Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Nintendo Revolution Controller

[FreddyC]

Uhm ... at least it's wireless ...

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000577059060/

[FloorMatt]

Oh that thing is funny...

I heard they were going to have something like that. Well.....I would imagine they have something more up their sleeve. I'm thinking like......the ability to plug in the controllers from previous systems (via an adapter).

[Jake]

This is a joke, right? :indiff:

Has a picture of the console it self been released?

[Ovaltine224]

wow i cant wait till that comes out. im gettin the revolution!

Revolution=Best FPS console

[urge]

the controller is innovative, but i dont think its realistic enough. you can play unique games, but i dont think typical 3rd party games will transfer over well. I can see nintendo rushing to release a more normal controller later on down the road (remember sega released a 6button contoller for the genesis) but i think the controller is going to kill the system, or at least keep it in 3rd place.

[NASCAR14FAN]

Uhm ... at least it's wireless ...

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000577059060/

I'm sorry, what is going on here... Let me explain my position I have been a SONY fanboy for a very long time All my lining room is SONY (except my TV cause I cound't get a 36 in TVwhen I was shopping for one). But here is the thing... I will not be purchsing the PS3 when it comes out for 2 reasons:

1. It's not going out till next year
2. It will have less power and versitlity then the X-BOX 360


Now with that been said, I think that the new NINTENDO is not soo hot! esp after seeing that new cotroller. I think honesly, NITENDO needs to go the way of SEGA and ATARI and develop games not systems. And yes, in my humble opinion (as a SONY fanboy) as soon as SONY wakes ups and smells the krap thats about to be thrown in it's face by the X-BOX 360 they should do the same. It will be no contest.. 360 will rule all :headbang2

[urge]

I'm sorry, what is going on here... Let me explain my position I have been a SONY fanboy for a very long time All my lining room is SONY (except my TV cause I cound't get a 36 in TVwhen I was shopping for one). But here is the thing... I will not be purchsing the PS3 when it comes out for 2 reasons:

1. It's not going out till next year
2. It will have less power and versitlity then the X-BOX 360


Now with that been said, I think that the new NINTENDO is not soo hot! esp after seeing that new cotroller. I think honesly, NITENDO needs to go the way of SEGA and ATARI and develop games not systems. And yes, in my humble opinion (as a SONY fanboy) as soon as SONY wakes ups and smells the krap thats about to be thrown in it's face by the X-BOX 360 they should do the same. It will be no contest.. 360 will rule all :headbang2

You know reason one really isnt a reason, its more of a fact. As for the power and versatility. Not everything as to do with power and specs. The game boy has beaten a lot of competition with is lower specs than more powerful handhelds. The original 32-bit Playstation beat the Saturn and the 64-bit Nintendo 64. Specs arent everything, i think it lays in the games and the controller. Anyone remember the Atari Jaguar controller? Of course there are a lot of reasons the Jag didnt take off. Just because the 360 has more power and features doesnt mean it will win. Though im not into games much, i can see how microsoft will continue to threw money at something to make it work.

[Ovaltine224]

the controller is innovative, but i dont think its realistic enough. you can play unique games, but i dont think typical 3rd party games will transfer over well. I can see nintendo rushing to release a more normal controller later on down the road (remember sega released a 6button contoller for the genesis) but i think the controller is going to kill the system, or at least keep it in 3rd place.

there is an addon to plug the controller into another regular controller design to get the 'traditional' feel

[Ovaltine224]

I'm sorry, what is going on here... Let me explain my position I have been a SONY fanboy for a very long time All my lining room is SONY (except my TV cause I cound't get a 36 in TVwhen I was shopping for one). But here is the thing... I will not be purchsing the PS3 when it comes out for 2 reasons:

