So I started playing last night and after about 45 minutes I start getting some major drift in my controller - I'm talking it is just slamming down on the left thumbstick. So, I open it up, clean it out, and its better for a bout 20 minutes and it starts drifting again.
I'm using one of the wired PowerA Plus controllers (Zelda BotW), which just looks amazing, so I'm a bit disappointed, so I open a warranty issue, but I've still got a crap ton of GC controllers, so I can just use those - at least for Smash.
I'm talking to my girlfriend about it afterwards, basically just saying "Well, I guess I'll just get a Pro controller eventually. I wanted to hold off, cause they are kind of expensive." And, bless her heart, with her terrible poker face. I just take one look at her - "That's what you got me for Christmas, isn't it?"
And that's how Smash ruined Christmas.