Nintendo's Pre-E3 Surprise - HOAX!

[Zadoc]

In a radio interview with the Japanese pop radio station,月の最初日, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata elaborated on the recent bombshell announcement that Nintendo’s next home console, dubbed “Revolution,” will feature neither a D-dad nor “A” and “B” buttons, fixtures which have become standard equipment on every Nintendo controller since 1985.

“It was a shock to many to learn that the Revolution will have no D-pad,” Iwata-san said to an eager Japanese gaming public. “When my friend, Gumpei Yokoi, designed the D-pad in the 1980’s it was a revolution in the gaming world. No console before the Famicom had control as advanced as what a D-pad offers. No console since the Famicom has since come out that it absent of a D-pad. When Nintendo innovates, all game companies pay attention.”

The distinguished Nintendo president went on to disclose how a home console will operate absent the standard D-pad.

“Today it is a new year, and that is joyous. So it is with joy that I announce that the Nintendo Revolution will not only be without conventional controls, it will not come with a controller. The Nintendo DS will be used as a controller. We believe that connectivity is the future of gaming. This new concept is revolution in connectivity. Imagine using a stylus on a DS touch screen to control Mario on the TV.”

Nintendo plans to unveil their Nintendo Revolution console to the press and to the public at this year’s annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) which will be held in Las Angeles from May 17th through the 20th.

Satoru Iwata took over as President of Nintendo Company, Ltd. in May, 2002 when Hiroshi Yamauchi resigned. Yamauchi built Nintendo into the video game powerhouse that it is today.

Gumpei Yokoi not only invented the D-pad for Nintendo, but he was also the architect of the popular Game Boy, which has enjoyed worldwide sales of over half a billion games since its inception in 1989. Yokoi left Nintendo in 1995 after the failed launch of the Virtual Boy, a Game Boy spin off which featured virtual reality and 3D. In 1996 Yokoi was hit and killed on a Japanese expressway after a minor accident.

Famicom is the Japanese name for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) which debuted in the United States in 1985.

01/01/2005 Filed: Marc Lügner



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[GobopopRevisited]

Wow... just Wow...

This kinda sucks. I'm wondering how it will play GameCube software... which makes me wonder if this is in fact, legit.

There has to be some sort of standard controller input if "Revolution" is going to be backwards compatable... Nintendo isn't stupid enough to make an entire console designed arround the concept so many people turned down for FF: Crystal Chonicles and tLoZ: Four Swords Adventures...

[drwily008]

I love nintendo but .........OH BOY. I knew they'd try to force consumers to buy the DS through the revolution. So now they can justify bringing out a new handheld in less than a full year.

[SamuraiSmurfette]

grrr...I really don't like the ds...Pointy corners, tiny stylus.
Just not comfortable for long-term gaming.
But at least, it gives consumers a reason to actually buy the darn things,
I mean, they'd have to!
LOL

[MegaDrive20XX]

Phew....this really changes my judgement....

So lemme get this straight...if I want a D-pad...Im gonna have to buy a DS? Okay,....I'll pass...a whole other system just to play a gamecube game?

[towerofsong]

This really doesn't seem like a good idea. I love the DS...but I just can't see that working.
But i like being proven wrong :)

[Charlesaway]

More than that, I just can't justify paying $150 for a controller.

And I personally don't see how this will help push 'Revolution' units into the marketplace. It's just baffling. I'll believe it when I see it too, I guess. :)

[Zadoc]

Wow... just Wow...

This kinda sucks. I'm wondering how it will play GameCube software... which makes me wonder if this is in fact, legit.



I don't think that Revolution and Gamecube were every going to be backwards compatable. Nintendo announced in December that the Revolution won't have A/B buttons or a D-Pad.

I just imagined that it would use the Atari MindLink as a controller!

http://img212.exs.cx/img212/2272/mindlinkimage8bf.jpg

[goatdan]

This doesn't make any sense...

The console will operate without the use of a D-pad... Okay. That makes sense. Analog control only would be just fine with me but...

The Nintendo DS will be the controller? The Nintendo DS has a D-pad. I saw it today when I was playing around with one. It's pretty hard to miss.

So this 'announcement' means what exactly? That the revolution will only be able to control games through the touch screen? If so, damn is backwards compatiblity going to be a STUPID feature.

I'll wait for E3. What he said makes no sense to me...

