Editing Analog stick (section)

===Neutral position and drifting===
To operate properly, an analog stick must establish a neutral position, a special, unique position which the stick must maintain that the controller would interpret as an intentional cessation or absence of in-game movement.  Ideally, this would be the stick's very center when it is not touched or moved.  Whenever the controller is activated or the system it is connected to is powered on, the current position of its analog stick(s) become the established neutral position.  If the analog stick is moved away from its center during a time while it is established, the neutral position would shift to some place away from the center of the stick, causing the controller to interpret the center motionless position of the stick as in-game movement, since it is not the neutral position as it should be.  This phenomenon, commonly called ''drifting'', causes undesired gameplay effects, depending on the current game's controls, such as constant movement of the player character in a single direction or the game camera being skewed towards one particular angle while the affected stick is unmoved, and can only be corrected by performing particular actions that would restore the affected analog stick's neutral position back to the center of the analog stick.  For Nintendo controllers with analog sticks, this would involve holding down a certain combination of buttons while the affected analog sticks are untouched.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nintendo 64 Accessory Troubleshooting |url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/nintendo64/trouble_accessory.jsp |website=Nintendo of America Support |publisher=Nintendo of America |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nintendo GameCube Accessory Troubleshooting |url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/nintendogamecube/trouble_accessory.jsp#Won't%20Move |website=Nintendo of America Support |publisher=Nintendo of America |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Metroid Prime'' Instruction Booklet|url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/GCN_Metroid_Prime.pdf |website=Nintendo of America Support |publisher=Nintendo of America |access-date=15 January 2021 |pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wii Operations System Manual |url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/WiiOpMn_EN_setup.pdf |website=Nintendo of America Support |publisher=Nintendo |access-date=15 January 2021 |pages=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How to Reset the L and R Control Sticks to a Neutral Position on the Wii U Pro Controller |url=https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1107/~/how-to-reset-the-l-and-r-control-sticks-to-a-neutral-position-on-the-wii-u-pro |website=Nintendo of America Support |publisher=Nintendo of America |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref>