This is a good mentality to have when dealing with walmart. I was lucky enough to pick up the splatoon switch that was open box when it came out. It was pretty much brand new with all the bells and whistles.
Sounds about right. From what I know. Alot of lore are in the descriptions of items and about 90% of the times im looking at what the items does then were it's from. Why I stick to lore videos then trying to piece together a puzzle.
I personally had no problem with the controller. That being said I imagine the nostalgia the controller brings is reminding people of when they got there xbox or maybe early halo 1 days.