiming with the left stick haha

[@Jason-eo1rh]

Apples to Apples N64 Turok's controls.

[@sanglish18]

This video is the proof that the modern gamer just doesn't know how to use an analog stick, this game's controls are one of the most precise I've ever experienced (alongside Super Mario 64 and other N64 titles), the way you play this game is by measuring how much of the analog stick you need to make the correct moves. Nowadays people seems to use analog sticks as if it were a D-Pad, you just push 100% to a direction and release it, people forget about that basic concept of "move slightly to make the character walk, move slight more and the character will run", this part here in 3:20 it's very clear the guy playing doesn't know how to use an analog stick and kept aiming as if it were a D-Pad, just tapping instead of actually measuring how much you have to push (that's the reason why the cursor is not locked to the center, it's supposed to indicate clearly the range of how much you're pushing the analog stick, but people just throw the stupid excuse of "oh it aged badly lol developers didn't know how to do things yet"). It's not all the player's fault tho since nowadays analog stick have decreased heavy in precision quality and doesn't match the same way an original N64 controller does (not even the Switch version of the N64 controller is 100% accurate)

[@TheCrown1313]

Thank you Alex! I noped out of the first level because my brain hurt using 1.2 solitaire without switching the analogs and triggers. Now I'm actually looking forward to multiplayer matches 👍👍👍

[@kylesalmon31]

@@ghostsamongus3370at least they allow that. Back in the day you had to just split the screen lol

[@msanchez1680d]

Yes!! This is the perfect configuration! I was playing it with the N64 controller and I was getting so dizzy but with the pro controller and this set up is the way to go.

[@georgielee1619]

Good to know. I always use inverted controls but swapping sticks on Switch menu is a good idea.

[@desh206]

This is really helpful,especialy for people that never played the game before like me

[@Jrock3891]

Same :)

[@YogiTheBearMan]

Or anyone who has played a shooter Halo CE or newer since. It is not easy to go back for me. Maybe if it was the N64 controller though

[@gregorys9629]

I'm actually surprised at how well switching hands for the joy-cons works. Such a blast to play this game again in 2023!

[@ImpactGameStation]

I would highly recommend swapping ZL to L, ZR to ZL. I would also recommend you swap L to B and finally R to A!

[@ericmorales5395]

I’ve been playing with the default controls. Got used to them during the first mission. I did play it a lot on the N64

[@lerp5555]

Exactly. If people want to remap the controls, it’s fine. But it’s definitely not unplayable as is. It’s just takes some getting used to.

[@jamesspicuzza1812]

@@lerp5555 Try swapping the dpad buttons with the x,y,a,b ones, it'll be just like the originals c-button, feels great. Basically, I have the left analog to move and turn, x,y,a,b to look up/down and strafe. I think it's as close to the original's controls as possible.

[@Jrock3891]

Thanks , I needed this and it works so much better now in game.

[@willwidrick8039]

Thanks for the video! A major help. A shame there wasn’t a in game option for this. Come on Nintendo

[@ChicagoBulls1984]

They only had like 25 years to do it...

[@MrMark1]

It's an N64 game with N64 controls. Plays how it should with an N64 controller. If using a modern controller then you have the remap settings to have it set up however you like

[@cameronnielsen6483]

It’s a straight port Nintendo is busy making new games

[@bjaka220]

This is why you guys are the best Nintendo channel out there!!

[@ibookboyuk]

Oh Alex. Thank you so much for doing this video. It is essential. I've already done it thanks to people in Nintendo Life's wonderful comments section.

[@davidvkimball]

I'm glad this exists for newer players, but I don't think there's any fixing needed. I've used inverted controls for every FPS I've played...

[@ArcaJ]

That sounds like a good idea. I'll try it. Can't get my hands on N64 🎮 so this is what I needed.

[@Tyson2023]

Thank you so much for this Alex!! This saved my joy for this game!

[@The_Ostrich]

How many more channels want to make a video about how to fix the controls in GoldenEye? Let me guess, SpawnWave will make a video too either today or tomorrow.

[@CrowTRobot]

GVG and NintendoLife beat all the others to the punch, Jon and Alex with that sweet U.K. time zone advantage 🎉

[@rambo_ando]

Maybe BeatEmUps or Wulff Den?

[@blockyvids2]

My big issue is that the default controls “Honey” were made with the one stick and C-Buttons in mind, not a Twin-stick pro controller.

[@EmbassyNerdcore]

yeah but clearly in the original they allowed multiple control types so everyone SHOULD be able to find their fit, especially now with the switch button remapping.

