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Originally Posted by BreakABone
Its just weird, I mean Nintendo seems to bank most of the controllers on gimmicks or devices that have never been tried before in the console sector.. of course that has never worked out for them...
I mean the D-Pad on the NES controller went the way of the dodo
The shoulder buttons on the SNES controller, never to be seen again.
The trigger button, the analog stick and the rumble feedback on the N64.... no one knows what happened with that.
A wireless controller that actually worked and became the standard for the console... yeah good thing all controllers this gen are wired.
http://www.axess.com/twilight/console/index.html
I mean just look at this chart to see how many controllers were influenced by Nintendo's "gimmicks" You may not see them as gimmicks now because they are standard, but they had to start somewhere. |
nintendo didnt start wireless, not by a long shot, they were just the first one of the 3 who make consoles to use it 'officially'.
and its arguable whether they came up with some of the others first. But thats beside the point. theres a huge difference between things that were made/invented because they were needed, and ones that were gimmicky and unneeded.
nintendo has invented many things, but remember they also made a few other things... (virtual boy, power glove...)
[edit, pictures link doesnt work]