[goatdan]

More than that, I just can't justify paying $150 for a controller.

And I personally don't see how this will help push 'Revolution' units into the marketplace. It's just baffling. I'll believe it when I see it too, I guess. :)

Me neither... unless the Revolution comes packaged with a DS for about $200.00 in the future. Then, I'd be okay with that.


I don't think that Revolution and Gamecube were every going to be backwards compatable. Nintendo announced in December that the Revolution won't have A/B buttons or a D-Pad.

No, Nintendo announced that the Revolution would be backwards compatible at the video game developers conference, which is definitely a more accurate place to get information than a radio show where Iwata is trying to get the public pumped up. I'm guessing (based on my post above and thinking a little more) that something major was lost in translation here, or Iwata didn't really announce much of anything...

[GobopopRevisited]

Wow... just Wow...

This kinda sucks. I'm wondering how it will play GameCube software... which makes me wonder if this is in fact, legit.



I don't think that Revolution and Gamecube were every going to be backwards compatable.

Iwata announced in his GDC keynote, that it would be... it was one of the hottest topics on the RR a few weeks ago.

[Blackjax]

Jeez... I really hope this is just BS... I just can't imagine this being true...

But if it is.... this is Nintendo's third strike in the console market...

the mediocre reception of both the N64 and the GameCube (save it NintenZombies, you have to admit neithe console exactly lit up the market) and now if you need a $150 system JUST to play another console...

it's just stupid. This would be market suicide for Nintendo if they did this. Is it April 1st yet?

[max 330 mega]

well... if this does end up being legit.. all i can say is glad i already got my DS... but WTF!!! 4 DS's for multiplayer!??!
this has got to be a joke.. @_@

[squirrelnut]

Bullshit meter is off the charts on this one.

A. Why would Nintendo make someone buy a console to play another one?. Yes, maybe as an add on controler like a SP, but I find that statement to be 100% fraudulent

B. No link to the news article.

C.
01/01/2005 Filed: Marc Lügner Very old news (upwords of 3 months)

D.
Gunpei Yokoi was tragically killed in a car accident in 1997. An unfitting end to one of the greatest hardware designers of all time.
article says 96....

E.
“Revolution,” will feature neither a D-dad nor “A” and “B” buttons, fixtures which have become standard equipment on every Nintendo controller since 1985.

Famicom had a d-pad and A&B buttons back in 84. Game and watches also had them too. Bad facts=bad reporting.

F.
In 1996 Yokoi was hit and killed on a Japanese expressway after a minor accident. As I stated before he was killed in 97. Plus how can he be killed in a minor accident?

So yeah.. extreme bullshit!

[max 330 mega]

it better be bullshit, nintendo better not fuck themselves over right from the start on this system.

[scooterb23]

I'm really hoping for an adapter so I can use my Virtual Boy as a controller for the Revolution.

I await eagerly the reports from E3.

First blush - if this is true...it sounds like a really really poor idea.

Second thought - We bitch now because systems don't come with games. Can you imagine paying X amount of dollars for a new system, and it comes with no controller as well?

[shoes23]

If they actually go with that design its going to be a risky gamble. On one hand, it would be an evolution in the controller department. On the other, I think there are not a lot of people willing to pay for a next gen console and then shell out another $200 for two DS's so they can play 2 player games. If its true this is another Nintendo console I'm going to pass on.

[tholly]

yea....thats bullshit

no company would be dumb enough to do that

if they do, then all i have to say is "Goodbye Nintendo"

just think of families with 4 kids that want to play a multiplayer game

$300 home console + $600 for 4 ds "controllers" + $30 memory card + $50 game + $35 better video cable + $60 for 4 stupid link cables if you can't use wireless connectivity for controller

plus, no rumble feature for any previous or new game while all other systems will likely have it

the money on this would cost more than a steel battalion set up

[goatdan]

F.
In 1996 Yokoi was hit and killed on a Japanese expressway after a minor accident. As I stated before he was killed in 97. Plus how can he be killed in a minor accident?

Although I agree with most of your assumption, this one is more or less true. Yokoi was in a minor accident, but was killed when he was struck by another vehicle when he got out to inspect the damage to his car. So he actually was killed on a Japanese expressway after a minor accident.

[spoon]

Probably bad translation.

My guess:

Consumers will also have the option to use the DS as a controller somehow. Think.......conectivity.