1. It's not going out till next year
2. It will have less power and versitlity then the X-BOX 360


Now with that been said, I think that the new NINTENDO is not soo hot! esp after seeing that new cotroller. I think honesly, NITENDO needs to go the way of SEGA and ATARI and develop games not systems. And yes, in my humble opinion (as a SONY fanboy) as soon as SONY wakes ups and smells the krap thats about to be thrown in it's face by the X-BOX 360 they should do the same. It will be no contest.. 360 will rule all :headbang2

dude power isnt about everything. just because its more powerful doesnt mean its gonna be the best. it'll probably have the most sales but sales doesnt mean nothing to how good it actually is. plus, majority of people dont own an HDTV so they wont even be able to see the true power of ps3 and 360. there will be framerate issues. and i guarantee that 360 will compress their games and videos. dvds wont be able to hold enough. sony did a good job on aquiring blu-ray for more storage.

[rufio1969]

This is a joke, right? :indiff:

Has a picture of the console it self been released?

By chance would that box next to the tv be the new revolution?


Dude that's ugly, but I'm sure I'll get use to it. It'll probaly grow on me.

[atmachine]

im sure it will be good for fishing

[Ovaltine224]

By chance would that box next to the tv be the new revolution?


Dude that's ugly, but I'm sure I'll get use to it. It'll probaly grow on me.

u seriously think that ugly?! the 360 is huge dude. revolution is sleek and refined. ps3 is a george foreman grill haha ps3grill.com

[EeZeEpEe]

the controller is innovative, but i dont think its realistic enough. you can play unique games, but i dont think typical 3rd party games will transfer over well. I can see nintendo rushing to release a more normal controller later on down the road (remember sega released a 6button contoller for the genesis) but i think the controller is going to kill the system, or at least keep it in 3rd place.

The adapter port on the bottom allows the "remote" to be placed into a controller shell to allow a more traditional way of game play. Check out cube.ign.com (http://cube.ign.com) for better coverage.

-EDIT-
Sorry for repeating ovaltine's reply. Didn't see it. :)

[EeZeEpEe]

I'm sorry, what is going on here... Let me explain my position I have been a SONY fanboy for a very long time All my lining room is SONY (except my TV cause I cound't get a 36 in TVwhen I was shopping for one). But here is the thing... I will not be purchsing the PS3 when it comes out for 2 reasons:

1. It's not going out till next year
2. It will have less power and versitlity then the X-BOX 360


Now with that been said, I think that the new NINTENDO is not soo hot! esp after seeing that new cotroller. I think honesly, NITENDO needs to go the way of SEGA and ATARI and develop games not systems. And yes, in my humble opinion (as a SONY fanboy) as soon as SONY wakes ups and smells the krap thats about to be thrown in it's face by the X-BOX 360 they should do the same. It will be no contest.. 360 will rule all :headbang2

How do you figure the 360 is more powerful than the PS3 when the PS3 is gonna support 1080P and the 360 will be 1080i?

[rufio1969]

u seriously think that ugly?! the 360 is huge dude. revolution is sleek and refined. ps3 is a george foreman grill haha ps3grill.com

I'm not talking about the Revolution. I'm talking about the controller. I haven't seen what the revolution looks like but I'm pretty sure I like it either way because I'm not that big of a fan of Sony or Microsoft.

[EeZeEpEe]

I'm not talking about the Revolution. I'm talking about the controller. I haven't seen what the revolution looks like but I'm pretty sure I like it either way because I'm not that big of a fan of Sony or Microsoft.

http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/article/522/522559/igncubes-nintendo-revolution-faq-20050525023043066.jpg
Size is about 3 DVD cases put together by the way.

[rufio1969]

http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/article/522/522559/igncubes-nintendo-revolution-faq-20050525023043066.jpg
Size is about 3 DVD cases put together by the way.

Really? That's awesome.

[Ovaltine224]

word. and its got two slots for revolution discs and gamecube discs. wifi. no hdtv support though.

[EeZeEpEe]

word. and its got two slots for revolution discs and gamecube discs. wifi. no hdtv support though.

