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Pretty much confirmed news:
The Revolution will also be a wireless router for the home, connect broadband to it and it will allow nearby consoles to link and go online. Such as a DS for example.
Rumours:
Revolution will be VERY cheap, will be only a little more powerful than a Gamecube and vastly inferior to X-box 360 and PS3. There will be multiple controllers, touch screen, gyro and camera are all being touted.
If the latter is true then I told you Nintendo are gunning for a different market.
The Revolution will also be a wireless router for the home, connect broadband to it and it will allow nearby consoles to link and go online. Such as a DS for example.
Rumours:
Revolution will be VERY cheap, will be only a little more powerful than a Gamecube and vastly inferior to X-box 360 and PS3. There will be multiple controllers, touch screen, gyro and camera are all being touted.
If the latter is true then I told you Nintendo are gunning for a different market.
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Dringo wrote:
> That's okay because Nintendo are trying to appeal to new gamers.
The type that have no hands and like to smash the controller with their face?
> That's okay because Nintendo are trying to appeal to new gamers.
The type that have no hands and like to smash the controller with their face?
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Hedfix wrote:
> Full-on flying games would make you smack yourself in the face.
>
> And with that glorious mental image ...
> "up! UP!" *doof*
>
> ... to bed.
>
> I'll dream of you all tonight.
> On touch-screen.
Yep. I'm off now too. I usually watch some comedy before I go to bed but this thread's done the job instead. :D
> Hedfix wrote:
> Full-on flying games would make you smack yourself in the face.
>
> And with that glorious mental image ...
> "up! UP!" *doof*
>
> ... to bed.
>
> I'll dream of you all tonight.
> On touch-screen.
Yep. I'm off now too. I usually watch some comedy before I go to bed but this thread's done the job instead. :D
Better graphics change nothing?
I like snipeing across massive Halo 2 levels without some crazy fog getting in the way.
Crystal-clear Ghost Recon 2 co-op is simply genius.
etc etc etc.
I like snipeing across massive Halo 2 levels without some crazy fog getting in the way.
Crystal-clear Ghost Recon 2 co-op is simply genius.
etc etc etc.
That's okay because Nintendo are trying to appeal to new gamers.
Dringo wrote:
> Gyro devices have worked well in games such as Kirby Tilt n Tumble.
But its still gimmicky, Kirby's tilt n tumble would have worked the exact same with an analog stick (Super Monkey Ball). Unfortunately the GBA didn't have one of these so it uses gyroscopy instead. do not think it is a good way to control games and I don't think you'll find many people who will. Which suggests that it is a bad idea.
> Gyro devices have worked well in games such as Kirby Tilt n Tumble.
But its still gimmicky, Kirby's tilt n tumble would have worked the exact same with an analog stick (Super Monkey Ball). Unfortunately the GBA didn't have one of these so it uses gyroscopy instead. do not think it is a good way to control games and I don't think you'll find many people who will. Which suggests that it is a bad idea.
Dringo wrote:
> Erm... better graphics change nothing. Tell me Gerrid what comes
> after 3D. VR? Not there yet. Nintendo are trying to create more
> immersion into video games by making the way you move your body and
> so forth effect the way the characters/vehicle moves and acts on
> screen. Like the eye toy, like the bongo drums, like the touch
> screen. 3 devices which have proven to be very popular.
Just like to point out here that 90% of gamers are fat lazy fecks who want to move as little as possible.
> Erm... better graphics change nothing. Tell me Gerrid what comes
> after 3D. VR? Not there yet. Nintendo are trying to create more
> immersion into video games by making the way you move your body and
> so forth effect the way the characters/vehicle moves and acts on
> screen. Like the eye toy, like the bongo drums, like the touch
> screen. 3 devices which have proven to be very popular.
Just like to point out here that 90% of gamers are fat lazy fecks who want to move as little as possible.
Hedfix wrote:
> Full-on flying games would make you smack yourself in the face.
And with that glorious mental image ...
"up! UP!" *doof*
... to bed.
I'll dream of you all tonight.
On touch-screen.
> Full-on flying games would make you smack yourself in the face.
And with that glorious mental image ...
"up! UP!" *doof*
... to bed.
