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Post by Hiker of Games on Sept 16, 2005 10:54:30 GMT -5
Or it could be worse. They have six different attachments and they all have a wide variety of games to use them with. So then you can't ignore them and are forced to buy them and sell all your wordly possessions until you're a mad hobo wearing a sack on your head.
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Post by Blueberry_pie on Sept 16, 2005 11:15:25 GMT -5
You know, this morning I wasn't all that excited about this controller... but after thinking about it a bit more today, I realized it's actually pretty cool!
I think having two seperate things to hold in each hand is a pretty good idea, and I can already image how fun it would be to play games by moving the controller instead of pressing buttons on it.
And hey, this probably isn't even the finished controller yet, so it's gonna be even better! Whee ;D
Yeah, that's my optimistic 2 cents.
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Post by Yamato.EXE V2 on Sept 16, 2005 11:20:10 GMT -5
Haha, custom control port! I KNEW IT!!! Still... it hardly looks like a Wavebird, like some "reports" claimed.  I'll look into it some more and make a news post on the site this evening. EDIT: I guess we WILL be able to download and play Duck Hunt after all Yeah, including Metal Combat, Battle Clash, Yoshi's Safari. They did without the assitance of Gunpei Yokoi, i miss the legend  |
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Post by nocturnal YL on Sept 16, 2005 12:00:29 GMT -5
Actually I don't think the middle part of the Nintendo 64 controller with a D-pad used mixing with a vrtical NES controller is THAT brand new.... Seems that Nintendo is still playing tricks. As for the revolutionary design, I quite doubt if this is the next console for the Family Computer line - maybe that'll make Nintendo a 4th pillar. (I know you may object this idea, but think about it - if this is a GC successor, why is not DS?) It could get a bit mad, but I doubt it'll be quite as mental as having four controllers, a GBA-GC link cable, two sets of bongos, a dance mat, a microphone......  Sorry, you'll need 2 dance mats to play multiplayer DDR, and 4 GC-GBA link cables for..... But I love how we mess around with the GC. |
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Post by TrustTheFungus on Sept 16, 2005 12:08:45 GMT -5
More reading done... so I have a question... How exactly will this be used to play SNES and N64 games? For the SNES you could use the control stick attachment for the D-pad and the L button, and the use the remote's D-pad as the four buttons, and B as R. N64 could be done in the same way, but I'm not sure which button should be R and B. I guess B would be R, and Z2 would be B? I wonder why they go to the trouble to add two buttons just for the NES, but nothing for SNES and N64. Anyway, I really like the controller. I just hope they don't try to fit these gyrosensors and stuff into every game. It will be really cool in a lot of games, but a game like Super Smash Bros. would be better without it. |
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Post by TrustTheFungus on Sept 16, 2005 12:35:49 GMT -5
I just found this: www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=60917Eurogamer: How is the controller going to work with games that aren't designed specifically for the Revolution - multi-platform titles and so on?
Jim Merrick: We're producing a classic-style expansion controller, based on traditional designs like the Gamecube controller. It's like a shell with a hole in the top into which you slot the freehand-style controller, and then you can play third-party ported games, and retro Nintendo games you've downloaded.
So there's that option - but even while it's inserted into the classic-style shell, the freehand controller will still be able to sense positioning and so on, so there are more options too.
It's something that's just as true for the DS - not every game uses the DS's unique features. But some multi-platform titles do, like The Sims 2 for example. We hope other developers will do the same and look at ways their multi-platform titles can make use of the Revolution's features. They could just use that for SNES and N64. If that's what they are planning I don't understand why they don't just use it for the NES, too. |
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Post by Blueberry_pie on Sept 16, 2005 13:04:31 GMT -5
Arr, you beat me to it. I was just about to post the exact same thing |
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Post by flamedude on Sept 16, 2005 13:48:13 GMT -5
To play classic NES games you just rotate the controller 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Genius.
For great justice!
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Post by Swedol on Sept 16, 2005 13:52:00 GMT -5
......you have known for months it would be a controller unlike any other controller ever made... why on earth were you expecting it to look like the (awkward and ugly) Gamecube controller? well your right but i didnt like the n64 controller first time i played a n64 (mario kart 64) I wasa just five years back then but this i ridicolous a remote controller. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Sept 16, 2005 14:05:08 GMT -5
Be a little more open minded. This really could change the way games are played. Or at least change the way we play the same games as everyone else. But seriously swedishdolphin... if you're that upset about it then don't buy one. If you think it's rubbish, don't buy a Revolution. Go and play with Sony's boomerang instead. Flamedude... do you remember the days when we used to laugh at people who waved their N64 controllers around as if it would have any effect on their gameplay... well, now apparently it will. |
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Post by Swedol on Sept 16, 2005 14:06:49 GMT -5
Well i have to play a rev. before i buy it if i dont like it i live whit my good old cubey.well and ill have to wait to march 2007. wait a minute mrach 2007 the rev in europe.march 1997 the n64 in europe cool.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Sept 16, 2005 15:46:30 GMT -5
It doesn't have an official release date anywhere yet. All we know is it will be available in 2006... and MAY not me available until 2007 in Europe based on an unreliable source. Hopefully I'll have a Rev by Christmas 2006 though |
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Post by newguy on Sept 16, 2005 16:44:02 GMT -5
Thank you Fryguy for telling me this. I was thinking if they had that controller the system wont be selling alot.
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Post by flamedude on Sept 16, 2005 16:48:16 GMT -5
I read a very good point about the Revolution.
If you look at the latest screenshots of the revolution the "REVOLUTION" logo has been replaced by the standard Nintendo logo. Also in the keynote speech that JAP FELLA referred to the new console as "codename Revolution" and not "Revolution" directly.
I personally like the name. But then again I liked Ultra64 and even Project Dolphin.
Take off every zig!
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Post by Doubutsu80 on Sept 16, 2005 17:23:55 GMT -5
Revolution Controller is cool
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