Yeah no HD. Just 480p. I'd be happy with 720p. But it's not like I have an HDTV...yet. :)

[sneak]

You guys seem to be missing the big picture, here. Nintendo is no longer fighting Sony and Microsoft. They are in a league of their own (not necessarily better, just a different league). I've been studying this controller for a while now (since TGS), and I'm sure of a few things:

1) This will make or break Nintendo (I'm voting MAKE).
2) This is the most inventive thing to happen to video games since the NES.
3) The controller alone has more potential than the PS3 or XBOX360.

That last statement means a lot coming from a guy whos buying a PS3 launch date. I'm VERY excited for Nintendo. VERY MUCH SO. I would have never dreamed of such an idea, but this is very exciting. Since E3 I've been hearing much about the Revolution, and it seems named appropriately. The pointer alone is a revolution in video games, much less the system. Hell, I'm not even excited about the Revolution system, I'm excited about the controller and its possibilities. Frankly, I'm looking forward to Zelda on the Revolution more than any other nextgen game (except perhaps Madden.. those videos were amazing). Imagine actually using the pointer as a sword. Simply amazing.

Sign me up; Nintendo has won me over.

For reference, the consoles I've owned:
NES
Gamecube
PSX
PS2

Emulators:
SNES
N64

[EeZeEpEe]

You guys seem to be missing the big picture, here. Nintendo is no longer fighting Sony and Microsoft. They are in a league of their own (not necessarily better, just a different league). I've been studying this controller for a while now (since TGS), and I'm sure of a few things:

1) This will make or break Nintendo (I'm voting MAKE).
2) This is the most inventive thing to happen to video games since the NES.
3) The controller alone has more potential than the PS3 or XBOX360.

That last statement means a lot coming from a guy whos buying a PS3 launch date. I'm VERY excited for Nintendo. VERY MUCH SO. I would have never dreamed of such an idea, but this is very exciting. Since E3 I've been hearing much about the Revolution, and it seems named appropriately. The pointer alone is a revolution in video games, much less the system. Hell, I'm not even excited about the Revolution system, I'm excited about the controller and its possibilities. Frankly, I'm looking forward to Zelda on the Revolution more than any other nextgen game (except perhaps Madden.. those videos were amazing). Imagine actually using the pointer as a sword. Simply amazing.

Sign me up; Nintendo has won me over.

For reference, the consoles I've owned:
NES
Gamecube
PSX
PS2

Emulators:
SNES
N64
Wow...sounds like someone's a bigger Nintendo supporter than I am. But yeah I totally agree with everything you just stated. I'm hoping for make too. Cause if you think about it, video games have been using a gamepad controller for over 15 years. All that's been done is changing the shape of the controller and adding buttons. It's about time someone's focused on changing actually game play rather than game looks. :headbang2

[sneak]

Its funny, cuz I'm not a huge Nintendo fan. I sold my GameCube a few months ago. But this revolution. . looks amazing.

Gameplay > system specs. Agree?

[EeZeEpEe]

Its funny, cuz I'm not a huge Nintendo fan. I sold my GameCube a few months ago. But this revolution. . looks amazing.

Gameplay > system specs. Agree?
That's why I said "supporter". :) I'd take gameplay over system specs. That's why the PS1 did so well over the N64. It just had better games. And let's not forget that the Revolution system itself isn't going to be exactly a POS system. I think it'll be able to hold it's own in the the graphics and sound areas.

[Ovaltine224]

yea. revolution will have an advantage in the frame rate category since it will be able to maintain it very well. after seeing the video of people using the controller, i am convinced...

