What awkward controller? DKCTF had four controller options, two of them without waggle.
If anything was awkward about the controller options, it was the awful interface you had to go through to pick one every single time you launched the game.
There was no "remember my choice for next time" option, and no, "I want to use the one I'm currently pressing buttons on, game" auto-detect. Just screen after screen confirming and clarifying your controller choice.