Nintendo/Revolution Press Conference

[Crash]

i think it's only meant to be one


turn it sideways and you get

[Dyne]

Wow. Neat.'

Well it definitely ties in with the sexy design.

[Typhoid]

So the "Revolution" was a rip off of another invention that another company made years before?



****ING BRILLIANT!

[DeathsHand]

I think it's an interesting idea... It'll be interesting to see how Rev will hold up against PS3 and 360, what with their more traditional controllers and all...

My main little thought after seeing it all is won't it be kind of tiring (mostly on the arms) to use over long periods of time? Specifically First Person Shooters, which would require you to point it at the screen the entire time (and be fairly accurate with it to boot)...

You could simply say "Take frequent breaks"... Now try telling that to a hardcore gamer who's in the zone... :>

[Teuthida]

If it only had X and Y buttons every PS3/360 game would work fine on it.

[Crash]

DEMO: METROID PRIME-TIME
Nintendo saved the best for last. This was the first section of the GameCube game Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, retrofitted to be compatible with the Revolution controller and its analog add-on piece (the "Nunchaku" set-up mentioned earlier). As on the Cube the analog stick controls movement, but instead of holding down a button to look around, you simply point the other controller in the direction you want to aim.
IMPRESSIONS: At first, I was standing up and swinging my hand all around to aim - and my arms got really tired really quick. But once I sat down and relaxed, resting my hands on my legs as I would with a normal controller, everything clicked. It wasn't perfect yet - the Revolution controller functionality had just been added recently and wasn't bug tested or polished, so every so often the view would "spaz out" for a couple seconds - but it was enough to get me excited. As odd as it may look holding the two separate controller pieces, one in each hand, looking around felt incredibly natural, even more than my preferred PC-style keyboard-and-mouse setup. I have to wonder about precision and speed in multiplayer games, but for a more deliberate single-player game like Metroid Prime - and the series is already confirmed for an appearance on the Revolution - this setup already has huge potential.

[Swan]

It also looks like this controller might be the easiest to lose of the new 3.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by deejzguy

It also looks like this controller might be the easiest to lose of the new 3.

And the easiest to jam down someones throat while in a heated MarioKart argument.

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

And the easiest to jam down someones throat while in a heated MarioKart argument.

And you could attempt to choke them at the same time with the itty-bitty chord.

[Jonbo298]

I suspect Nintendo will have acessory things where you can plug a "modified to fit into Rev controller" N64, another for Snes, and maybe NES controller (and maybe beyond? ). Granted, it gets expensive but I think I'd go for N64/SNES at first and NES later if my mind is thinking like Nintendo is

[Neo]

WTF when did this happen? Where have I been?

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Neo

WTF when did this happen? Where have I been?

It happened about an hour ago. I know how you feel. Don't worry.

[Crash]

personally I love this idea.....

like someone said, control links movement with the right remote, and the sword with the left

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Crash]

video, totally freaking awesome!


http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2005/09/16/443527.html

[bobcat]

speechless...............maybe a good decision for Nintendo to aim for a new market that could never be grasped again......need more info !!!

Definitely the sexiest looking console of the 3......

Well the N64 did some great revolutionising, I'm sure the Revolution will do the same