[@nosnitsab]

Normally, I'd defend their choosing to use this to encourage sales of the N64 controller, but considering the chronic unavailability of the N64 controller, I can only scratch my head.

[@blockyvids2]

@@EmbassyNerdcore Rare is awesome for putting the secondary control scheme in the same. Same with Quake II on the console.

[@avrielfernandez]

Thank you so much man made my day just got the n64 on the switch and was so mad at the controls i played this on my cousins 64 few years back and the controls legit took the fun out of it

[@GunsAndOctane]

Thank you for this video! I could never properly get into Goldeneye back in the day, i was to into Zelda and Pokemon. But after 20 years I'm finally enjoying the game! Thanks again!

[@DigitalEndeavors]

I knew this was the place to go to help me out with this! I used your remapping and it's great! Thanks a ton Nintendo Life!

[@diandrarizvi]

Some people already bitching and ranting about this game, even tho you can fix it in just 30 seconds...

[@ArcaJ]

Ok. Tried it. The control scheme works really well. I just leave the look inverted, since 20 years of muscle memory can't be wrong. 😁

[@RollDiceTakeNames]

Amen

[@Darian-mk1bw]

I'm new to the game and find it fine. I dont know why everyone is bitching about it

[@davidm7847]

@@Darian-mk1bw I’m old to the game and find it fine. People love to bitch.

[@oywee928]

Thank you so much. Swapping the sticks really made the game playable again.

[@eduardoe3683]

I didn't know this can be done. Cool, the ZR button is not working very well, so this is a good workaround. Thank you

[@alyx4436]

Game devs kept the default goldeneye controls in alot of FPS games as an option all they way up to early last gen. A friend of mine never changed with the times for that whole time and was a beast at Battlefield 4 with goldeneye controls! Idk how the hell he did that.

[@AmbientShrub]

I'm one of those people too! Everyone gives me shit for being a legacy stick player in halo but I hold my own lol

[@alyx4436]

@@AmbientShrub legend.

[@soliquid3420]

Get left joy-con registered as player 2 and right joy-con as player 1. Select controller setup 2.2 Galore. This is the only way to get true dual analog on the Switch with pure analog sensitivity on both movement and looking.

[@badazzmaro]

Thank you very much, I figured this problem could be solved but that it would be a huge pain in the arse. It's still a bit of a pain that you have to go to the switches mapping and switching each time you want to play the game which is what I have had to do with the NES set up changing my B to the Y and the a to the B. I can't wait to try it, thanks again

[@kieran.96]

Please note though that changing the sticks around will mean that only the right stick can be used when navigation GoldenEye's menus (luckily both sticks work on the Switch's UI)

[@cuddlequeen3225]

Okay the shooting the subscribe button was hilarious tho

[@IAMimprov]

This is the content I have been looking for.

[@beauwalker9820]

Oddly, I actually got used to the "Honey" controls. In fact, the way it automatically faces down a bit when going down stairs, and such is kinda helpful.

[@jinstinky501]

Fyi. You can save upto 4 button mapping configurations. Save it as 007.

[@JS2123-m9x]

This is why I bought the N64 controller for Switch

[@DanHoger]

I tried this set up last night and it works well. As well as it can, anyway.

[@EduFirenze]

As soon as I started the game I knew someone would make a video about the controls

[@bowwman]

Controls are already perfect.

[@TheHellKnight]

This game deserves a complete modernization but I'm happy that we got the classic too.

[@aikidoboynj]

I love the original music though, especially the train stage, I would like them to keep the original music if they remade it.

[@MarcusMiranda]

This saved my gameplay! Thanks a million!

[@greg2kdotcom]

It's things like this that prove that Nintendo doesn't give a toss about their customers. For such a highly anticipated return to a Nintendo platform they could have easily added some per-game controller remapping option to the emulator. Nintendo Life did what Nintendidn't

[@Jhonny-Zav]

OMG, this is so helpful, thanks a lot. Greetings from Chile :)

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks for the help! Seems needlessly complicated…

[@AlterEagle92]

That’s what happens with a port. Now if this was the case with a remaster that would be a different story.

[@EduFirenze]

Game is more than 20 years old

[@TheVioletBunny]

Needlessly complicated and frankly not worth the time for a port that hasn’t aged well, and this is coming from a 41 year old man who grew up on classic Nintendo and was there the day this game released. The controls do not Translate well to the switch and modern controllers, classic nes and snes do but not this game some 64 games with less stupid controls work Better but this needs a complete overhaul with the controls. Play quake instead it aged well plays great on the switch and the controls are great too.

