September 16, 200521 yr Weird as hell looking, but apparently it has a motion sensor that lets you move it and it knows where you are holding the controller. If you want to read more about it: http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651275p1.html
September 16, 200521 yr that doesnt look comfortable true, but the way its shown makes me think that is a bit of an add-on. i'm buying this system simply so i can remember why i hated the old games so much (there are way too many I cant beat). I really dont care about the new ones, hopefully Mario is a bitch to play and not some boring old easy game to beat. Same with Zelda.
September 16, 200521 yr Well I may be the only one, but I think it looks great. Its all fine to play games on the same control pad that we've been playing with for the 20+ years, but I'm glad that one gaming company had the balls to try something different. It's definately going to be a unique gaming experience with this thing. Btw for everyone who says that it looks uncomfortable, the guys over at IGN have all said that the thing is very comfortable and will work with just about every type of genre of gaming. This'll definately be a first day purchase for me :thumbup
September 16, 200521 yr what are you talking about?!!? 948324[/snapback] I mean literally. Hey I'm a gamer all the way from the 2600 Atari days and I've probably had my hands on just about every controller since. So what have there been? Obviously a D-Pad, 2 buttons, then there were three and then four action buttons with two shoulder buttons, finally an analog stick with rumble and so on. Controllers have evolved, but the functions of the controller have stayed the same. Maybe someone can help me, but I don't remember a controller in the last 20 years that you can control the action on the screen by move the actual controller back and forth with your hand?
September 16, 200521 yr there have been some expirimentations from the nintendo robot, gun, power pad and power glove I also remember a VR type headset device ... there have also been virtual ping pong and golf games, skateboards, DDR pad, etc but all in all it's just easy to build the functionality into a controller
September 16, 200521 yr Author Maybe someone can help me, but I don't remember a controller in the last 20 years that you can control the action on the screen by move the actual controller back and forth with your hand? 948326[/snapback] :mischief
September 17, 200521 yr Maybe someone can help me, but I don't remember a controller in the last 20 years that you can control the action on the screen by move the actual controller back and forth with your hand? 948326[/snapback] :mischief 948436[/snapback] I forgot all about the Power Glove :mischief2 :thumbup
September 17, 200521 yr The power glove was tight. Useless, but still tight. It's just a controller. Looks like a normal controller with no middle. I don't see the big deal either way.
September 17, 200521 yr You're screwed if you only have one hand. 949604[/snapback] With ANY controller.
September 17, 200521 yr Just another reason why Nintendo will never reclaim the title of best console system again. They are always behind.
September 17, 200521 yr Just another reason why Nintendo will never reclaim the title of best console system again. They are always behind. 949629[/snapback] actually its quite innovative. and nintendo is trying to move into a total niche market where they have tons of first party games and very few of the games that you see on all the consoles. its really pretty interesting marketing and strategizing. I like it.
September 17, 200521 yr Just another reason why Nintendo will never reclaim the title of best console system again. They are always behind. 949629[/snapback] The stupid thing is that if Sony or Microsoft had done this, people would be claiming how innovative and ahead of the game they are.
September 17, 200521 yr Author Just another reason why Nintendo will never reclaim the title of best console system again. They are always behind. 949629[/snapback] The stupid thing is that if Sony or Microsoft had done this, people would be claiming how innovative and ahead of the game they are. 949685[/snapback] Well I don't know about other people but i've also criticized Sony on their retarded looking controller for the PS3. I really hope the reports are true that both of these controllers are great, however, it's hard to tell until you have them in your hand. As for the Revolution controller, I see playing a game as a relaxing thing, I don't want to have to be waving my hands all around in order to play a game because of the motion sensor thing. I don't know, I guess we'll have to see how it's used.
September 17, 200521 yr Looks like Nintendo decided it can't compete with Sony and Microsoft in making basically the same product. It's probably the best approach for them to take, but I'll still probably get an XBox 360.
September 17, 200521 yr Just another reason why Nintendo will never reclaim the title of best console system again. They are always behind. 949629[/snapback] The stupid thing is that if Sony or Microsoft had done this, people would be claiming how innovative and ahead of the game they are. 949685[/snapback] Well I don't know about other people but i've also criticized Sony on their retarded looking controller for the PS3. I really hope the reports are true that both of these controllers are great, however, it's hard to tell until you have them in your hand. As for the Revolution controller, I see playing a game as a relaxing thing, I don't want to have to be waving my hands all around in order to play a game because of the motion sensor thing. I don't know, I guess we'll have to see how it's used. 949692[/snapback] I'm not naming names. But there are gamers out there that feel that Microsoft and especially Sony can do no wrong. So I have no doubts in my mind that there would be people out there literally jumping for joy and saying how great this thing was if it was created by Sony. I know because most of them post over on the IGN boards...
September 17, 200521 yr Some dewd somewhere said it best. He basically said Revolution isn't that great for someone only getting one system, but's great for anyone who can afford multiple consoles.
September 18, 200521 yr I hated when Nintendo left cartridges, I cursed at them when they were thinked of leaving the small GameCube CD format. If anyone can make me change my gaming tastes, it will be Nintendo.
September 18, 200521 yr Nintendo makes better first party games than any other company by about a billion. My only problem is that Lucasarts, my favorite third party developer, makes nothing for Nintendo systems.
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