Nintendo wants to control your television

We sort of did this over on ILE I think, but Id like to see discussion of it here as well.

I never thought about losing the controller. Heh.

Lets hope they're smart enough to make the batteries rechargable.

yeah, but if the two different writing styles get the same points across to more people, should that matter all that much in the end? I completely understand the distate one can get from the difference, tho.

After I realized the B button was on the bottom of the Wireless Space Rod, in the index finger trigger position, I decided it was in fact the greatest controller design I had ever seen. AS LONG AS the motion responds quickly and accurately enough. Proof pudding devil details you must whip it etc.

There sure as hell isn't going to be any dock for the controller itself, though. Pointless to have that removable back panel if you can't switcheroo in the middle of a session. Docks in general are all crap, IMO.

tom has eaten a whole bag of on the money here

Not quite so sure about how the Revolution will carry this off with 3rd party developers but my feeling is that the Space Rod motion system isn't going to be as difficult to leverage from concept to final execution as the whole dual-display touchscreen and microphone situation on the DS. That allows for a mobo dev environment that is somewhat more demanding - if I had a way to draw this up in a sort of matrix, I would.

is fun

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/9/4

http://ludology.org/article.php?story=20050919204630233

Fantastic! I hope Lik-Sang get these in, as they had the Sega ones.

* We’re worried that nobody will make games for it. Therefore we gleefully quote any and every game developer that says anything favorable about it.
* We’re worried that it’ll flop.
* We’re worried that everyone will fall back on the standard controllers that are sure to be released for the system.
* We’re worried that it’ll be awkward.
* We’re worried that our arms will get tired using it for hours on end.
* We’re worried that the idea of the Revolution controller will die without regular support.
* We’re worried. Worried sick!

I'm excited by notion that this will encourage the development of lots of games for the Revolution with sword/staff based battle. I'd love to see some wild melee games like Dynasty Warriors exploit the controller design.

Or less optimistically, lots of fishing games.

* map navigation: held sideways like old school, d-pad + a&b
* combat: HACK CHOP, alt. BANG BANG RATATAT
* non-combat minigames: STIR THAT SOUP

The real strength is not even the 3d-gyro aspect. What people seem to be forgetting is that you can plug shit into it or even use it by itself in so many different ways! Switch it up!

* 10) Limited Funds and Quantities
* 9) Same Games, Prettier Graphics
* 8) 360 Doesn’t Have Legend of Zelda
* 7) Girls and Grandpas Will Play Revolution
* 6) Metroid Prime 3
* 5) Revolution Will Be a Lot Cheaper
* 4) True Backwards Compatibility
* 3) Revolution is Small, Stylish, and Quiet
* 2) Super Smash Bros. Online
* 1) The Controller Will Change Everything

BEEYOTCHES. This is coming from IGN! Backlash backlash backlash backlash?

Huh. Has Nintendo started talking about hardware performance yet? Last I remember they were avoiding bringing that up; my impression was that it was going to be the least powerful of the nextgen sytems. And have they set a release date more precise than "2006" yet?

P.S. Is it possible that Peyton Manning's current run of Mastercard ads are a harbinger of future Revolution launch titles? I think it is.

Hot

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3545896186293271366

Over Christmas, while I fretted over various things I should have been doing instead of enjoying myself, I chanced to look over a photo album showing my companion and her sister as little girls. Several pictures in, I spotted a pair of snapshots of her sister, aged perhaps four or five, trying to play Super Mario Bros. And you know what she was doing with the controller. That's not a question; you know what she was doing. She was jiggling all over, wrenching the controller in the direction she wanted Mario to jump. The film speed wasn't fast enough to catch her. You know you've done this. If you don't do it now, it's by training. And golly, what a waste – that your energy didn't do any good, I mean. And that you've probably programmed it out of your system by now. Because, heck. There's no way a button could capture what you wanted to do. If only tilting the pad a little further could have made that jump for you. If only twisting it around at the right moment had let you dodge that projectile. If only...

I'm still excited.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/09/confirmed-wii-controller-shell-revealed/