WTF

Is that the revolution controller?

Maybe it's fake?
I don't see an analog stick, nor many other necessary peripherals

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This can't be right. Last I heard, it was supposed to be minus a joystick.....not two. Perhaps its for dvd control ........i dunno >_<

[Edit:] I didn't see that last pic there.......but still....that cant be right. I cant see playin Metroid Prime 3 like that.......i just cant......

That's a pretty interesting design.

Wow...just...wow.

That's all 100% real people. These are straight from the Tokyo Game Show going on right now.

However, there is word that you might be able to use the GC controller.

How did you find this? Is there a site with information on the tokyo game show thing that they were supposed to unveil this at?

Interesting. I dunno, it might work out. It just might.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651275p1.html

Read that, hands on impressions.

I was shocked and mad at first - but now that I've read more on it - it could really be cool.

Read Demo 8 - where they try a FPS demo of Metroid Prime 3. That could be awesome to control with aiming the control.

Plus, think about Star Wars games.

In essence, they could make it so the controller was a lightsaber and you moved it to control it on screen. That would be bad ***

It's radically different though, so I expect everyone to bash it for being so different

But Nintendo said "IT'S A REVOLUTION". They're doing something different, and I applaud that

If this was true, it is a bit surprising that it won't look like PS3 and Xbox360 controllers.

It is true.

This is how they describe the sensors...

"Imagine sticking your hand into a virtual box and having your TV understand how it's moving in there. Now you're getting the idea. "

It's like a PC mouse in a 3d world

Well.........i guess it wouldnt be THAT bad but still.......it dosn't look right >_>

After reading the article, I have to say that seems pretty cool .. though the odd positioning of the buttons and the (lack of standard) joystick kinda puts me off

Oh my god. At first it looked so dumb, but look at what it does....



That's insane. That's amazing. I'm sorry. I'm sold already. Check IGN for more details.

this is retarded and i probably wont be buying one

How can you say it's retarded when you haven't even seen it in motion?

It's not the sexiest controller - but it's more on what the controller does verse how it looks that matters

THIS IS AWESOME
Controller shells to make it more conventional for you naysayers
it's a NES controller too
Attachments+++++++++++++++++++++++++
FPS by pointing
Pilot Wang
ONLINE LIGHTSABER GAME
YOU CAN STILL USE A GAME CUBE CONTROLLER

Well, I think it looks pretty sweet. Much better than the PS3 "boomerang."

NES

I'm sorry, but I'm gonna say screw the PS3 at this point. The revolution just got a mouse. A freaking 3d mouse. I can't say I'd want a console more perfect--3d mouse, backwards compatibility with the library of awesome Nintendo has established, and SSB online. Jesus, how anyone could NOT want this is...beyond me. Anyone that likes using a computer, at least.

oS, you are so out of touch.

I'm like all bouncy...This is the first time I've been even remotely excited about a next-gen.
X-box 360 and ps3 are more of the same old. I like but I can definetly appreciate a change.

Also someone at penny arcade photoshopped this
Just an example of a possibility.

My mood:

Confused
FAKE
Its real:(
Wait! 3d movement?
BABY SHAKER GAME!
I mean
I want it.

sweet

Think of the porn games they could make...

<.<

>.>

I'M POINTING AT VIRTUAL BOOBIES!!!

Wow. I have had a full 180 degree change of opinion during the ocurse of this thread. I mean, wow. Just... jeesus, they really are making it NES compatable! I'm blown away by this! Lightsaber games! FINALLY!

-Wow. You could use this for presentations, couldn't you? Well, your boss might not appreciate it, and all your coworkers would wanna loat up duckhunt... OH MY GOD IMAGINE DUCKHUNT WITH THIS THING, THAT'S AWESOME! AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! GOD OF AWESOME!

Really, just wait for someone to come up with a keyboard style peripheral with a WSAD setup and some other buttons and you have the basic controls for a standard PC first person/third person game. My only concern at this point is that it really doesn't have many buttons on the standard controller, as only the trigger button, the "A" button, and D-pad are really reachable if you're using it one-handed.

This better not require extensive use of an outstretched arm.

While I love this idea and I'll most likely be getting a Revolution, I forsee problems for this console. We are at a point in the industry where true gamers don't make up most buyers. You are getting more and more casual gamers who care little for revolutionary things. Instead, they just want to play their Madden games and see pretty graphics.

Another problem I see now is development for the console. A lot of video game companies (EA) are looking to move volume of games. If they have to specialize their input code for something this revolutionary, then they'll most probably decide the extra time isn't worth it. Because face it, despite a few minor differences, the Xbox and PS3 controllers will be very similar. Analog sticks and buttons. The are no motion sensors or any other gadgets to plan for. Nintendo will probably continue doing a lot of in-house development, but whether or not their games will succeed yet remains to be seen.

I don't like to prophesize to much, but the Revolution will probably be Nintendo's make or break console. If it fails, I don't know what they can do to recover. If it succeeds, then they know that they've found an area of the market that they can grow in.

http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2005/09/16/443527.html

Video from how they revelaed the controller.

Goto the link, and then click Play on the video (it's kind of to the right)

Man, the hype is boiling for this. While it's just idea's they could use the controller for, they even confirm the coolness of using a lightsaber/sword idea for a game and fighting with it. And FPS - awesomeness!

Edit: Another source for the video

http://media.cube.ign.com/articles/651/651334/vids_1.html

ME WANT it

*waits for butter-churning game*

Pff. You mere mortals and your game controllers. WASD forever.

Hot damn! I'm so staying in love for Nintendo for NOT following Playstation and X-box. If Nintendo DOES fail, and they fall like Sega, then at least they will die with dignity and my admiration.

As for the controller itself, I am excited in the traditional sense (uncertain but optomistic). It could turn into a DS (which hasn't seem to caught on :(), and/or it could just not work well. But if it does work... :-D

Besides, I don't see how it CAN'T work. It doesn't seem hard to still play it 'traditionally' and even if the particular controller doesn't work the same, a "normal" controller could easily come out for it. Even if it can't be a 'normal' controller though, I don't care. My faith was wavering in Nintendo, but they just proved to me they still have it.