[Jasoco]

Somehow I highly doubt Nintendo would be this stupid, but of course I've been wrong before. I sure hope I'm right.

[classicb]

Probably bad translation.

My guess:

Consumers will also have the option to use the DS as a controller somehow. Think.......conectivity.

I'd agree. There have been many rumors around the internet about the next Nintendo machine using touch pad controllers and that would make sence to use the DS also as a controller but not only (that would be too stupid for even nintendo to do).

[Bluteg]

Does it say anywhere in this article that the ONLY Revolution controller would be a DS? I think it means that a DS CAN be used as a controller. I know Nintendo would not do that, or at lesat I hope.

[badinsults]

Considering the Revolution is backwards compadible, one would have to assume that GC controllers will work in it.

[JJNova]

Not necessarily, they could just make it utilize similar commands. Like the GC Controller does with Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask

[FurinkanianFrood]

Considering that both have wireless networking built in, one would think that there would most likely be wireless connectivity between the systems, which could of course allow it to be used as a controller.

Hopefully Nintendo has learned not to force the whole connectivity thing too hard. It kind of pissed me off that they wasted so much time on it with Gamecube. There are a few decent uses of GBA/GC connectivity but it's not anything special and is getting really tired now.

As mentioned above, the Rev IS GC compatible. I can think of some OK uses for the DS connectivity, so long as games don't depend on it to be playable. Especially in the multiplayer sense like they tried to pull on Gamecube. That was freakin' ridiculous in most cases. I don't have the magical ability to summon 3 other people with gba and link cable in tow, at most it would usually be two, 1 without a gba. With DS, forget it. 4 DS? WTF.

Obviously the article is heavy BS, but while that may be somewhat reassuring, I still have to wonder if the "special" nature of the Revolution is something that will be asinine. Even if it isn't, they need to quit pushing connectivity with the darn portables. I like the portables and I intend to buy a DS before long, but give it up already. Hopefully the wireless networking will be used for something other than with the DS.

As much as I like their games, Nintendo is kind of insane, and they seem more interested in gimmicks than innovative gameplay. Though in some cases I've wished things would stay a little bit more samey (Didn't need the FLUDD).

It seems like they try to add complexity and wonkiness at times without really adding anything. It doesn't upset me too much, but mainstream consumers just assume they are on crack. I liked it better when less games were offloaded to 2nd parties. Nintendo games should have more of a Japanese feel than some of the GC releases did.

Maybe the thing really won't have it's own controller. It could lack ports and just communicate wirelessly with Wavebird and DS. Not a good idea, but that would rationalize some of the above article (it's still BS, but hey).

Nintendo could do all kinds of psycho things, like a portless system that has a small (higher capacity?) drive the same size as GC and is even tinier. (Would be screwy as hell, but interesting).

Then they could make the damn thing so tiny that it could be portable and use the DS as controller AND screen. (Just an oddball crazy thought.....)

But I really don't think they are quite that far out yet. They need to pull themselves back in before they make any more iffy innovations.

The GC compatiability is a good sign, and I think that the networking is too, though it could be mis/underutilized. Based everything thus far I think that they will use it for at least some online play. Hopefully in a manner that actually sells.....

Could the quirk they mention just be a focus on extreme wirelessness (i.e. no ports except AV and power with wireless for Networking/Controller/DS connectivity). ? Probably not, but I can think of much worse things, so long as it comes with a controller at least....

I'm just rambling. LOL

[stonic]

I think Nintendo is gonna use one of these:

http://home.ptd.net/~scottith/trakcube.jpg

[Kilik Kurosawa]

My first thought:

Say this is true. How will the Rev. recognize four DS signals if you are using them as wireless controllers in a four player game? The wave bird has different frequency channels. I am not aware of the DSs' ability to change its signal

so: :bullshit:

[Mayhem]

Considering the Revolution is backwards compadible, one would have to assume that GC controllers will work in it.

Bingo. At last... someone with exactly the same thought as me. What's to say you won't be able to plug Cube controllers into the Revolution?

[Captain Wrong]

The next Nintendo controller will hook directly to a plug inserted in your brain. The good news is it really will be revloutionary. The bad? Well, it will rob you of your mortal soul.

