Nintendo Revolution

[Orion]

I don't know what to expect the controller, but given Nintendo's track record lately, it's not gunna be something that I like. A lot of the theroies I have been reading about the controller lately don't make too much sense, just because Nintendo said it would be something that would fundamentally change the way we play games, and that it would be acessable to anyone.

The most common complaint I hear about controllers from non-hardcore gamers are that there are too many buttons. Maybe that has something to do with it.

I'm also not entirely convinced that the "revlolution" lies completely within the controller.

[Grasshopper]

Vegeta, the clip wasn't really that much. I'd say it was about 10 seconds long. And just showed Samus jumping our of a remodelled ship and onto the ground. It displayed the number 3, maybe Metroid Prime, I can't remember. And that was pretty much it.

[vegeta1215]

The rumor I heard is that the controller will be a touch-screen controller or something.

Reggie didn't reveal anything about it at E3, but said, "If you look at all of our past controllers, NES, SNES, N64, and line them up, they're all very different. Think about it - what kind of controller would let you play games from all of those systems?" After hearing that, I'm thinking maybe that rumor was true.

[Warlock]

I don't think it will be touch screen. There is no way that could work conviently as a controller. I mean, with DS you were LOOKING at the screen as the game screen. With this you need to look at the tv screen so you'd have to keep switching between the two. It just doesn't seem feesable.

I do think that gyroforce or whatever thing that was being talked about earlier will be part of it though. From what I understand it's something along the lines of what those Kirby Tilt n' Tumble games do, where you'd physically move the controller and it affects stuff on screen. I can see them doing that.

[Archibaldo]

A touch screen would be pretty expensive tough. And easy to break. I doubt they'll have one.

[Axel]

Yeah, I don't see a touch scree controler being feasible. You'd go crazy switching from TV screen to controler, they'd break even easier than the current controlers, they aren't exactly intuitive.... No there's too many problems with a touchscreen controler.

[Grasshopper]

Well, apparently... its not even done.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06...s_6127075.html

[Dechipher]

Removable buttons. That way you'd only need a certain amount for each game or whatever. I'm not sure how that'd work. Maybe a slide on cover for unused buttons, and then a switch to pop them up when you want more buttons? That would allow you to play NES/SNES/N64 games with the same controller, as well as never having more buttons than neccesary, unless you wanted to.

*shrug* Just an idea.

[Grasshopper]

Removable buttons.

This controller has removable buttons...

http://www.radicauk.com/product/74160.htm

[Orion]

I don't think it will be something like that. That isn't revolutionary, that's just customizable.