[@nunyabiddeness6544]

The fact that this is a paid service and the only remapping available is either at the OS level or already existing in the rom is so sad. Imagine an emulator that lets you remap your controls as part of the emulation experience... oh wait that's every emulator ever made, including the ones on THE WII U 🤦‍♂️

[@JJWRIGHT1229]

Thank you!!! I had given up playing until I saw this video.

[@dangermouseuk78]

The controls aren't broken that's how the games was played and designed. I said elsewhere why don't people want the full retro experience controls, graphics, if you change stuff it's not retro anymore at least to me anyways.

[@arminkrenn1530]

Thank you. Good old days. N 64. Greetings from Austria

[@yabukiman4273]

This video is a godsend. Thank you so much!

[@xKillZone99]

inverted controls is the best way to play any FPS game

[@mikemaydonik2608]

THANK YOU! This is so much better!

[@iansamuelson3666]

My Nintendo Brand Pro Controller won't allow me to Button Map. I've updated my device and the controller. Any ideas?

[@zonesproductions]

You're a genius! I thought I'd wasted my money and time getting the n64 pass. Was having buyer's remorse. Not any more 😎

[@galaxysmooth3986]

Apparently some pro controllers don't support button mapping though. When I try, I get "This is not available on this controller" or something to that effect. It's a Nintendo brand controller too. :(

[@theworstisover1323]

I'm not taking a shot at the switch here, just wanted to get that out of the way... The best way to fix the controls for Goldeneye64 is to download and play it on Xbox.

[@Wiseguy1138]

What about if we use the N64 Switch NSO controller? Does it need to be re-mapped? I’m hoping not, I prefer using that controller with the N64 games on Switch.

[@maccaplays6921]

Thank you for this video it help alot!!

[@jaredteymury]

Doesn’t seem to be working for me in handheld mode. The sticks are all jacked up? I followed instruction to a T but the sticks seems to be horizontally inverted as wel as vertically, could use some help

[@andrewcanoy1708]

Yeah I don't understand either. Does it not work in handheld? I cant get ZR to shoot at all.

[@jamesspicuzza1812]

I just remapped the dpad to the x,y,a,b buttons, so it's pretty close to the n64 controls and that feels way better.

[@8bitnation419]

We need the unreleased GoldenEye HD port.

[@rambo_ando]

That'll come in the NSO ++ Expansion Pass Deluxe 😂

[@Rhedosaurus_]

Some good advice here. But Alex is slightly mistaken. I'd recommend leaving 'Look Up/Down' correctly set to inverted. Good video otherwise; I'm sure that was just a mistake that made it into the edit.

[@AlterEagle92]

Yeah, us inverted players have aged like fine wine. The younger generations just doesn’t appreciate the flavor of the inverted play style.

[@MasterEm243]

This is interesting. I'll have to give it a try.

[@CalvinA87]

Whats the best controller settings if you have the n64 switch online controller?

[@joeycampbell5680]

Thx soo much, these controls are way better

[@bradbartlett2663]

When I first loaded the game I thought I’ve just spent £30 to play a game that’s unplayable because of these controls ! So thank you for your help.

[@JamesIrvingSwift]

I wish there was a way to turn down the sensitivity of look up and down though! This game really is designed only to be played on the n64 controller

[@AugustoMazzoli]

Yep... It's pretty impossible to aim properly when using the R button now.

[@thans11]

I have not played switch version yet I know on Xbox version can change sensitive

[@ogabrielgamba]

It worked great! Thanks Alex!

[@rlmaass]

Soooo is there a widescreen mode? Or does it look like the rest of the 64 games on Switch??

[@mrthomas7511]

Perfect thank you so much! I was so excited for golden eye on the switch. I grew up playing the original. The switch joycon control I couldn't enjoy it

[@DJB0X3R]

Thanks for this. And yet the Xbox version works with the controller out of the box.

[@_jonnyp]

There’s nothing “broken” about the controls, it’s just a case of learning them. Play the game like it’s 1997 and forget about all the games that came after! Personally I’m delighted they didn’t mess with the original game much. N64 on Expansion Pack should be about preserving the original games as much as possible, albeit with upscaled visuals. It’s not a remaster or remake, it’s just a great way to enjoy a classic all over again. Bravo all involved!

[@lostsince]

I bought the N64 controller and I will be playing the way I used to play back in 1997.

[@Rhoran]

Calling inverted Y-Axis outdated...

[@noahbernstein5536]

I play this on xbox and set everything to the original controls i dont like the new control option when it feels like todays fps games like call of duty it feels wierd i mean for shure its better and more accurate but at the same time it makes the game way to easy. I mean with new controls you can move forward and backward and can still aim, this isnt possible wth the old controls and old controlls are hard to aim but with some practice it works well enough.

