Nintendo Revolution controller

Originally posted by BackFire
Wow....kind of a jarring sight...not at all what I was expecting.

However, Nintendo is infamous for making controllers that look wierd and are initially put down as poorly constructed, and then hailed with praise once people try them out (Nintendo 64, Gamecube).

I have faith that this will be more of the same.

Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
I personally found the sega saturn controller to be the shiznit for 2d fighters

Lets place bets on how many people will actually like it, I mean out of those saying they hate it.

Or as a result of THIS post, continually say they hate it while liking it.

-AC

Ok I saw the new new control. That remote thing, could go in a regular gamecube control. Picture aGC control with a hole in the middle that could fit that new control, so you could use either. Check IGN.com for details

Originally posted by TwisterGameX
Ok I saw the new new control. That remote thing, could go in a regular gamecube control. Picture aGC control with a hole in the middle that could fit that new control, so you could use either. Check IGN.com for details

Sorry to say, thats a mockup of the contollers. Its not real at all.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Sorry to say, thats a mockup of the contollers. Its not real at all.

🙁

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Lets place bets on how many people will actually like it, I mean out of those saying they hate it.

Or as a result of THIS post, continually say they hate it while liking it.

-AC

This new controller is not good. It detects movement right so if thats the case then next time look at how little kids play GC dont they jump around or move the controller while playing thinking it will help. lol ill admit ive done that when i was a kid.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Hmm.
There's more than 1 button that controller. You need 2 buttons for punch or kick.

You talk about physical exercise like its a curse or something. Wow, you you have move your arms. Wow, that really screws up your body.
Do you think that you have to make excessive moves to actually use the controllers?

You said earlier that motion sensing can revolutionize beat'em ups. I was illistrating that movement such as that for beat'em ups is actually a bad idea.

Now listen closely.

Physical excercise and activity are awesome. But you seem to think moving a remote control around is physical excercise. Its called repetitive motion, and its what messes you up. Sitting on your but and waving your remote around, is not excercise. DDR or Mo Cap boxing are more akin to physical activity, not waving around a remote for hours on end.

Originally posted by SaTsuJiN

as for fighting games/ beat em ups.. some have even suggested the interesting idea of hooking 2 remotes to one another, and moving them simultaneously in a 'boxing' type of movement

Ok, BOXING games, what about fighting games or beatem ups? Has anyone ever played one? I guess if you have a Gamecube, then you havnt. How can you play Capcom vs SNK by moving your hands like a boxer? And when your playing beat'em ups, you need a bit more than that.

Does anyone remeber that actual controller that allowed you, on the NES, to box. FOrget whats its called, it had a field that sensed motion so you could box. Remember how that revolutionized beat'em ups? OH and who could forget the impact of the POWER GLOVE. Wow you can look at controllers now a days and really see the impact of the power glove on modern game play. The whole "Movement" thing for controllers has been around since the BEGINING.

Originally posted by masterbruce
whereas Sony and Microsoft seem to take the easier road by just pumping up polygons and squeezing money out of sequels

Wait wait wait, last I checked Nintendo is spitting out remakes of games I played before I wore boxer shorts. Nintendo is notorious for their sequals and remakes and rehashes. Hell, ever since the N64, their biggest claim to fame has always been "The Next Zelda" or "The Next Metroid" Microsoft hasnt even been around long enough to say they continously rehash their first party games, it just seems like Microsoft/sony get alot of sequels, because third parties do alot of sequels, and we all know that Sony/Microsoft gets more the third party support.

Just a quick question Omikirimaru - were you referring to my post on page 2? Was I the "nintendo fanboy"?

You said something about Nintendo fanboys and it just seemed like you were targetting me.

I'd like to point out I am not a fanboy of anything, I like to sit on the fence when it comes to video games systems, as anyone that speaks to me knows this. I dunno why I bother sometimes - I obviously get labelled as fanboy just for keeping my mind open.

I am a fan of Nintendo, but my post was merely to make clear that the controller COULD bring great things. The N64 pad broke the norm, and after a while, it set the standard for what gamepads should be.

I'm just saying that everyone should keep their minds open. A great designer worth their weight in gold could make that controller do some amazing things.

As for moving a controller around, it wouldn't cause RSI at all. You're thinking too narrowly, and I think that's the problem with people who have already cast down this controller.