[syzygy]

The bad? Well, it will rob you of your mortal soul So what you are saying is that the controller is soul powered? Cool :)

[stevec1636]

This better not be true. i know it's close to April so i am not going to believe it, yet. And if it is true That might work in Japan but it would never fly here in the states. I know i would never buy one. and Nintendo would just fade away into nothing and if this is the direction that they want to go in i will say goodbye with a smile on my face.

[Crush Crawfish]

I'm gonna call BS on this one. I mean, look at the date..01/01/05? Wouldn't we have heard about something this shocking a little earlier? And I sincerely doubt nintendo's stupid enough to make the DS the only controller for revolution. A $150 controller? That's beyond insane.

[unbroken]

yup this sounds like BS. that would mean everyone who buys a revolution, would also have to buy a DS. either that or nintendo is going to turn into another sega for sure.

[nesgamer]

Anyone go to the Nintendo fourms? I don't but if you do post that and see if anyone from Nintendo tells you anything. Or just call up NOA and see if you could get an answer out of someone there.

[joshnickerson]

Yeeeahhh... Um, I'm calling a big ol' Penn and Teller style "BULLSH!T" on this one.

[it290]

My first thought:

Say this is true. How will the Rev. recognize four DS signals if you are using them as wireless controllers in a four player game? The wave bird has different frequency channels. I am not aware of the DSs' ability to change its signal

so: 2003_bullshit.gif

Although I think the article is BS as well, it doesn't need to be able to switch channels manually. The DS can do that on its own, and each one uniquely identifies itself. Most wireless controllers other than the Wavebird don't require any kind of manual channel select, either.

[Uzi 9mm]

Yep, i'm gonna pull up the bullshit card as well. If it was true, then....Goodbye Nintendo.

[Zadoc]

Bullshit meter is off the charts on this one.



B. No link to the news article.



That's because I made it up. April fools. ;)




C.
01/01/2005 Filed: Marc Lügner Very old news (upwords of 3 months)

D.
Gunpei Yokoi was tragically killed in a car accident in 1997. An unfitting end to one of the greatest hardware designers of all time.
article says 96....

E.
“Revolution,” will feature neither a D-dad nor “A” and “B” buttons, fixtures which have become standard equipment on every Nintendo controller since 1985.

Famicom had a d-pad and A&B buttons back in 84. Game and watches also had them too. Bad facts=bad reporting.



You found all of the clues except for two of them.

[Pedro Lambrini]

Time waster...If you want to do April fools wait till April, ok?

[Slipdeath]

This can't be true, unless Nintendo really wants to risk losing everything, I don't know about everyone else, but I sure hell don't want to buy a DS everytime I want an extra control. Maybe if the control was designed like the DS.

[Push Upstairs]

That's because I made it up. April fools. ;)


It helps immensely to do an April Fools trick ON APRIL FOOLS DAY

As this is Easter Sunday...well it just comes off worse than if you had done it on April 1st.

[Algol]

Considering this article has the wrong date, and probably had something lost in translation, I'm still waiting for Nintendo's OFFICIAL announcement at E3.

EDIT: For this, you have become the test subject for the Revolution's revolutionary new controller, which plugs straight into your brain and robs you of your mortal soul.

[Plugs controller into Zadoc's brain. His head explodes.]

Hmmm. Needs some tweaking. :P

[Raedon]

Like I said years ago..

"Nintendo needs to dump the console and focus on the handheld.. etc etc.."

DS will fail.. Nintendo is now dead.. Joke or not..

[MarioAllStar2600]

Damn dude. You wrote that good, I 110% thought it was true, and was like wow NIntendo is dumb. Not funny but good job. ;) Were you the one that did the 'GTA: Bible Times' Information to?

[yuppicide]

Two words: Complete Failure! I don't know a single person who would buy a system without controllers to have to buy a Nintendo DS.

[Avenger]

i cant beleive this topic is getting so large, this is obviously a joke...Nintendo has made some mistakes in the past but they wouldnt make people buy a DS to use as the Revolutions sole controller...this is one of the most ridiculous things i have ever heard and should be ignored...The dude keeps sayinf NO D-PAD...and the DS...HAS A D PAD....therefore its just someones idea of a joke and poking fun at the connectivity....and as someone stated before, they dont even have their facts straight.

edit: didnt see the post where he admitted it was a joke....but i think i made a good point regardless.

