Just When u thought Nintendo Conrollers couldn't get any Weirder...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4251720.stm

I hope for Nintendos sake that they bring out a normal controller as well for revolution otherwise they will probly lose alot of customers. Innovative stuff though.

[FeelGood]

whoa, that looks like it would be kind of hard to use, but i highly doubt it.
weird to say the least, prolly take a little while to get used to.

whatever happened to the sqaure grey/black old school nintendo controllers?
and the bright orange gun to play duck hunt :(

[Mr.Wrong]

ahaha what the fuck.

[Hot Karl]

gotta give'm credit for innovating.

i'm not saying it's a guaranteed seller, but i'll take anything over the normal controller for a fps.

[Mr.Wrong]

Originally Posted by Hot Karl

i'll take anything over the normal controller for a fps.

yea thats true
cant get the accuracy on a console controller that a mouse/keyboard brings

[dj_soo]

my thought is the next Zelda is going to rock on that thing. Knowing most game developers, the only company that's going to know how to make games properly for that thing is going to be Nintendo themselves (see the Dual Screen).

here's another article:
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143782

[yoshi242]

it would be easier and cheaper just to have a mouse ...it does the same thing...dont need some fancy remote ....blahh

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by yoshi242

it would be easier and cheaper just to have a mouse ...it does the same thing...dont need some fancy remote ....blahh

It comes with one.

But I like that thing... got a gyroscopic thing inside so it judges hand movements. Grip it like a sword, swing it around and whatnot.

Fuck. One step closer to VR. They're working on it.

See, this is the way that I see it. Sony and Nintendo, these guys are innovators. They've pushed the bounds of home consoles before, and completely wiped out competition because of it (Nintendo wiped out Atari, Sony's wiped out Sega). The way I see it, they're all letting Microsoft go first. And because Microsoft is all hurried to be the first one out, a year later they're going to put out systems that are just going to outright cream them. Simply because they have outward thinking, instead of just coming out with the same-old-thing with better graphics.

That's why Microsoft can't compete. They're far too reactionary a company to compete with game tech. Remember when Halo 2 came out? Remember when Half-Life 2 came out a couple months later and totally blew it out of the water?

Yeah. Go Nintendo for pushing the gaming level up a notch. Can't wait to see what Sony does.

[dj_soo]

^ I wouldn't say Nintendo wiped out Atari. Atari pretty much wiped themselves out during the videogame crash of 84 and Nintendo just happened to be there in 85 to pick up the pieces of a dead industry and revived it.

[decypher]

I think many of the guys on this website have plent experience with "one-handed controllers"

I'm looking in ppcock's direction.

[rawb]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

See, this is the way that I see it. Sony and Nintendo, these guys are innovators. They've pushed the bounds of home consoles before, and completely wiped out competition because of it (Nintendo wiped out Atari, Sony's wiped out Sega). The way I see it, they're all letting Microsoft go first. And because Microsoft is all hurried to be the first one out, a year later they're going to put out systems that are just going to outright cream them. Simply because they have outward thinking, instead of just coming out with the same-old-thing with better graphics.

That's why Microsoft can't compete. They're far too reactionary a company to compete with game tech. Remember when Halo 2 came out? Remember when Half-Life 2 came out a couple months later and totally blew it out of the water?

Yeah. Go Nintendo for pushing the gaming level up a notch. Can't wait to see what Sony does.

halo 2 and half-life 2 are vastly different games for different niches/systems. one is a computer fps and one is a console fps, their sales dont really overlap as much as you contend. halo 2 is an incredibly popular online game, which in the last hour had 315,916 unique players playing, which is pretty incredible. both of these games are blockbusters.

xbox was pretty innovative in a lot of ways, it basically pioneered easily accessable, fun, unified online gaming for consoles. xbox live is incredible. microsoft also pioneered a way for console games to have added content delivered to them over the internet. old games get new levels and fresher skins, or new playmodes.

sony is about publisher deals. i wouldn't say any of their hardware past the original playstation has been anything special. what has mattered is things like the final fantasy series and grand theft auto getting exclusive releases. while im interested in the ps3, i take their hype with a grain of salt, as the ps2 had hype of being like the final fantasy movie rendered in real time.

in closing, the xbox found its niche and became very popular in it, i cant remember the last time i fired up my ps2, i basically only play my xbox and gamecube now. i would content that if the xbox had a sane liscencing agreement and xbox live from the start, it would be the most popular console today.

nintendo just makes fun games and hardware. god bless them.

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Sick! check this out
http://media.cube.ign.com/articles/6...g_3077147.html

[B-Funk]

it would be pretty cool to play with these if they existed.

[rawb]

or the super fun, successful nintendo ds
or the original gameboy

[baby-phat]

Originally Posted by decypher

I think many of the guys on this website have plent experience with "one-handed controllers"

I'm looking in ppcock's direction.

*giggle*

[-evil-duerr-]

I have a good feeling that the new controller will make for a really fun/interesting gaming experience. The possibilities are amazing.

I cant wait till the Nintendo Revolution gets released. That company really brings the goods when it comes to video games. Ive been happily loyal to their products since the days of the NES !

[Pennywise]

i still like the N64 controllers.
those were the shit.

[Sniper]

I agree with pat....give me the 64 controllers or the old school NES controlers anyday for nintendo

[Kazuma]

Considering the Revolution will be backwards compatible all the way back to NES. Word has it that they releasing versions of all the old controller styles!

I can't wait to try this thing out. If you go on IGN there is a breakdown of how the controller would work with every type of game out there.

[Euro Dollar]

Originally Posted by thump666

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4251720.stm

I hope for Nintendos sake that they bring out a normal controller as well for revolution otherwise they will probly lose alot of customers. Innovative stuff though.

If you turn it sudeways it turns into an old nintendo controll...