NCAA or Madden Controls (Wii)

[GKEnialb]

The controls are different between the two for whatever reason, so the question is which does everybody think is best for each situation? Here are the current controls from each (green means they're the same):

General
	NCAA	Madden
Menus	+	+
In Menu Sort	-	N/A
Timeout>>	-	-
Sprint	Z	B
Dive / Slide	C	C
Coach’s Cam	B + Down + Up	B
Weapon Cam	N/A	C
Audible	Left + (Up/Down/Left/Right/A)	Left + (Up/Down/Left/Right)
Gesture Audible	N/A	Nunchuck Up/Down/Left/Right
Flip Play (Line of Scrimmage)	Left + 1	Left + 1
Flip Play (Play Calling Screen)	Z	Z
Navigate (Play Calling Screen)	Up/Down/Left/Right	U/D/L/R or Point Wiimote
Offense
	NCAA	Madden
Man in Motion	Control Stick Down + Left/Right	Up/Down + Left/Right
Slide Protection	Down + (Up/Down/Left/Right)	Down + (Up/Down/Left/Right)
Hot Routes	Up + (Up/Down/Left/Right/1/2)	Up + (Up/Down/Left/Right/1/2)
Snap	Flick Up	Flick Up
Change Direction of Play	N/A	Left + audible + left/right
Fake Snap	B + Flick Up	Z + Flick Up
Pass	Flick while holding (U/D/L/R/A)	Flick
Select Receiver (Pre-Pass)	N/A	Up/Down/Left/Right/A
Select Receiver (Pre-Snap)	N/A	Up/Down/Left/Right/A
Call Your Shots	N/A	A
Throw Away	B + A + Flick	C + Flick
Pump Fake	B + Flick	Z + Flick
Spin	A	A
Dive for Pass	N/A	C
Stiff arm / switch hand	Flick Left/Right	Z + Flick Left/Right
Lead Blocking	N/A	Left + Z/Forward/Left/Right/Back
Break Tackle	Drum	Drum Wiimote + Nunchuck
Juke	Flick Nunchuck Left/Right	Flick Nunchuck Left/Right
Stutter Step	Pull back	N/A
Power Move	Push forward	N/A
Option Pitch	B + Flick Left/Right	N/A
Option Fake Pitch	B + A + Flick Left/Right	N/A
Option Hand Off	A	N/A
Option Call up Receivers	A	N/A
No huddle	A (hold)	C (hold)
Spike	Z (hold)	Z (hold)
Fake Spike	C (hold)	N/A
Formation Shift	N/A	1 + Up/Down/Left/Right
Quiet Crowd	N/A	Z + Swing Wiimote/Nunchuck
Defense
	NCAA	Madden
Cycle Players	A	A/Z
Linebacker Shift	Right + U/D/L/R/Stick D/Stick U	Down + U/D/L/R
D Line Shift	Down + U/D/L/R/Stick D/Stick U	Up + U/D/L/R
Defensive Back Audibles	Up + U/D/L/R	Right + U/D/L/R
Defensive Playmaker	N/A	Left + U/D/L/R
Receiver Spotlight	N/A	B (hold) + U/D/L/R/A
Jump the Snap	B + Flick Up	N/A
Switch to Closest Defender	A	A
Big Hit	Flick any direction	Swing Nunchuck any direction
Swat	Swing forward	Lift Wiimote
Strafe	B	Z
Swim/Spin	Flick left/right	Flick left/right
Intercept / Jump	Flick up	Lift Wiimote/Nunchuck
Strip Ball	N/A	1
Commit to Pass	N/A	Up
Commit to Run	N/A	Down
Pump Up Crowd (LBs)	N/A	Z (hold) + Swing both
Special Teams
	NCAA	Madden
Kick	Flick up	A (hold) + Flick up
Abandon Kick	A	N/A
Block Kick	Flick up	N/A
Fair Catch	Wave	Wave

The biggest difference for me is the passing: Madden is much better for that.

I like the playcalling better in Madden.

The menu navigation is better in NCAA (the ability to sort is essential)

Running with the ball (including sprinting) is better in NCAA.

Cycling the players is beter in Madden.

I don't miss Jump the Snap in Madden...

Defensive controls are better in Madden.

Kicking is better in Madden (I accidentally kick in NCAA sometimes...)

The rest I could go either way with, but consistency would be great.

What do the rest of you think? EA Designers, any chance they could ever be consistent?

[SkullStevePSU]

Does the abandon kick function (A button in NCAA) mean the play breaks down and no kick is attempted? Maybe my Madden-born habits of holding A to kick is why I end up doing a FG-Fake-Pass on so many extra point attempts...

[GKEnialb]

Yep, that's exactly what it does. Don't know why it didn't occur to me when you asked that in the other thread. Another reason why they should make the controls the same... (I always keep sprinting with the wrong button -- I think I'm going to play a full season between switching NCAA/Madden and back instead of every day or two.)