I'll admit I'm a bit dubious myself, its OK to be. It's a new thing, but at least the norm is being challenged - someone out there cares about change and evolution. Of course its usually Nintendo that do this, but there you go. We don't know what this controller will bring until we lay our hands on it and play the games for it.

You've gotta give it up to Nintendo though. Sony and Microsoft try and give us amazing technical graphics, and all Nintendo do is release a few poxy screenies of their controller - and everyone is suddenly talking about it.The haters and the fanboys alike are as bad as each other. There's no actual knowing what the controller is going to mean for gaming - but I applaud Nintendo for trying (albeit predictably) to try something original.

Originally posted by El_NINO
This new controller is not good. It detects movement right so if thats the case then next time look at how little kids play GC dont they jump around or move the controller while playing thinking it will help. lol ill admit ive done that when i was a kid.

lol now it can do something. I always did that in flying games.

Originally posted by Onikirimaru
You said earlier that motion sensing can revolutionize beat'em ups. I was illistrating that movement such as that for beat'em ups is actually a bad idea.

Now listen closely.

Physical excercise and activity are awesome. But you seem to think moving a remote control around is physical excercise. Its called repetitive motion, and its what messes you up. Sitting on your but and waving your remote around, is not excercise. DDR or Mo Cap boxing are more akin to physical activity, not waving around a remote for hours on end.

Originally posted by Red Superfly
Just a quick question Omikirimaru - were you referring to my post on page 2? Was I the "nintendo fanboy"?

You said something about Nintendo fanboys and it just seemed like you were targetting me.

I'd like to point out I am not a fanboy of anything, I like to sit on the fence when it comes to video games systems, as anyone that speaks to me knows this. I dunno why I bother sometimes - I obviously get labelled as fanboy just for keeping my mind open.

I am a fan of Nintendo, but my post was merely to make clear that the controller COULD bring great things. The N64 pad broke the norm, and after a while, it set the standard for what gamepads should be.

I'm just saying that everyone should keep their minds open. A great designer worth their weight in gold could make that controller do some amazing things.

As for moving a controller around, it wouldn't cause RSI at all. You're thinking too narrowly, and I think that's the problem with people who have already cast down this controller.

I'll admit I'm a bit dubious myself, its OK to be. It's a new thing, but at least the norm is being challenged - someone out there cares about change and evolution. Of course its usually Nintendo that do this, but there you go. We don't know what this controller will bring until we lay our hands on it and play the games for it.

You've gotta give it up to Nintendo though. Sony and Microsoft try and give us amazing technical graphics, and all Nintendo do is release a few poxy screenies of their controller - and everyone is suddenly talking about it.The haters and the fanboys alike are as bad as each other. There's no actual knowing what the controller is going to mean for gaming - but I applaud Nintendo for trying (albeit predictably) to try something original.

I can respect that. I wasnt coming out and callin ya one, was just commenting it sounded like one, from the post it sounded a bit one sided is all. Thanks for clarifying.

And yeah, you gotta give it up to Nintendo for trying, I aint saying that. Its just whenever they come out with something, thats about a year or a half from actually getting in any in anyones hands, and people come out saying thats its freaking awesome and a revolution, when I look at it and see doo doo, it rubs me the wrong way. Nintendo's always made "innovations" which we're really gimicks in disguise. An innovation was the analog stick. A gimick is being able to touch a screen. When you break it down, it seems like this controller, is really a culmonation of gimicks.

Now if that mock up was real, Id shut my mouth. Because third parties have their controller to play normal games, and Nintendo has the controller to do the fancy stuff they want to with. Win-win situation.

that remote (controller) is what you nintendo fans get! 😄 how....revolutionary. (You guys know Sony had a remote controller for the ps2(dvd) and it does work for games....but its crap) so maybe not very revolutionary.

Originally posted by Silverstein
that remote (controller) is what you nintendo fans get! 😄 how....revolutionary. (You guys know Sony had a remote controller for the ps2(dvd) and it does work for games....but its crap) so maybe not very revolutionary.

Wow, read the previous pages please.

It looks very uncomfortable.

Originally posted by Tex
It looks very uncomfortable.

sigh...

Originally posted by Tex
It looks very uncomfortable.

People said the same thing about the N64 controller before they tried it, and now it's considered by many to be the best controller of all time.

If you hate it so much by pictures and rumours, don't buy it. Just don't jump on the bandwag if it turns out to be a f*cking amazing piece of revolutionary equipment.

-AC