It was designed at a transition point between joysticks and the D-pad. Your right hand goes on the right prong for the A, B, and C buttons. Your left hand should be on the center prong when using a game designed for the joystick, or on the left prong when using a game designed for the D-pad. It's not the most elegant design, but it's really not that hard to figure out.

The designer of the controller had 3 arms and always wondered why people didn't like the design.

Better have a long tongue to reach the "Z" button with.

The left hand goes on the left or the middle depending on the game.

Gotta get good enough to throat it down then tongue the clit

I still don't get how they ever approved this design.

I had a cheat code for some game where I definitely had to use my mouth or face to move the analog stick.

Should be 3 mouths.

mouth anus

Honestly, this picture is close to accurate if you were trying to input the code for the debug menu in Shadows of The Empire.

Still a better time than whatever nightmare gaming is nowadays.

Is the middle prong not for perineum stimulation?

The first time I picked it up my hands were already large enough that it just felt normal to have each hand on the outer grips. I've been called a freak. Feared by children and scorned by adults. I was cast out of my village. Given no quarter.

It's been a lonely life, but I yam what I yam.

Fun Fact: Holding it that way makes it a lot easier to break the joystick since you're putting force on it from an angle. As an adult I've had to order after market joysticks with thicker sticks to replace the ones I broke as a kid. They're actually much better with way smoother movement.

Wtf is that controller? Some kind of new-fangled wireless abomination? That's not original hardware. And, since it is new, why did they put no effort into fixing the joystick? You're just going to get a floppy dick stick in a few years with it anyway.

The purple version was the best. Mine from 1999 has had the most use and still works the best. I've bought new aftermarket controllers but none stand up to the old translucent purple.

no wonder i was so bad at south park 64