Nintendo/Revolution Press Conference
 

IGN is doing it "kinda live" here

http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651320p1.html

Keep refreshing as they update as needed. Just started conference :D

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And this just so happens it's the night of which I've designated for my Discrete and Combinational Math assignment!

Curses!

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Someone on boards just summed it up best probably :p

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http://www.1up.com/media?id=2308868&type=lg

http://www.1up.com/do/imageDisplay?id=2308861

Kinda iffy..I'll need to test it to see how it is

Thank's to darrentendo for showing me the links :D

*edit*

IGN Article up!

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

Another hands on!

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143782

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It's an odd controller, but I'll hold my opinion until I see how it actually works..

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Hmm, interesting design. I have to hold judgement until I actually try it though...or somebody chokes on it.

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a remote ****ing control? no wonder they said "wireless!"

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Well im not sure if any of you have read IGN's article yet, but if you have you know how it works. I think its safe to say Crash was actually somewhat close with his one design of holding two joystick like things...but still off by quite a bit. Man, this will be interesting, no doubt. I just hope it catches on. My only complaint so far is lack of buttons...

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i think it's only meant to be one


turn it sideways and you get

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oh, I see:

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Wow. Neat.'

Well it definitely ties in with the sexy design.

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I think it's an interesting idea... It'll be interesting to see how Rev will hold up against PS3 and 360, what with their more traditional controllers and all...

My main little thought after seeing it all is won't it be kind of tiring (mostly on the arms) to use over long periods of time? Specifically First Person Shooters, which would require you to point it at the screen the entire time (and be fairly accurate with it to boot)...

You could simply say "Take frequent breaks"... Now try telling that to a hardcore gamer who's in the zone... :>

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If it only had X and Y buttons every PS3/360 game would work fine on it.

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So the "Revolution" was a rip off of another invention that another company made years before?



****ING BRILLIANT!

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DEMO: METROID PRIME-TIME
Nintendo saved the best for last. This was the first section of the GameCube game Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, retrofitted to be compatible with the Revolution controller and its analog add-on piece (the "Nunchaku" set-up mentioned earlier). As on the Cube the analog stick controls movement, but instead of holding down a button to look around, you simply point the other controller in the direction you want to aim.
IMPRESSIONS: At first, I was standing up and swinging my hand all around to aim - and my arms got really tired really quick. But once I sat down and relaxed, resting my hands on my legs as I would with a normal controller, everything clicked. It wasn't perfect yet - the Revolution controller functionality had just been added recently and wasn't bug tested or polished, so every so often the view would "spaz out" for a couple seconds - but it was enough to get me excited. As odd as it may look holding the two separate controller pieces, one in each hand, looking around felt incredibly natural, even more than my preferred PC-style keyboard-and-mouse setup. I have to wonder about precision and speed in multiplayer games, but for a more deliberate single-player game like Metroid Prime - and the series is already confirmed for an appearance on the Revolution - this setup already has huge potential.

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It also looks like this controller might be the easiest to lose of the new 3.

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And the easiest to jam down someones throat while in a heated MarioKart argument.

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And you could attempt to choke them at the same time with the itty-bitty chord.

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I suspect Nintendo will have acessory things where you can plug a "modified to fit into Rev controller" N64, another for Snes, and maybe NES controller (and maybe beyond? ;) ). Granted, it gets expensive but I think I'd go for N64/SNES at first and NES later if my mind is thinking like Nintendo is

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WTF when did this happen? Where have I been?

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speechless...............maybe a good decision for Nintendo to aim for a new market that could never be grasped again......need more info !!!

Definitely the sexiest looking console of the 3......

Well the N64 did some great revolutionising, I'm sure the Revolution will do the same

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It happened about an hour ago. I know how you feel. Don't worry.

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personally I love this idea.....

like someone said, control links movement with the right remote, and the sword with the left

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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video, totally freaking awesome!


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

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OMG the possibilities are endless!!!!

resident evil... one handle=flashlight, other one is a gun... point in different directions

link= sword fight gannon for real, shield in one hand, sword in the other. when you throw the boomerang, you throw it baby!

star wars - light saber battles where you're still is actually put to the test, not just button mashing

a first person shooter where you can melee someone with your weapon... (hold B and BLAAAM Biatch!)

point and shoot to aim (like a star trek phaser)

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The video was very well done, IMO.

It surprises me they didn't also make the second "attachment" wireless also. Kinda feel weird maybe ot be tethered by that :p

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****ing brilliant. If only it could look cooler :D

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Really innovative and awesome, and I'm quite excited... I just hope you can use the Cube controllers for sports games and such, as I'm not sure NHL will work with this set up.

I can't wait to see the first games. I guess we have to wait until E3? or maybe that October that he mentioned for WiFi...

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nhl would work, but not the way you're used to playing it..

they had a demo where you use the controller as a stick and you can rotate it in your hand to control any which direction you pass, or shoot


that's much better instead of random make it miss it.

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....No it isnt...


I would rather not have the dependancy of my shooting, passing, hooking, diving, slashing, and bodychecking rely on the tilt of my hand.

Buttons are so much easier...What if you cough? or sneeze? Or get one of those funky wrist twitches? That could make you screw up in any game?

What if you spend a lot of time on a game. You get to the end, you forget to save for a while, you're at the boss, you twitch, he kills you.

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I'm guessing there's going to be two camps on this thing.

The "OMGWTFBBQ THAT THING SUCKS!!!!!!11!" camp. IE, the "Celda" camp.

and

The "I JUST CAME IN MY PANTS IT'S SO BRILLIANT" camp. IE, half this board

Personally, I don't hate it. In fact I think it's kinda cool, but what the hell third party is going to want to make games for the Rev? Games are going to have to be built for that thing from the ground up, and, unless the userbase is huge, nobody's going to do that when they can build for the 360 and easily upport it to the PS3.

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A.W.E.S.O.M.E!

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Hideo Kijoma seems to like it. if the creator of MGS digs it, that's all that needs to be said:

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I love Kojima.

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This is the most innovative and amazing gaming device of the decade, HANDS DOWN.

The next generation console race is already over. Here you go Nintendo, the gold trophy for Revolution. Congratulations on blowing the competition completley apart into tiny little pieces.

Any next generation console with a conventional controller = pwned to the max, obsolete, worthless trash.

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I see many a childs face smacked, and many a lawsuit filed.

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better than many a 12 year old shouting racial profanities on xbox live....

how many law suits from that?

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Gee, whats worse?


Someone shouting profanities, or a young kid going blind?



So your saying me shouting at you about your race is on par with me punching you in the face and poking your eye?

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Ok, we can't assume that violence will stem from Project Revolution Controller until it's released. If we could, than men would have never gone to the moon because people would've just assumed that it would've caused an alien war.

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Well, I can assume on the basis that I've babysat 4 kids playing Gamecube before...with a normal controller they flail out as it is.

Give them a controller thats meant to be swung every which way for different purposes is like telling little bratty kids to smack eachother.