Gaming mods?

[BullockDS]

isn't the lodgenet stick the same as the 3rd party ones you find on ebay? I mean I have one and it works perfectly

The only "real" 3rd party controller I can think of that it's based off of is that it's actually made by Hori, makers of the Mini Pad.

There are also those aftermarket "GCN STYLE REPLACEMENT STICKS L@@K!!!!" on ebay, but to be blunt they're crap. They're far too sensitive and the analog "skips" steps like hell, making things like smash attacks in SSB impossible.

Otherwise, I'm not sure.

...I was actually gonna ask about that. There's pretty much no chance I'll be able to get just the Lodgenet joysticks ala carte, will I ):

And if I do I'll have to solder the shrek out of an existing controller? :/

No, but Lodgenet controllers are relatively cheap. The soldering work's not too awful either.