Nintendo/Revolution Press Conference

Jonbo298 · 09-15-2005, 10:06 PM

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

Dyne · 09-15-2005, 10:16 PM

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

Curses!

Jonbo298 · 09-15-2005, 10:36 PM

Someone on boards just summed it up best probably

Quote:

"like watching scrambled porn" says correspondent

REVOLUTION CONTROLLER HOLY GOD

Jonbo298 · 09-15-2005, 10:49 PM

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

*edit*

IGN Article up!

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

Another hands on!

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

BlueFire · 09-15-2005, 11:03 PM

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

Swan · 09-15-2005, 11:17 PM

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

Crash · 09-15-2005, 11:32 PM

oh, I see:

Canyarion · 09-18-2005, 09:52 AM

Oh yeah, something that I have to share: Have some faith in Nintendo.
To Null (hi) and others that were worried about how the turning will work: they'll get it right. It's pretty silly to think Nintendo is going to suffer from simple mistakes like that.

When I imagine the next Mario, I picture myself a huge team of gaming experts experimenting for years with new ways to play games. Do you really think they'd go through with this controller if they can't make a proper game on it?

Jason1 · 09-18-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

Oh yeah, something that I have to share: Have some faith in Nintendo.
To Null (hi) and others that were worried about how the turning will work: they'll get it right. It's pretty silly to think Nintendo is going to suffer from simple mistakes like that.

When I imagine the next Mario, I picture myself a huge team of gaming experts experimenting for years with new ways to play games. Do you really think they'd go through with this controller if they can't make a proper game on it?

Good point. Think about it, has Nintendo ever screwed up a controller? I mean theyve screwed up in other ways, but their controllers are always great.

Teuthida · 09-18-2005, 05:48 PM

I like this mockup better than IGN's. Makes more sense.

Quote:

What if Nintendo were a weapons company instead of a game company? They'd always be coming up with new and innovative ways to kill people. "We've always felt the gun is too complicated. People don't like to shoot others because of the large number of buttons." Iwata would say.

gekko · 09-18-2005, 06:29 PM

More sense? Hardly. You'll end up with Sony's retarded primary d-pad setup, which Nintendo realized from the start is backwards. You also have no way to connect the shell to the controller, since the connection is at the bottom.

Jonbo298 · 09-18-2005, 06:45 PM

gekko has a point about the connection

Teuthida · 09-18-2005, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by gekko

More sense? Hardly. You'll end up with Sony's retarded primary d-pad setup, which Nintendo realized from the start is backwards. You also have no way to connect the shell to the controller, since the connection is at the bottom.

So let's have two D-pads and two giant A buttons visible with half of them usable? If you recall, this classic-style controller is more for the retro games than anything else. GameCube's button layout makes no sense for those days. And why have one like IGN's if they have GC ports anyway to use those controllers? I'm sure Nintendo is smart enough to have games work depending on what attachment is being used. Using the classic-style controller? Then it's calibrated to work on its side. As for the port, that could easily be manipulated to work. Just add some more to the controller or not have it stick in as much, or hell, have a wire. I didn't say this mockup was perfect. Just better than IGN's. It integrates the free-hand controller better.