[upp3r 3ch3lon]

you guys have already said why the revolution wont do so well. yes, that controller has alot of potential. however, nintendo has scared off a lot of third party developers. developers that have made awesome games for other consoles. it is very true that gameplay is greater than specs. but thats were nintendo fails in my opinion. i dont know about the rest of you but, im pretty much over mario party 44 and metroid prime: the prime of christmas past. nintendo needs to wise up and realize that they need more selection than that. not to mention, the ludicrous requirements that nintendo has for its developers. why do u think GTA isnt available for the cube? because nintendo won't allow that type of game to be released because of the stupid kiddie attitude. to me, the 360 has the best chance (seeing as how sony lied about the ps3 specs). im not a supporter of any system, i just want the best gaming system(s) there are. I will have all three at launch, depending on what titles launch, so its not about favorites for me. I want gameplay, specifically online gameplay, which microsoft has excelled at and nintendo has shyed away from (i wont even mention sony's online play). And im speaking from experience here, i test games at work all day, and have tested on the 360( but not the other two, as they havent gotten here yet), and from what i can see, they have outdone themselves with online integration and the controller. Im not allowed to say anything further than that. but i am working on a review of the UI and the controller (wired and wireless) and just things in general (framerates, etc...). But when it comes to versatility, the 360 wins as well. the ps3 wins with its outlook on games and developers (only because they have established a repoire with 3rd party developers), and the revolution wins in the "doing-something-different" category(we'll see how that works out).

but dont believe the lies that sony spewed about the ps3 specs. those videos they showed at E3 were not gameplay but in game cutscenes and CG movies. it will still be a good system, but they officially released the specs and they could never produce the "gameplay" they showed at E3. not to mention the killzone 2 video has a glaringly obvious CG splice. i knew it was too good to be true :indiff:

[tj2nis]

nintendo's always been about innovation
- nes (introduction of a comfortable 2 handed controller that was not a joystick)
- snes (introduced the shoulder buttons)
- n64 (introduced the analog stick)
- gamecube (introduced the wavebird, the 1st good wireless controller)
im sure all the other company's will follow suite eventually like they have in the past

[sneak]

you guys have already said why the revolution wont do so well. yes, that controller has alot of potential. however, nintendo has scared off a lot of third party developers. developers that have made awesome games for other consoles. it is very true that gameplay is greater than specs. but thats were nintendo fails in my opinion. i dont know about the rest of you but, im pretty much over mario party 44 and metroid prime: the prime of christmas past. nintendo needs to wise up and realize that they need more selection than that. not to mention, the ludicrous requirements that nintendo has for its developers. why do u think GTA isnt available for the cube? because nintendo won't allow that type of game to be released because of the stupid kiddie attitude. to me, the 360 has the best chance (seeing as how sony lied about the ps3 specs). im not a supporter of any system, i just want the best gaming system(s) there are. I will have all three at launch, depending on what titles launch, so its not about favorites for me. I want gameplay, specifically online gameplay, which microsoft has excelled at and nintendo has shyed away from (i wont even mention sony's online play). And im speaking from experience here, i test games at work all day, and have tested on the 360( but not the other two, as they havent gotten here yet), and from what i can see, they have outdone themselves with online integration and the controller. Im not allowed to say anything further than that. but i am working on a review of the UI and the controller (wired and wireless) and just things in general (framerates, etc...). But when it comes to versatility, the 360 wins as well. the ps3 wins with its outlook on games and developers (only because they have established a repoire with 3rd party developers), and the revolution wins in the "doing-something-different" category(we'll see how that works out).

but dont believe the lies that sony spewed about the ps3 specs. those videos they showed at E3 were not gameplay but in game cutscenes and CG movies. it will still be a good system, but they officially released the specs and they could never produce the "gameplay" they showed at E3. not to mention the killzone 2 video has a glaringly obvious CG splice. i knew it was too good to be true :indiff:
Actually, I believe the UT2007 demo was real. If I recall, they moved lighting and such in real-time.

As far as developers, yes its a risk, but I imagine that Madden would best be played on a Revolution.

[Ovaltine224]

yea nintendo did lose its best developers, one of being silicon knights

[sneak]

Without doubt, Nintendos strongest developer is Nintendo. Regardless of who they lost, do you think people can miss another Zelda? Another Mario? Another Smash Bros.?

