Nintendo Revolution controller - Page 5

**Mike the Metal Ed** · 09-19-2005, 02:09 PM

VGCats.com don't seem to be too thrilled over it.

Monday, September 19, 2005 - Walked into a doorknob.

New comic. Now before you get your e-trigger finger on that send button, just hear me out.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit excited to see what games come out for the new controller. Still it's an iffy idea at best. I always feel like a battered wife with Nintendo. As much as they beat the shit out of me, I still love them.

The first thought that crossed my mind when I looked at it was, "How the fuck do I play smash brothers on that?!". Enter the peripherals. Which I am sure to be a first in a long line. Here are just a few ideas floating around. Money grab? Golly no.

As well the one thing this device isn't, is revolutionary. If you've ever been to an arcade you can see stuff like this all over the place. Sword simulators, gun games, tennis, soccer, fire hoses, etc.. It's not breaking any new ground. Hell, there are even peripherals just like this.

The fact is Nintendo is on very shaky ground with the Gamecube. Awesome in handhelds but wow, trouble in consoles. Some of the games this systems has are fantastic. However they are few and FAR between.

Now you might call this a risk Nintendo is willing to make. Wind Waker was a risk. This is near suicide. I loved Wind Waker but many people were turned off by it . The same way people are being turned off by the new controller. If you're looking to pull in new customers this just isn't the way to do it. So there's the mantra that they're "Focused on making games". Which is why I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled out of consoles.

This is all speculation of course. Might end up liking the damn thing. God knows I've been wrong before. These are my views and I'm probably not going to change them until I try the Rev. Make your own decisions.

Just one last thing. This is the silliest promo video ever. There's such a thing as too excited. Direct hate mail over here.

Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:18 PM - Nintendo just died

Nintendo's new controller is out. Congratulations Nintendo, you've created what looks like a sex toy. Complete with rumble pack. Well, it was a fun company while it lasted.

**Kane Knight** · 09-19-2005, 04:08 PM

Mackem, this IS life or death. If the controller requires too much movement, I won't be able to whack off later.

**The Mackem** · 09-19-2005, 04:16 PM

Take it to the masturbation forum Kane Knight, you know your penis doesn't sit well with me

**Kane Knight** · 09-19-2005, 05:40 PM

It doesn't sit at all...With you...

**Vietnamese Crippler** · 09-21-2005, 10:09 PM

Please take not that that's NOT REAL

The cradle will be made, but that's just a design thrown together by the guy at IGNCube

**Joey Slugs** · 09-21-2005, 10:36 PM

From Penny Arcade

We're obviously late to the Revolution Party, but so many people asked us what we thought of the controller announcement.

The first thing we thought of is what the Fruit Fucker would look like were he released today. If you don't have any white plastic on your consumer device, apparently you are some kind of retarded. Get some white plastic on there. That is the impression one would get. Sony grudgingly recognized it with the original PSP - glossy black machine, yes, but white strap and headphones. Ultimately, concession would make way to something like redaction.

The wireless at the hotel would never deliver unto me the full teaser video, so until we got back I was never able to see how far the thinking had gotten over there. They had, as I suggested, earned a little bit of optimism from me by making the DS - which I thought of as Exhibit A in Nintendo vs. Sanity - something I've come to consider kind of necessary. So looking at the video made me see that they were already thinking about what you could do with two positional controllers at the very least. The counterexample I keep hearing about the peripheral has to do with third parties, and how scary the controller is, but for a couple generations now their systems have been (at least, outside of Japan) a kind of dedicated shrine to their own games, games that shame the rest of the industry with their polish, their palette, and their playability. They forge unique deals with companies like Capcom and SquareEnix to bring sometimes extraordinary exclusive content. I can live with that.

There were initial cries and lamentations regarding the announcement, but I think we need to just accept the fact that they are no longer playing the linear game their competitors are. The control looks like a remote, yes, but we've talked about this before - playing games with pens, drums, and now remote controls draws the artifacts of ordinary life into the increasingly byzantine realm of electronic entertainment. Excuse me, I forgot. It's not innovation unless it involves another texture pass.

This is outside the ordinary either/or propositions that define our passtime. The either/or proposition is the PS3 or the 360, digital entertainment hubs that represent beachheads in some war for the living room.

We won't know until E3 the extent to which Nintendo is prepared to realize the promise of their strange excursion - it took them a year to prove their DS. The final word on why they would do something like this can be found over at Lost Garden. That is probably the most interesting article I've ever read.