I'll dream of you all tonight.
On touch-screen.
gerrid wrote:
> Stop trying to prove that gyroscoping controllers are a good idea.
> They are not. They are gimmicky and pointless and offer no benefit
> over standard controllers.
I never said they were, I'm just saying they could work, they could be revolutionary. Because if it is what Nintendo are doing then by God they are all excited over it. I don't care, the likelihood of me getting a Revolution is as likely as me getting a DS or more than 3 more Gamecube games this year.
> Also point me in the direction of the part where I said that gaming
> doesnt need to change. I've said the exact opposite. For the last
> time, my point is that gaming won't change through crappy new control
> methods, it will change due to more processing power and differently
> structured internal architectures. This will mean that games
> themselves will actully change, just as they did in 1996, because the
> consoles will have the power to be able to break the boundaries of the
> current generation. There's a whole post where I say that if the
> Revolution is only as powerful as a GC then it's pointless, because
> that won't change anything.
Erm... better graphics change nothing. Tell me Gerrid what comes after 3D. VR? Not there yet. Nintendo are trying to create more immersion into video games by making the way you move your body and so forth effect the way the characters/vehicle moves and acts on screen. Like the eye toy, like the bongo drums, like the touch screen. 3 devices which have proven to be very popular.
Gyro controllers could be extremley interesting devices, not just a controller that can be tilted, perhaps a device that fits around your arm and studies arm movement or what have you.
How the system works God knows, but the way Nintendo are harping on about it, it is sure to be something VERY good. And they do still have 2 years to perfect it.
I think Gyro controllers could be a nice idea, depending how they work. Then again so could touch screen, depending on how that works. Then again so could a camera type device. Depending how that works.
It all depends how they work, how it is implemented and how the games feed off of that. So please stop yelling at me for something I plainly know nothing about.
> Stop trying to prove that gyroscoping controllers are a good idea.
> They are not. They are gimmicky and pointless and offer no benefit
> over standard controllers.
I never said they were, I'm just saying they could work, they could be revolutionary. Because if it is what Nintendo are doing then by God they are all excited over it. I don't care, the likelihood of me getting a Revolution is as likely as me getting a DS or more than 3 more Gamecube games this year.
> Also point me in the direction of the part where I said that gaming
> doesnt need to change. I've said the exact opposite. For the last
> time, my point is that gaming won't change through crappy new control
> methods, it will change due to more processing power and differently
> structured internal architectures. This will mean that games
> themselves will actully change, just as they did in 1996, because the
> consoles will have the power to be able to break the boundaries of the
> current generation. There's a whole post where I say that if the
> Revolution is only as powerful as a GC then it's pointless, because
> that won't change anything.
Erm... better graphics change nothing. Tell me Gerrid what comes after 3D. VR? Not there yet. Nintendo are trying to create more immersion into video games by making the way you move your body and so forth effect the way the characters/vehicle moves and acts on screen. Like the eye toy, like the bongo drums, like the touch screen. 3 devices which have proven to be very popular.
Gyro controllers could be extremley interesting devices, not just a controller that can be tilted, perhaps a device that fits around your arm and studies arm movement or what have you.
How the system works God knows, but the way Nintendo are harping on about it, it is sure to be something VERY good. And they do still have 2 years to perfect it.
I think Gyro controllers could be a nice idea, depending how they work. Then again so could touch screen, depending on how that works. Then again so could a camera type device. Depending how that works.
It all depends how they work, how it is implemented and how the games feed off of that. So please stop yelling at me for something I plainly know nothing about.
Basing a whole system around these kinds of novelty's is just setting yourself up for an ass whooping. What happened to the whole Nintendo creating a more adult image for themselves with a new mascot and new franchises?
Seems to me like they're going completly the opposite way and turning their main home system into a glorified fisher price toy. Will it come with one of those rubber mallets so you can smash the coloured blocks in sequence is all I want to know?
Seems to me like they're going completly the opposite way and turning their main home system into a glorified fisher price toy. Will it come with one of those rubber mallets so you can smash the coloured blocks in sequence is all I want to know?
Heh.
Full-on flying games would make you smack yourself in the face.
Full-on flying games would make you smack yourself in the face.
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