Zelda, in particular, was the only reason I bought a GameCube, and I'm sure I'm not alone.

[rufio1969]

Zelda, in particular, was the only reason I bought a GameCube, and I'm sure I'm not alone.

Nope you're not alone.

[atmachine]

i bought it soley for RE4 and that game didnt dissapoint

[sneak]

I think that the publisher thing is being overplayed. If Nintendos internal efforts sell consoles, you will see publishers flock.

[EeZeEpEe]

Specs aren't everything but it's nice to hear that it might just be better than what people have been hearing. Taken from engadet (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000077060215):

"So apparently this dude who works at Factor 5 (they’ve done some Star Wars games) who goes by Han Solo has some supposedly leaked specs of the Revolution, which if they’re real might give the box a bit more of a fighting chance than we’d originally anticipated. Keep in mind this is the same person, we understand, who leaked some nearly dead on specs of the Xbox 360 before it was announced. Now, we could do a whole long article giving a prospective in-depth analysis on whose specs trump whose between the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and these rumored Revolution specs, but we’ll just give you what Han Solo says it should feature:

- a multithreaded PowerPC 2.5 GHz with 256 KB L1 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache (diff from the dual-core 1.8GHz CPU with 512KB L2 cache we heard about before)

- a Physical Processing Chip (PPU) with 32MB of dedicated RAM, 512MB of system RAM (we heard it would have 256MB of main DRAM before)

- a custom ATI “RN520” 600MHz CPU with 256MB of RAM (that’s about what we’d heard, but 128MB of RAM)

- Apparently the device will support external resolutions up to 2048 x 1268 though HD support is still as yet undecided, and it will have 7.1 surround, too. Doesn’t sound too shabby, but as always get your grain of salt on."

[urge]

nintendo's always been about innovation
- nes (introduction of a comfortable 2 handed controller that was not a joystick)
- snes (introduced the shoulder buttons)
- n64 (introduced the analog stick)
- gamecube (introduced the wavebird, the 1st good wireless controller)
im sure all the other company's will follow suite eventually like they have in the past


You forgot about the virtual boy. The market didnt like it much, but it sure was innovative. Way before its time. The thing is a collectors item. I still have mine and i pull it out everyonce in a whie and play 3d tetris, wario, or mario bros. Of course you have to stop everyonce in a while to keep yourself from getting a headache but still, it was pretty innovative.

gosh all this video game argument brings me back to my youth. gosh i feel old.

[EeZeEpEe]

You forgot about the virtual boy. The market didnt like it much, but it sure was innovative. Way before its time. The thing is a collectors item. I still have mine and i pull it out everyonce in a whie and play 3d tetris, wario, or mario bros. Of course you have to stop everyonce in a while to keep yourself from getting a headache but still, it was pretty innovative.

gosh all this video game argument brings me back to my youth. gosh i feel old.
I don't think he "forgot" virtual boy. lol. I woulld've left that out too. :lol: It didn't become an innovative standard. Although I would include the Rumble Pack from N64. Now you see rumble in all the current consoles and will be on the next ones as well.

[urge]

just because its not standard doesnt mean its not innovative.


also, at the TGS, Nintendo stated that the controller is not in its final design. strange how it wasnt said before. maybe because the reaction wasnt what nintendo was hoping for?!?!?!?!

[EeZeEpEe]

just because its not standard doesnt mean its not innovative.


also, at the TGS, Nintendo stated that the controller is not in its final design. strange how it wasnt said before. maybe because the reaction wasnt what nintendo was hoping for?!?!?!?!
I said innovative standard...not standard. tj2nis was talking about innovations that other company's also followed. I used that phrase for those innoivations tj mentioned. So I guess to rephrase, virtual boy was innovative but wasn't followed. That's why I wouldn't have included it.

Also, pretty much nothing of their next gen system has been finalized so it isn't strange that it wasn't said before because that's already a given. They even said the system itself could be a little smaller than what's been seen already.

