# Controller Types

The GCC community classifies controllers based on their "Type" (denoted as either T1, T2, or T3) with T1 being the earliest/original design and T3 being the most recent. Smaller changes have occurred between, but these are major milestones in the controller's internal design history.

# How to Identify Types

The quickest way to identify a controller's type is by examining the stamped area on the back, just behind the C-Stick.

Type 1
Type 2
Type 3

Can rarely also be T1

# Variant Chart

Below is a chart showing each GCC variant along with the possible types they were manufactured as.

Variant T1 T2 T3
Indigo
Jet Black
Spice Orange
Indigo/Clear
Platinum
Emerald Blue
White
Clear
Starlight Gold
Pearl White
Symphonic Green
Crystal White
Resident Evil 4
Hanshin Tigers
Gundam Char
Panasonic Q
Smash 4 Black
Smash 4 White
Smash Ultimate
Mario
Luigi
Wario
Club Nintendo
WaveBird Grey
WaveBird Platinum
WaveBird Club Nintendo
WaveBird Gundam Char
ASCII Keyboard
Sammy Keyboard
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