[tholly]

hmmmm....on April Fool's joke on March 26th.....interesting.....that almost made it more believable

[vintagegamecrazy]

Man you had me wondering! I don't like to believe anything until it's official though, I've got myself into trouble before for believing that kind of stuff. All I can say is that I hope Nintendo will take the Gamecube, DS, and Revoultion more seriously, and start pushing games out for it faster because I really love the systems and I don't want to see them fall out of the console market for good. Having only two runners in the console race will seriously hinder gaming and collectability for the worst. I also don't see anyone with the capitol to enter the console rat race against MS and Sony, and most of the announced handhelds from various companies have become vaporware, the only three in the fight now are GBA, DS, PSP, and soon to be Gizmondo and N-Gage. I don't hate anyone of them, but there is too few runners left for Nintendo to up and fall out of the race and if any of that stuff was the truth that would screw Nintendo for good.

[l_lamb]

This same "joke" is in the April 2005 issue of Game Informer on page 22. It may be an April Fool's joke on their part. They also asked Reggie Fils-Aime about the controller earlier this month and he didn't confirm or deny it.

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200503/N05.0310.1407.55454.htm

[GarrettCRW]

Here's a picture of me and the person behind the thread:

:smash:

You're like school on Christmas. :angry:

[James]

In a radio interview with the Japanese pop radio station,月の最初日, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata elaborated on the recent bombshell announcement that Nintendo’s next home console, dubbed “Revolution,” will feature neither a D-dad nor “A” and “B” buttons, fixtures which have become standard equipment on every Nintendo controller since 1985.

“It was a shock to many to learn that the Revolution will have no D-pad,” Iwata-san said to an eager Japanese gaming public. “When my friend, Gumpei Yokoi, designed the D-pad in the 1980’s it was a revolution in the gaming world. No console before the Famicom had control as advanced as what a D-pad offers. No console since the Famicom has since come out that it absent of a D-pad. When Nintendo innovates, all game companies pay attention.”

The distinguished Nintendo president went on to disclose how a home console will operate absent the standard D-pad.

“Today it is a new year, and that is joyous. So it is with joy that I announce that the Nintendo Revolution will not only be without conventional controls, it will not come with a controller. The Nintendo DS will be used as a controller. We believe that connectivity is the future of gaming. This new concept is revolution in connectivity. Imagine using a stylus on a DS touch screen to control Mario on the TV.”

Nintendo plans to unveil their Nintendo Revolution console to the press and to the public at this year’s annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) which will be held in Las Angeles from May 17th through the 20th.

Satoru Iwata took over as President of Nintendo Company, Ltd. in May, 2002 when Hiroshi Yamauchi resigned. Yamauchi built Nintendo into the video game powerhouse that it is today.

Gumpei Yokoi not only invented the D-pad for Nintendo, but he was also the architect of the popular Game Boy, which has enjoyed worldwide sales of over half a billion games since its inception in 1989. Yokoi left Nintendo in 1995 after the failed launch of the Virtual Boy, a Game Boy spin off which featured virtual reality and 3D. In 1996 Yokoi was hit and killed on a Japanese expressway after a minor accident.

Famicom is the Japanese name for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) which debuted in the United States in 1985.

01/01/2005 Filed: Marc Lügner



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I don't know where you got that from but the whole article is a fraud and was probably mistranslated or never actually happened at all. If it were true we would be hearing about it all over the place from many different publications, GameSpot, GameSpy, IGN, GamePro, Game Informer, EGM, etc. Nintendo may not have made the best decisions in the past but they're not this stupid. And backwards compatibilty wouldn't work unless there was a way to connect a Gamercube controller to the Revolution.

I have mentioned in other posts that having a touch sreen as part of the Revolutions controller is a good idea but without analog sticks and a few extra buttons the whole thing just wouldn't work. Not the worst idea in the world but not a practical one either.

[Drexel923]

Wow...does anyone read previous posts anymore.


That's because I made it up. April fools.

[James]

Bullshit meter is off the charts on this one.



B. No link to the news article.



That's because I made it up. April fools. ;)




C.
01/01/2005 Filed: Marc Lügner Very old news (upwords of 3 months)

D.
Gunpei Yokoi was tragically killed in a car accident in 1997. An unfitting end to one of the greatest hardware designers of all time.
article says 96....

E.
“Revolution,” will feature neither a D-dad nor “A” and “B” buttons, fixtures which have become standard equipment on every Nintendo controller since 1985.

Famicom had a d-pad and A&B buttons back in 84. Game and watches also had them too. Bad facts=bad reporting.



