A katana controller, I like how you can swing it and the character ingame will attack. Too bad it costs $160-$190...
http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/onimusha3/news_6086540.html

By the way, wouldn't Jedi Knight IV be cool if it had a controller similar to this? The only different would be that it's a lightsaber and more cost efficent?

what game Other the Onimusha 3 would that be useful for?

and for 160-$190, I think the makers of that have a few nuts&bolts lose in there heads

[This message has been edited by Grim Zombie (edited January 15, 2004).]

Thats awesome...

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It looks like its a pain in the *** to even use easily. I'll stick with my keyboard and mouse and the occasional joystick.

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that looks horribly innefficient for a controller.

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Remember that controller that was essential motion sensors arrayed in a box around you? You could control the characters on screen by kicking, punching, leaning, etc, through the "box."

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[This message has been edited by DSettahr (edited January 15, 2004).]

Untill I heard it was just for one game, I was going to ask the question I always ask - "Why is it always a katana?"

Now that I understand the scenario better, I'll ask, "What's with all those stupid buttons in the handle? Why can't they just make the interface depend on sword manipulation somehow?"
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[This message has been edited by Checksum (edited January 15, 2004).]

It's called a blade, young grasshopper.

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The part you hold is called a blade? Well that's a new one.

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That'd be the sheath (where all the buttons are), actually. But yeah, it's definitely not the handle.

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Upon closer examination, I think it may be the handle, and the handle is actually the blade, and there's a sheeth that covers the short handle, which we see in the first shot. Tell me it's not that retarded...

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I agree...

Can I use it for fishing games? Wait no reel..

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Erm... what? The buttons are on the handle, there is no blade (who wants to swing a real-length sword around their computer office?)

So far biggest problem I can think of with it is, you can't use it sitting down. You'd have to stand up to play that game...

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I think the entire sheath is just for looks when you put it in the stand, and you actually take it off when you're using the controller(handle).

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The cord would get really annoying, they should definitely have made that cordless.

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the picture of it on the stand and the picture of it sitting are not of the same controller. one must be a different version. that, or you can take the sheath off and in the picture of it by itself, they cut the blade off for the pic.

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A real katana would be infinitely better. We all know that.

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And it shall go the way of the Power Glove and the U-Force...

heh, Power glove. Kinda reminds me of my furry "love glove"

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i want a power glove... but the things are so [wordhere]ing hard to find (don't say ebay)

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I still have my Power Glove and U-Force.

Both were way to impractical to use and made games way too hard to play with them.

(No, I'm not selling either!)

Weren't they used for boxing games?

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You could play any game with them.

Lots of games had specialized profiles like Mike Tyson's Punch Out, which used punching motions and such to correspond to the different buttons. Then there were also just generic hand movements that could signify different button presses and worked with any game.

What was always annoying was mounting the power glove's sensors on a TV with a round top... Usually had to stick books or something on top of the TV and then sit the sensors on it to keep them from falling off.

Luckily I also had an old school square TV that had a nice square, wooden frame. Not to mention being one hell of a heavy 19" TV.

Did you know this controller came with a game and it costed $200? Steel Battalion for X-Box.

As for the katana, I think it's main aim is for the really hard core fan. After all, it will only be available in Japan and over the internet.

Why would you need a fake katana to kill fake people, if you could slice real people with a real katana?

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Because you can't kill real people without getting into trouble?

Well...you could slice the people who think that youre a troublemaker...


...bah, i suck.

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Emon, you got it backwards. The buttons are on the handle of the sword, if you look closely, you can see what it supposed to be a "design" for the handle, that alot of katanas have.

http://www.weaponmasters.com/images//products/KE_2002/2044L.jpg

They simply removed the "blade" of the sword for obvious reasons.

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They are the same. The sheath goes on the shirt, nubby end

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i wish i had that game... but i'm not the kind of person who has $200 to blow on one game

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Steel Battalion is fun to play with, but Capcom is no longer making it anymore. They actually sold much better than people expected. It was thought it would probably be a novelty and not many would sell, but they did. My friend ordered one from EBgames that took forever for them to get it because they don't keep them in stalk and their distributers were sold out.

I borrowed the game from my friend (it's in my room right now), and it's a neat thing to play, but I find it hard to get into the game because I don't own it so I can't justify studying the 40 page flight manual for the controller. I just like to have fun pushing buttons But it's a good game, and it gives you a unique experience, but there is a definate learning curve. Not the kind of game where you pick it up and know the controls in 10 minutes. And if you ask me, the cover over the eject button has killed me more times than it's protected me from accidently ejecting (and when you die in this game, you start over. From the beginning as a new pilot).

They are releasing an online version of the game too, and if I think they will have the option to buy that one with or without the controller (but you will need the controller to play).

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Assuming the game allows player movement, you want them to make a katana that if you swing one way it moves you forward, and if you swing it another way you go backwards? Sounds like a formula for very annoying gameplay...

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[This message has been edited by SG1_129 (edited January 18, 2004).]

there is a cool arcade game in what is the only big arcade left in my town. it is a sword figting game with a motion sensing controler so you can do cool fighting moves. to bad i didn't get around to playing it as i had a backpack full of prize tickets.

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That sounds cool. Steel Battalion came with a 40 page manual? Whoa...

alpha1, that sounds cool, all we have in my town is a boxing game like that, and Tekken 3 which you do the fighting.

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They go as far as to describe what indivdual joints in the Vertical Tank's (VT) structures are for. They explain how the ejection system works...not just "push the button and you pop out" It's a page explaination involving airbags, and such. And we aren't talking an Xbox game instruction book sized pages, they are 8.5x11 inch pages, with diagrams and stuff. They just submerge you in the game

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