Will the Revolution Controller be revealed at TGS?

[studvicious]

Someone posted this on Nintendo.com's forum, not sure if it's true or not:

.- IGN and Gamespot have got a look at the controller a few hours ago, according to Amir0x. "I think you guys will freak out when you see the revolution controller... nintendo has gone insane!" is the reported quote.

I guess that could be good OR bad...

[Nes]

Holy cow! The controller is amazing! Good night Microsoft and Sony! Nintendo is back in business!!!!!!!

[Gamereviewgod]

Looks like a lacking DVD remote with a seperate analog stick. I'll wait to get it in my hands before making a call. Am I missing a slew of buttons or is that really it?

[portnoyd]

I'm not overwhelmed. I'm not underwhelmed. I guess I'm just whelmed about about the Revolution controller.

[portnoyd]

Broken website.

[scooterb23]

I'm going to have to wait and get my hands onit as well before I dare make any kind of final statement.

A plus I see is that since the analog stick is an attachment, I can utilize it in my right hand (the way I prefer it).

A negative I can see: I don't use my thumbs to control the sticks on my controllers, (never have) and this setup forces that...which is too unconfortable and imprecise for my liking.

I'm interested to see other attachments...

And yeah, 2 buttons it seems. I knew they were wanting to make games less complicated...this is a bit further than I expected them to go though.

Lookiing forward to hands-on testing to be sure.

[PapaStu]

For those not in the know, heres a pair of pictures

'In action'
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/09...35.html?page=4

'all views'
http://www.1up.com/media?id=2308860&type=lg

It looks interesting to say the least. Good luck Nintendo. /me salutes

[Ninja Blacksox]

Hm.

This is either the gaming-equivalent of an iPod...

...or the last we've seen of Nintendo as a hardware developer.

I hate to say it, but I'm leaning towards the latter.

-A boy

[petewhitley]

Holy cow! The controller is amazing! Good night Microsoft and Sony

Why? Looks like Nintendo is going for gimmicks again. Yipee. It might actually work, but it sure as hell ain't gonna put Sony or Microsoft out of gaming. There is a future in bigger and better processors/graphics/etc.

From Gamespot: "It was very important to stand in the correct place for the demos, because the console actually tracks where you're pointing the controller at the screen, thanks to a small transmitter hidden inside the top of each controller." Sounds like a hassle. I want to sit on the damn sofa when I play games, not stand up in front of my TV for 3 hours.

From IGN: "This is a bold step for Nintendo. It will seemingly exclude the Revolution from a lot of third-party release. They'll all have to be tweaked if they hope to work well at all. So, this creates a rather large uphill battle for supporting the system with a consistent flow of content. However, the exciting part is that most games that are actually made for Revolution will be very unique and that's what Nintendo is aiming for. Unfortunately, as the DS has proven, unique doesn't always equal better gameplay." Exactly.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

What the hell is that thing? How am I supposed to play SNES or Gamecube games with it?

[Chronodriftersx]

question:
Will the revoluion Controller butter my toast and blueberry muffins, will it spread jelly on my pancakes? And can the gyro tilt the syrup bottle at the right axis of symmetry to deliver the most efficient yet stable pour angle? Someone please, anyone, I'll starve if I don't eat breakfast with condiments soon :P

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I voted "Nope. Nintendo will play it close to the vest!"

[njiska]

This may suprise a lot of you who know me, but i can't even come close to forming a sentence to describe that. All i can do is bang my head against the wall and hope i can come up with a way to rationalize that thing's existence.

I think nintendo just drove the final nail in their coffin. I can't say if it's a good controller or a bad control, but i can say it's so far out there that it's scare off everyone.

[Chronodriftersx]

I'll form one. Reminds me of how when some little boys find out girls have vaginas, at first they crinkle their faces not knowing what the hell.

[scooterb23]

testament - extra attachment?? Maybe there will be a way to attach your existing controllers to this?

Wait and see...I'm sure things will become clearer eventually.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/15/comm...ex.htm?cnn=yes

This article spells things out pretty clearly. Interesting stuff.

Time will tell.

[Jive3D]

This is the hardest post that I have ever had to write.

I've been 100% behind Nintendo from the get go. Up until about ten minutes ago, I would have blindly followed Itata-san if he were walking straight off of a cliff, as long as he said "Trust me."

The first thing that I thought: Philips CD-i Controller. Then I thought about it, looked it over, read about IGN's test drive and calmed down - at least a little bit.

The real saving grace for this thing as far as traditional gaming goes is turning it on it's side like a NES controller. You've still got that trigger on the back side, which I'll bet will be perfectily reachable with your left index finger. The lack of buttons worries me, but many games are getting to the context sensative stage, where you dont need too many buttons for various actions. However, we dont want to go back to Space Ace/Dragon's Lair style where it's just one button push at the exact right time - but Nintendo is obviously smarter than that.

I think the controller is really cool, There are many possibilities and I particularly like the idea of swinging link's sword - and the possibilities of using 2 controllers at once. Perhaps using 4 of them and somehow attaching two to my legs? Thinking out loud.

I must admit, I expected something more spectacular than this. But then again, we have seen NOTHING yet. I must play with it first and really see what's up with it.

Granted Nintendo has a great backup plan - backwards compatibility with the Gamecube controllers (WAVEBIRD).

Then again - I think that I would still walk off the cliff with Iwata and Miyamoto alike - they are trying to get us to see games in a completely new way. From one angle it looks like you're walking off a cliff, but from an entirely different perspective, there is an obvious bridge that you're walking accross [think Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade].

Where will this bridge take us? I'm excited and scared all at once.

[sabre2922]

This is a JOKE PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS A FREAKIN JOKE.

NOOO what the hell Nintendo? WHAT THE HELL?

This thing will NOT catch on only true Nintendophiles will buy this thing.

It will alienate ynger gamers (Nintendos support system) and adults will look at this and scoff

Flashbacks of the CDi remote contoller and a LARGE SCALE VIRTUAL BOY FLOP abound.

I was really hoping Nintendo could pull this off but now ITS OVER I just know it is.

They should have had this GIMMICK REMOTE CONTROLLER as an optional plugin like the eyetoy or Sea man/Pokemon Microphone NOT THE STANDARD controller.

Can you imagine playing ANYTHING EXPEPT CUSTOM MADE GAMES and FPS with this thing?

This is sooo bad for Nintendo very very bad.

[le geek]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/15/commentary/game_over/revolution/index.htm?cnn=yes

This article spells things out pretty clearly. Interesting stuff.

Time will tell.

Yep the Sort ofs have it. Going from the pictures I thought WTF. But it's sounds potentially awesome, getting closer to VR. But I wonder about:

fatigue during long play sessions
will it work for all genres
what about folks wil Carpal Tunnel

But the big deal is will developers bite?

Cheers,
Ben

[njiska]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/15/commentary/game_over/revolution/index.htm?cnn=yes

This article spells things out pretty clearly. Interesting stuff.

Time will tell.

Yep the Sort ofs have it. Going from the pictures I thought WTF. But it's sounds potentially awesome, getting closer to VR. But I wonder about:

fatigue during long play sessions
will it work for all genres
what about folks wil Carpal Tunnel

But the big deal is will developers bite?

Cheers,
Ben

For gamer's it's an interesting idea, but from a business stand point i have to classify it as:


COMPLETELY FUCKING INSANE!!!


I mean how do you make a cross platform game with that? For Rev exclusive i think it'll probably work just fine but for multi platform it's going to be akward.

It's just too different to catch the average gamer. It so different it's scary. It sounds functional, but it's just too far away from the norm.