You found all of the clues except for two of them.

Guess I missed the second page, only read the first one and its not April yet. Wasn't thinking about that sort of thing. Not funny though.

[calthaer]

Just thought I'd point out one last thing that made it obvious to me:

"Filed by: Mark Lügner"

Lügner = liar in German.

[Daniel Thomas]

Most likely what the article meant was that the control scheme would be similar to the DS stylus. You're not going to be asked to pay $150 for a controller. Please.

Nintendo's kinda become the crazy old uncle in the family. But bess their hearts for trying to innovate. If they can come up with a new control scheme that's intuitive and simple, then they could really pull it off. In any case, this will be the most eagerly awaited E3 in years.

[hezeuschrist]

Most likely what the article meant was that the control scheme would be similar to the DS stylus. You're not going to be asked to pay $150 for a controller. Please.

Nintendo's kinda become the crazy old uncle in the family. But bess their hearts for trying to innovate. If they can come up with a new control scheme that's intuitive and simple, then they could really pull it off. In any case, this will be the most eagerly awaited E3 in years.

IT WAS NOT AN ARTICLE.

Holy crap, can somone lock this thread?

[Daniel Thomas]

Most likely what the article meant was that the control scheme would be similar to the DS stylus. You're not going to be asked to pay $150 for a controller. Please.

Nintendo's kinda become the crazy old uncle in the family. But bess their hearts for trying to innovate. If they can come up with a new control scheme that's intuitive and simple, then they could really pull it off. In any case, this will be the most eagerly awaited E3 in years.

IT WAS NOT AN ARTICLE.

Holy crap, can somone lock this thread?

Damn, that was fast. I go into the other room to get the spaghetti, scan through the third page of this thread, and...poof! Surprise!

I'm just so eager to sit down and watch Dr Who. But I'll still say that Nintendo will try something really crazy with their next console.

[Raedon]

(read the posts people)

In a world where you can buy a car that gets the same gas milage as a hybrid.. Why buy a car with three huge parts to break instead of just two.

Goodbye Nintendo.. into that dark night and all that jazz..

I'll miss Sega, Atari, and you but I have a shrine for you all ready for the future.

[Hep038]

I know its not April, but this gave me a good laugh. Not the April fool's part, but how people continued to post how wrong his "facts" were after he admitted it was a joke. That explains what goes wrong on a lot of these topics. ooh boy that was good reading.

LOL

[scooterb23]

Was this another forum test like Gemini-Phoenix tried to pull on us a few weeks ago?

[Mog_the_Destroyer]

I just want to know what the last fact that was missed in this mystery. lunger, loogey or whatever that german name was the second to last clue but what was the last clue!! dammit Holmes give me my answer. LOL

[squirrelnut]

Bullshit meter is off the charts on this one.



B. No link to the news article.



That's because I made it up. April fools. ;)




C.
01/01/2005 Filed: Marc Lügner Very old news (upwords of 3 months)

D.
Gunpei Yokoi was tragically killed in a car accident in 1997. An unfitting end to one of the greatest hardware designers of all time.
article says 96....

E.
“Revolution,” will feature neither a D-dad nor “A” and “B” buttons, fixtures which have become standard equipment on every Nintendo controller since 1985.

Famicom had a d-pad and A&B buttons back in 84. Game and watches also had them too. Bad facts=bad reporting.



You found all of the clues except for two of them.

jackass :angry:

[Bluteg]

jackass :angry:

My thoughts exactly.

[Zadoc]

I just want to know what the last fact that was missed in this mystery. lunger, loogey or whatever that german name was the second to last clue but what was the last clue!! dammit Holmes give me my answer. LOL

If you translate the name of the "pop station" it should translate to "fourth month, first day" or something simular to that. Japanese text in an English-written article I thought would've been a HUDGE give away.

[Jasoco]

What's a "Hudge"?

[Zadoc]

That's because I made it up. April fools. ;)




Pfft... that would've been too easy.

[Zadoc]

What's a "Hudge"?

A HUGE type-o. ;)

[Zadoc]

Damn dude. You wrote that good, I 110% thought it was true, and was like wow NIntendo is dumb. Not funny but good job. ;) Were you the one that did the 'GTA: Bible Times' Information to?

I think that was GamePro.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

What's a "Hudge"?
The answer you seek is here. (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail119.html) Please, for the love of Pete, do not feed Da Huuuuuuuuudge!