**Kane Knight** · 09-22-2005, 12:40 AM

It's taken them over a year. Most of the games that will prove the DS are still just promises.

**Requiem** · 09-22-2005, 03:36 AM

LOL

**Vietnamese Crippler** · 09-22-2005, 03:38 AM

**Silent** · 09-22-2005, 04:19 AM

(followed link from the VGcats post)

http://www.monstergecko.com/products.html

That gun looks really cool.

**Jason Cage** · 09-22-2005, 04:53 PM

lol @ nunchuku contorller

**James Steele** · 09-25-2005, 08:01 PM

It looks like a tampon or possibly some sort of vibrator. Maybe they are marketing more to teen girls or something.

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09-19-2005, 04:08 PM	#2
Kane Knight Ron Paul 4 EVA Posts: 152,467	Mackem, this IS life or death. If the controller requires too much movement, I won't be able to whack off later.

09-19-2005, 04:16 PM	#3
The Mackem VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT Posts: 38,940	Take it to the masturbation forum Kane Knight, you know your penis doesn't sit well with me

09-19-2005, 05:40 PM	#4
Kane Knight Ron Paul 4 EVA Posts: 152,467	It doesn't sit at all...With you...

09-21-2005, 10:09 PM	#5
Vietnamese Crippler Unnecessarily awesome Posts: 8,323	Please take not that that's NOT REAL The cradle will be made, but that's just a design thrown together by the guy at IGNCube

09-21-2005, 10:36 PM	#6
Joey Slugs Second City Saint Posts: 5,806	From Penny Arcade We're obviously late to the Revolution Party, but so many people asked us what we thought of the controller announcement. The first thing we thought of is what the Fruit Fucker would look like were he released today. If you don't have any white plastic on your consumer device, apparently you are some kind of retarded. Get some white plastic on there. That is the impression one would get. Sony grudgingly recognized it with the original PSP - glossy black machine, yes, but white strap and headphones. Ultimately, concession would make way to something like redaction. The wireless at the hotel would never deliver unto me the full teaser video, so until we got back I was never able to see how far the thinking had gotten over there. They had, as I suggested, earned a little bit of optimism from me by making the DS - which I thought of as Exhibit A in Nintendo vs. Sanity - something I've come to consider kind of necessary. So looking at the video made me see that they were already thinking about what you could do with two positional controllers at the very least. The counterexample I keep hearing about the peripheral has to do with third parties, and how scary the controller is, but for a couple generations now their systems have been (at least, outside of Japan) a kind of dedicated shrine to their own games, games that shame the rest of the industry with their polish, their palette, and their playability. They forge unique deals with companies like Capcom and SquareEnix to bring sometimes extraordinary exclusive content. I can live with that. There were initial cries and lamentations regarding the announcement, but I think we need to just accept the fact that they are no longer playing the linear game their competitors are. The control looks like a remote, yes, but we've talked about this before - playing games with pens, drums, and now remote controls draws the artifacts of ordinary life into the increasingly byzantine realm of electronic entertainment. Excuse me, I forgot. It's not innovation unless it involves another texture pass. This is outside the ordinary either/or propositions that define our passtime. The either/or proposition is the PS3 or the 360, digital entertainment hubs that represent beachheads in some war for the living room. We won't know until E3 the extent to which Nintendo is prepared to realize the promise of their strange excursion - it took them a year to prove their DS. The final word on why they would do something like this can be found over at Lost Garden. That is probably the most interesting article I've ever read.

09-22-2005, 12:40 AM	#7
Kane Knight Ron Paul 4 EVA Posts: 152,467	It's taken them over a year. Most of the games that will prove the DS are still just promises.

09-22-2005, 03:38 AM	#9
Vietnamese Crippler Unnecessarily awesome Posts: 8,323

09-22-2005, 04:19 AM	#10
Silent Posts: 10,880	(followed link from the VGcats post) http://www.monstergecko.com/products.html That gun looks really cool.

09-22-2005, 04:53 PM	#11
Jason Cage shut the FUCK UP, Donnie Posts: 9,040	lol @ nunchuku contorller

09-25-2005, 08:01 PM	#12
James Steele TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04 Posts: 29,886	It looks like a tampon or possibly some sort of vibrator. Maybe they are marketing more to teen girls or something.

09-22-2005, 03:36 AM	#8
Requiem Posts: 19,299	LOL