[@De_Pieremegoggel]

Oh my god he's not using dark mode

[@Pobotrol]

Thanks! This properly fixed it!

[@DarthRevan182]

Annoying that xbox version got a modern control update, but Nintendo didnt.

[@russell2181]

So why is it that Xbox got it right with the controller?

[@MaskDeSmith]

I loved this game as a kid, but after playing it again today, it has not aged well at all. Good to have as a curiosity, but not much more.

[@davidaitken8503]

Goldeneye, as well as Perfect Dark is still better than all of the dumbed down garbage shooters released today. It is amazing how ahead of its' time this game was. No one seems capable of making anything this ambitious today because they are all too worried about perfect framerates which you're never going to get when you have every enemy in the level actively out there and capable of leaving their posts to investigate disturbances.

[@MaskDeSmith]

@@davidaitken8503 That's quite a low bar though. I get that people love the game, but for me, the game is better left in the past.

[@davidaitken8503]

@@MaskDeSmith You just don't get it, buddy. Most of today's shooters don't play as good as this with their linear, overly scripted level design. You can play the same level 10 times in a row and have it play out completely different every time in Goldeneye. You don't get that with today's games. Goldeneye even has the rhythms of a beat'em up with the need to juggle overwhelming numbers of enemies. How is ANY of this a "low bar"?

[@MaskDeSmith]

@@davidaitken8503 Comparing it to today's games is a low bar. As in today's FPS games are not very good.

[@TheVioletBunny]

Same, and I still play retro games like Daggerfall I played in high school granted been playing the modded fan remake, but it’s still an older game. I still also play morrowind. But this game did not age well, at all the controls are horrible. If you want a great classic fps play quake it runs amazing on the switch and controls great. And holds up.

[@maladjustedtv]

Cant swap L & R sticks with the Hori split pad... 😔

[@rambo_ando]

Flip the entire Switch upside down? 😂

[@M64bros]

Thank you!

[@halberdierv2]

1.3 kissy works pretty well too.

[@Lewis-0161]

How do you remove the start button and the suspend menu on the screen on switch ?

[@OptimusProvost]

I just look at the old controls as a nostalgic Easter egg to remind us how far we come 🥲

[@coltglass1270]

Probably the worst standard controls in the history of gaming

[@riftshredder5438]

I really hope Donkey Kong 64 has this same widescreen feature when it comes to the Switch

[@AugustoMazzoli]

Is it coming to Switch?

[@riftshredder5438]

@Augusto Mazzoli I don't see why not since it did get released on the Wii U which unfortunately didn't have any widescreen feature

[@AmbientShrub]

GoldenEye was my first shooter back in the day so I got used to 1.1 and prefer it in most First Person games. I'm pretty good too, I was able to run with MLG players back in Halo 2/Halo 3 just fine.

[@2sweetmebrah]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@alansantander5742]

On my the C Up and right Buttons did not work with 2 Controllers. Am I the only one? Please Help!!!

[@GuiOmania]

Nintendo gonna have to upadete the game with a control selection option like n64 classic or pro that control like the xbox version !!!!

[@TheVioletBunny]

They should but they won’t

[@dirtyoliver1180]

They don’t want to give you the ability to map controls in the n64 app so you will buy an n64 controller. They want you to be inconvenienced by creating these control profiles in system settings.

[@GuiOmania]

@@dirtyoliver1180 how the n64 controller is alway sold out not a lot of people have them !!! I have waiting a long time to get one !!!

[@winstonchaychel]

They missed the opportunity to call the setting "Baccarat" 🤣

[@johnhall8564]

The inverted controls are perfect I set every game to inverted lol

[@markusaurelius4015]

Inverted bros, unite!

[@TigerHollywood]

There are dozens of us.

[@markusaurelius4015]

@@TigerHollywood “TENS” of dozens…

[@rambo_ando]

Y'all gonna burn 🔥

[@FDestroy3r]

Nintendo : do you wanna enjoy your childhood game? Allright, you just need to do termonuclear science each time you wanna play it, and there you go! you can enjoy it!

[@habibk.2423]

Weird thing to say inverted controls have aged badly, it's just a preference different from person to person.

[@XF3693]

But the "main preference" is the standard for modern shooters now. So

[@khailygooz]

I need a solution for Multiplayer, this method doesn't work on multiplayer, and i haven't seen anyone talk about it or try to fix it

[@travim5483]

In game watch controls 1.3 Kissy works fine for the handheld

[@neonnews-newlondoncounty2617]

I'm gonna need to set it up Turok style.

[@707strait]

Thanks works like charm now… cheers