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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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FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> I fail to see why anything memo said was crap.
> A gyro controller and touch screen controller would be crap.
Oh right well I'll listen to you when you've used it.
> I fail to see why anything memo said was crap.
> A gyro controller and touch screen controller would be crap.
Oh right well I'll listen to you when you've used it.
Dringo wrote:
> FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
>
> Meaning you'll have to hold the thing perfectly level when you don't
> want to move, and can't get excited or anything, at the risk of
> driving over a cliff. And it'll knacker your hands out.
>
> It gives far closer immersion into video games.
AhahAHha.
No, wait.
AHAhHAHAhHAhAhHAhha
What a load of tosh.
I'm so immersed! The crippling cramp in my arms from holding the controller in one place, and my entire body from sitting perfectly still - its all faded away now I'm so 'in the game'!
bwaahaha
Please, stop
> FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
>
> Meaning you'll have to hold the thing perfectly level when you don't
> want to move, and can't get excited or anything, at the risk of
> driving over a cliff. And it'll knacker your hands out.
>
> It gives far closer immersion into video games.
AhahAHha.
No, wait.
AHAhHAHAhHAhAhHAhha
What a load of tosh.
I'm so immersed! The crippling cramp in my arms from holding the controller in one place, and my entire body from sitting perfectly still - its all faded away now I'm so 'in the game'!
bwaahaha
Please, stop
Dringo wrote:
> Whether or not you think a new controller with change gaming is
> clearly down to preference. You say analogue stick didn't change
> gaming? You bring up some crappy point about sales (yawn) and decide
> to ignore the fact that the analogue stick pratically comes a
> standard with 3D gaming. Imagine gaming without it.
What on earth are you talking about? When did I mention sales at any point?
I'm not saying that the analog stick isn't better than a D-Pad. Did you even understand what I was talking about? My point is that it didn't change gaming, as you suggested. The reason I said this was to point out that controllers don't change games, and that power is more than about pretty graphics, a mistake you have made over and over again in this thread.
My point is that a Revolution as you have described above would be poor and unsuccessful on every account, and I have explained why. I'm not asking you to tell me what Nintendo are doing, I'm not professing to know myself, but what I am saying is that if it is as you have described above, then it will be rubbish.
And don't confuse yourself again, I didn't say the analog stick did "nothing". It is far superior to the old way of controlling games, and your point that it comes as standard with every 3D gaming device should prove that it is the perfect game controller, and that we don't need an alternative.
> Whether or not you think a new controller with change gaming is
> clearly down to preference. You say analogue stick didn't change
> gaming? You bring up some crappy point about sales (yawn) and decide
> to ignore the fact that the analogue stick pratically comes a
> standard with 3D gaming. Imagine gaming without it.
What on earth are you talking about? When did I mention sales at any point?
I'm not saying that the analog stick isn't better than a D-Pad. Did you even understand what I was talking about? My point is that it didn't change gaming, as you suggested. The reason I said this was to point out that controllers don't change games, and that power is more than about pretty graphics, a mistake you have made over and over again in this thread.
My point is that a Revolution as you have described above would be poor and unsuccessful on every account, and I have explained why. I'm not asking you to tell me what Nintendo are doing, I'm not professing to know myself, but what I am saying is that if it is as you have described above, then it will be rubbish.
And don't confuse yourself again, I didn't say the analog stick did "nothing". It is far superior to the old way of controlling games, and your point that it comes as standard with every 3D gaming device should prove that it is the perfect game controller, and that we don't need an alternative.
I fail to see why anything memo said was crap.
A gyro controller and touch screen controller would be crap.
That's that.
"Ooh ... but Ninty have more experience!"
Wow, I better buy it then!
A gyro controller and touch screen controller would be crap.
That's that.
"Ooh ... but Ninty have more experience!"
Wow, I better buy it then!
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Meaning you'll have to hold the thing perfectly level when you don't
> want to move, and can't get excited or anything, at the risk of
> driving over a cliff. And it'll knacker your hands out.
It gives far closer immersion into video games.
> Meaning you'll have to hold the thing perfectly level when you don't
> want to move, and can't get excited or anything, at the risk of
> driving over a cliff. And it'll knacker your hands out.