[Jasoco]

Dammit, PDF. You beat me to it, but only because I like to actually put some work into my comeback posts..

So I'll post anyway. :P

http://jasocohms.no-ip.com/~jasoco/pictures/hudge.jpg

[Zadoc]

jackass :angry:

Oh, come on. You know that was a good April Fool's joke for a number of reasons.

The main reason being that Nintendo has been so wacky lately that it's half-way believable.

When Nintendo start saying things like this:

"March 4, 2005 - In a recent interview with overseas trade publication MCV, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata talked about the company's forthcoming home console, codenamed Revolution. Iwata reiterated that the platform would be fundamentally different from other game systems, and said that its unique make-up could potentially alienate third party publishers, or in contrast draw them in." Source: http://cube.ign.com/articles/593/593733p1.html

It makes me worry.

Information did leak around Christmas that the Revolution would have no A/B buttons or a D-pad. Source: http://cube.ign.com/articles/575/575714p1.htm

If they're worried about losing out on third party support then they are radically changing the way that the Revolution works. The most fundamental design in the past two decades of gaming is the control pad, which really hasn't made too many advances; it's been the same basic idea since the NES.

If Nintendo are going to make some kind of a shocking change it will have to do with the controls.

My guess? The controller will have some kind of a touch-screen device built in. In terms of hardware, I can't imagine how third parties could possibly be turned off. But if developers have to come up with entirely new ways to control a game, they may be turned off. It may not even be possible, for example, to port popular multi-console games like Prince of Persia or THPS (for examples) to the Revolution due to the control scheme.

I am seriously worried for Nintendo, and it's not that I want them to fail, but they keep doing things over and over which are really a turn off to gamers. I am worried that the DS might not catch on too well as the touch screen is more of a novelty than a revolution in game control. In my opinion the PSP is poised to steal the majority of the handheld market by Christmas 2007.

If whatever makes the Revolution revolutionary flops, then Nintendo will hit the dirt as well and most likely join Sega in the third party publishing biz.

[GarrettCRW]

jackass :angry:

Oh, come on. You know that was a good April Fool's joke for a number of reasons.

Except you posted it on March 27th.

School on Christmas, dude. School on Christmas.

[JJNova]

My guess? The controller will have some kind of a touch-screen device built in. In terms of hardware, I can't imagine how third parties could possibly be turned off. But if developers have to come up with entirely new ways to control a game, they may be turned off.

I'm going to start off by calling you a dolt.

GDC proved one thing, and that would be a developers love for Nintendo. It's not third party developers that are afraid to utilize the new controls and gameplay options that Nintendo gives them the aopportunity to expose, it's third party PUBLISHERS. Publishers want run of the mill, tried and true, cookie cutter, copy paste gauranteed video game genres. Every developer that spoke at GDC was talking about how they want to do something new, make different games, but that the only way to get funded for a game or to get a publishing deal is to make what the publishers want....a game that will make them money. Not that I blame the publishers either. They are running a business that depends on someone elses abilities. Of course they are going to want a game that's appealing to the main market without taking the chance of having a complete flop.

Thank you kindly for your time.

[Zadoc]

My guess? The controller will have some kind of a touch-screen device built in. In terms of hardware, I can't imagine how third parties could possibly be turned off. But if developers have to come up with entirely new ways to control a game, they may be turned off.

I'm going to start off by calling you a dolt.

GDC proved one thing, and that would be a developers love for Nintendo. It's not third party developers that are afraid to utilize the new controls and gameplay options that Nintendo gives them the aopportunity to expose, it's third party PUBLISHERS. Publishers want run of the mill, tried and true, cookie cutter, copy paste gauranteed video game genres. Every developer that spoke at GDC was talking about how they want to do something new, make different games, but that the only way to get funded for a game or to get a publishing deal is to make what the publishers want....a game that will make them money. Not that I blame the publishers either. They are running a business that depends on someone elses abilities. Of course they are going to want a game that's appealing to the main market without taking the chance of having a complete flop.

Thank you kindly for your time.

It's developers too. Developers need to make not just a game that is good, but one that also sells. If they have to design a game specifically for Revolution that won't be workable on PS3 or Xbox 2 then there's at least two thirds of the market that they won't be able to reach.

You keep your famboyism, I'll keep it real.