Have you seen the Revolution control-pad yet?

CB

Then look at it on the Nintendo website:

http://www.nintendo.com/newsimagelarge?currentNo=0&articleid=TfyOgnUc7zB-ZlzdQvMhKJOgS5LsR2nK

I think it looks versitile, but I have my doubts about its practicality and comfort. I guess we'll just have to try it and see. Frankly, it doesn't seem like enough buttons. Perhaps this is only the controller intended for the original NES games that you will be able to buy.

primesuspect

i think it looks incredible, and it seems like maybe this really WILL revolutionize console game playing. Count me as a hopeful fan. I'm excited.

GHoosdum

I'd play with it before I buy it, to make sure I like the control style.

I'm also going to wait and see how much they're charging us to repurchase the games we already own before I make a decision as to whether or not I'm buying a Revolution console.

Garg

I think it looks rediculous. A remote control? You've got to be kidding me.

BlackHawk

I don't like it that much. Holding your hand out to game for a few hours is gonna suck. I'll just have to wait and see how comfortable and useful it is. I still won't buy it

primesuspect

it's not a remote control.

As for the lack of buttons - think about it. We are so used to hitting a button for each action, that we lose sight of the fact that many gestures can be combined for whole new ways to control characters on screen. Normally you push "A" to attack or something, but what if you swing the controller to attack, while holding "A" to modify it or tapping "A" to modify it a different way, or thrusting it creates yet another method of attack. With gestures, you can have a great many more ways to control characters.

Outside the box, people! Come on!

GHoosdum

This is going to make geeks buy bigger living rooms.

CB

The thing that concerns me about the lack of buttons in being able to play older games.

The gyro idea is great for new games, but you can't play most SNES games with only two buttons.

kanezfan

I think it's another great inovation from the big N. Before the N64, we didn't have analog control sticks, and now they're standard. If you ask me, this is just one step closer to the holodeck.

Garg

CBDroege wrote:

The gyro idea is great for new games, but you can't play most SNES games with only two buttons.

True. My first thought was the N64 and its plethora of buttons, but then I remembered that those C buttons were mostly useless. Still, that leaves 5 other buttons I used a lot.

Clutch

Wow that is ****ing stupid looking. :shakehead

primesuspect

they'll have a snap-in shell for N64 games, SNES games, etc.

CB

primesuspect wrote:

they'll have a snap-in shell for N64 games, SNES games, etc.

:shakehead

more stuff to buy!

McBain

looks pretty freakin awesome....soo many possibilities...

and the C buttons on my n64 wore off before anything else....I used the hell out fo them for the golden eye game...best control system ever....me and pseudo were the self-proclaimed masters at that game...

shwaip

There are plugs on the N5 (or whatever they're calling it) for Gamecube controllers. You should be able to play many of the older games using a gamecube controller.

airbornflght

hmmm...yes yes yes...i saw this today at school and my first thought that came to mind was " look, a cool looking vcr remote" but then i saw the title, revolution contorller and i was immeditaely dumb founded with thoughts such as "wtf" and "nintendo, get off of the crackpipe"...but then i read about the gyro...kinda cool, but they should of made it more than a remote...something cooler to hold on to

Garg

The gyro thing sounds like a neat idea, but I too am concerned about long gaming sessions' strain on the arm and wrist.

RWB

Gargoyle wrote:

The gyro thing sounds like a neat idea, but I too am concerned about long gaming sessions' strain on the arm and wrist.

ditto. My first thought and reply was gonna be.. "Carpal, here I come at last!"

NLichtman

It looks like a frickin' remote to me. It will, however, be hard to hit the d-pad and a-button at the same time.

primesuspect

you guys just don't get it. The D pad will be like the D pad on the N64 controller - barely ever used. You will do most of the stuff with gestures.

For older games that are not written for the gestures, you will snap the thing into a shell and/or use a GC controller. What you are seeing is not the ONLY controller for the Revolution.

Everyone's so fixated on calling it a "remote control"

Winga

Yea, I agree with Primesuspect the possibilities this game controller (and that's what it is, no matter how much it looks like a remote controll) holds out for gaming in the future, is mind boggling. With the way the games and the video cards are evolving, this seems like a natural step in gaming evolution.

I have added a small write up from one of our local sites which basically says the same as the link CBDroege posted, just in case you only had a chance to view the pictures without reading the writeup.

Nintendo trumped its rivals at the start of an industry show in Japan on Friday by revealing a one-handed remote controller..The device, which looks like a television remote control and is fitted with motion sensors, created the biggest buzz at the opening of the three-day Tokyo Game Show
By waving it around frenetically or gently swishing it through the air, players can kick, punch, jump or steer their way through the on-screen action. The Revolution and its software are, however, still under development.
The controller, which was showcased in bright red, lime green, black, silver or white, can also be fitted with a joystick-type add-on. Several players can compete against each other simultaneously.
"The feeling is so natural and real, that as soon as players use the controller, their minds will spin with the possibilities of how this will change gaming as we know it today," said Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who presented the new gadget to the show.

primesuspect

Lost Garden has a really good op-ed piece about the controller and Nintendo's strategy.

Clutch

So wait, it isn't a new vcr remote?

profdlp

GHoosdum wrote:

I'd play with it before I buy it, to make sure I like the control style...

That's what she said!

GHoosdum wrote:

This is going to make geeks buy bigger living rooms.

Or force their parents to enlarge the basement.

drasnor

I don't like it, my hands are too shaky for precision control of anything like that. Additionally, I won't want to pay $30 per controller for each snap-in peripheral. Tack on the fact that Nintendo has done a great job chasing away every developer I'm interested in and you have all the ingredients for me not buying their hardware.

-drasnor

TheHeartSmasher

This thing will cause you to get tired quicker because you have to move. What about the people who like to sit on the couch and play games without moving, or reclineing in the lazyboy.

It looks funny to me and I don't want to have to add on things to any system. It is just another way the the company to make more money. The XBOX360 and PS3 really don't have comptition now...

FormFactor

I think it is fugly! Props to N for trying something new though.

I like the gesture idea, I thought it worked great in Black and White.


Yea it looks like a remote control, and you hold a single analog stick in the other hand. That looks like it could cause some cramping.

TheHeartSmasher

cramps indeed, I bet it's going to be very painful for gamers like me.

primesuspect

hahahah the nunchaku attachment would be SWEET!

"You're gonna have to get your equipment out of my locker. I don't have room for my numchucks"

Jengo

w00t w00t!!

At least im not the only one excited about it!!

I cant wait!!

CB

Well, they can't make everybody happy. Every game system is going to have aspects that cater to one crowd while disapointing others...

And frankly it's good for the industry as a whole when Nintendo does stuff that caters to those who like to try new things, and disapoints those who are happy with the status quo.