It gives far closer immersion into video games.
Memorandum! wrote:
A load of crap, assuming that once again a silly little fan boy has far more talent and knowledge than Nintendo.
As NGC put it "The idiots on the internet message boards".
A load of crap, assuming that once again a silly little fan boy has far more talent and knowledge than Nintendo.
As NGC put it "The idiots on the internet message boards".
Hedfix wrote:
> Mabye there'll be a button you hold to tell it to read it as being
> 'level' and then when you let go it lets you turn by how much the
> gyroscope is tilted.
>
> This way you could setup for corners beforehand in racers.
Still any better than pushing a stick in the right direction?
Er ... no.
Thinking about it ... I think a one-handed controller would work really well. Dunno about anyone else, but with the N64, being able to play Goldeneye practically one-handed was pretty cool.
Imagine the hand hold from a traditional joystick, but with all the buttons on the hand grip. Could be pretty cool.
The gyro would work a bit better like that if they wanted to stick with it - holding a clenched fist level is much easier.
> Mabye there'll be a button you hold to tell it to read it as being
> 'level' and then when you let go it lets you turn by how much the
> gyroscope is tilted.
>
> This way you could setup for corners beforehand in racers.
Still any better than pushing a stick in the right direction?
Er ... no.
Thinking about it ... I think a one-handed controller would work really well. Dunno about anyone else, but with the N64, being able to play Goldeneye practically one-handed was pretty cool.
Imagine the hand hold from a traditional joystick, but with all the buttons on the hand grip. Could be pretty cool.
The gyro would work a bit better like that if they wanted to stick with it - holding a clenched fist level is much easier.
Those rumours better not be true.
Sounds awful.
Sounds awful.
The Dual Shock came out in 1997, a few months after the N64. Because Nintendo showed the analogue stick off much earlier.
Dringo wrote:
> Nintendo are trying to make gaming appealing again, moving a
> controller to move the characters rather than using a traditional
> stick with a touch screen to shoot, pause etc... could actually work
> and appeal to a new generation of gamers. New gamers for Nintendo.
Urgh. Move the controller?
That's just stupid - how the hell would you have a central position?
You'd look like a moron too. Not good for image.
And touch screen? Yeah right. I'm not paying £50 for a gimmick controller. No-one would want to play multiplayer.
gyro and touchscreen and all this crap is far MORE complicated than what already exists.
> Whether or not you think a new controller with change gaming is
> clearly down to preference. You say analogue stick didn't change
> gaming? You bring up some crappy point about sales (yawn) and decide
> to ignore the fact that the analogue stick pratically comes a
> standard with 3D gaming. Imagine gaming without it.
I find that a lot of 3D games work a lot better with a mouse. Go figure.
> I can't argue because the thing is when someone says "well
> Nintendo would have to do this" and we don't know what they
> plan. Other than the wireless online stuff.
plug your PS2 or Xbox into a wireless router and O.M.F.G they have wireless online. It's no big deal.
> Nintendo are trying to make gaming appealing again, moving a
> controller to move the characters rather than using a traditional
> stick with a touch screen to shoot, pause etc... could actually work
> and appeal to a new generation of gamers. New gamers for Nintendo.
Urgh. Move the controller?
That's just stupid - how the hell would you have a central position?
You'd look like a moron too. Not good for image.
And touch screen? Yeah right. I'm not paying £50 for a gimmick controller. No-one would want to play multiplayer.
gyro and touchscreen and all this crap is far MORE complicated than what already exists.
> Whether or not you think a new controller with change gaming is
> clearly down to preference. You say analogue stick didn't change
> gaming? You bring up some crappy point about sales (yawn) and decide
> to ignore the fact that the analogue stick pratically comes a
> standard with 3D gaming. Imagine gaming without it.
I find that a lot of 3D games work a lot better with a mouse. Go figure.
> I can't argue because the thing is when someone says "well
> Nintendo would have to do this" and we don't know what they
> plan. Other than the wireless online stuff.
plug your PS2 or Xbox into a wireless router and O.M.F.G they have wireless online. It's no big deal.
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