[sneak]

just because its not standard doesnt mean its not innovative.


also, at the TGS, Nintendo stated that the controller is not in its final design. strange how it wasnt said before. maybe because the reaction wasnt what nintendo was hoping for?!?!?!?!
What other reaction could you anticipate? Critics seem to love the idea (check cube.ign.com for the story), fans love the idea.. I'm really excited for Nintendo!

[jschu22]

Im excited that the new controller looks like it can control vibrating panties as well!

[pakman963]

the hole controler looks like two logs of $h!t HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA nintendo sux i own the damn portable waching machine and ive only played it 3 times since ive ever got it which was for my b day 2 years ago. and this ones gonna suck more

[triggarhappy]

I predicted back in 1999, 2000 that Sega would fall and all my classmates doubted me. Now I will say this, Nintendo will bite the bullet on trying something new with this controller, and they will fail. If this does not put them down and I hate to see any company fail, later on they will. They are really operating like apple now depending solely on their gameboy line. Apple huge success was the ipod and gameboy is Nintendo's. PS3 will reign again as the top selling system throughout the world. Xbox360 will do well as well just for the simple price. Also the xbox 360 graphics are awesome but some games were weak like king kong, just was not fun unless you played as kong. Just as how Halo 2 was when you played the arbiture(sp) it was boring. Only thing Halo2 had going for them is online other then that the game purely sucked and the fun factor was not there as it was with pt1

[urge]

its just a controller. if nintendo needs to they can just rebundle with a more traditional controller. Nintendo did say there will be another controller released to be used for the downloaded games. I dont want them to fail myself, but nintendo does make great games and is the whole reason why i bought a cube.

I think another controller is needed. Nintendo is going to have a hard time getting 3rd parties to port their games.

I have a psp and am disappointed with it, and am looking at the DS bundle with Mario Kart.

[triggarhappy]

its just a controller. if nintendo needs to they can just rebundle with a more traditional controller. Nintendo did say there will be another controller released to be used for the downloaded games. I dont want them to fail myself, but nintendo does make great games and is the whole reason why i bought a cube.

I think another controller is needed. Nintendo is going to have a hard time getting 3rd parties to port their games.

I have a psp and am disappointed with it, and am looking at the DS bundle with Mario Kart.

I have the PSP, and I am quite pleased with it, the DS is getting Resident Evil 1 (so cool). I purchased the cube just for the remake of resident evil then when I beat it traded it all in. I am playing Resident Evil 4 on PS2 and this game deserves the 10/10 it got.

Nintendo is releasing another controller I think called the shell or some other name and it will be a more traditional controller. The controller that is out is supposed to be used for the old Nintendo system thats why it only has an a and b.

[pakman963]

Bottom Line Nintendo Sux Ps3 Rules All Whos With Me!!!!

[rufio1969]

Bottom Line Nintendo Sux Ps3 Rules All Whos With Me!!!!

I'm not with you.

[urge]

man do i feel old. all this bad mouthing about which system is better is bring back memorys of the SNES vs. Genesis. Was i really that childish? it might be my age but im not into gaming as much as i use to be. Maybe its the type of games that are out now or just the fact that im older, heck im only in my mid 20s. i think the ps2 and cube are the last console systems im going to own. handhelds are another story.

i do know i found new life in my gamecube. I bought the import of Nintendo Puzzle Collection, just so i could play 4 player panel de bon (aka Tetris Attack). I dont remember the last time i logged more than an hour on a video game. 3+ hours and sore figures later... oh the joy i felt like i was a little kid playing...contra. This game alone is proof that my cube will be tethered to my tv for a very long time.

[joesacco1584]

http://www.nintendo.com/pop_video.vm?url=http://media.nintendo.com/mediaFiles/1gU-iPnJmxfd1N2RUaeDUUbGZBz--ozJ.mov&width=600&height=420

sorry if this has been posted already, but here's a video of the controller in action......