Nintendo Revolution Controller Revealed

kakos writes "At the Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed what the Nintendo Revolution controller looks like. The new controller is a radical departure from traditional controller types. Has Nintendo struck gold with their new controller design? The reviewers seem to think so. It should be interesting to see how gamers react to Nintendo's new innovation."

No doubt

[Anonymous Coward]

Luanch titles for the system will include Dragon's Lair 1,2 and 3, Space Ace and any other old laser disc game that can actually be played on a tv remote and DVD player. Wait a minute, that sounds pretty cool actually. I miss those games.

Nice Look!

[Anonymous Coward]

Great, now I am going to accidently waste 10 minutes every game trying to control Mario with my DVD remote.

Thanks for the new controller Nintendo!

I love the power glove...

[Anonymous Coward]

... it's so bad.

Seriously, this feels like a move in a similar direction - I hope they improved the technology at least a little since then ;)

remember when

[skreeech]

I remember when I was a kid we would make fun of whoever was the kid who would move the controller trying to turn a car faster in a game... now look what nintendo did.

Finally!

[Anonymous Coward]

Finally there can be a good cricket game!

Fun and Funny

[likewowandstuff]

If this weren't going to be marketed to children, I'm sure the one-handed controller could warrant at least one AO-rated joke. Ooh, built in rumble? Make that two - one for each gender. How fair.

Demos

[GoogolPlexPlex]

I am intrigued by one of the demos mentioned in the article - "Pilot Wangs".

Re:Two Words.... Light Saber

[Anonymous Coward]

Slightly offtopic...

Reminds me of the day a friend and I were taking a scuba diving class in a lake. We were supposed to use small flashlights to find our way in the early evening darkness. We noticed that our lights looked like long, narrow purple beams. Without any discussion or signaling, my friend and I looked at each other, brandished the flashlights like lightsabers and had a fun spontaneous underwater duel. It was fun to flip around and upside down without gravity getting in the way. Fun times, immortalized with an entry in my dive log.

new innovation

[1u3hr]

I suppose an new innovation is better than an old one, speaking tautologically and repetitively again.

Re:First thought was:

[Babbster]

Wow. I mean, wow. You mean half the population of this website are over 116 years old [planetnintendo.com]?

They're following MS

[hayden]

I remember laughing at people at uni who thought you could send a virus to somebody by email.

Re:No doubt

[cornface]

I miss those games

Probably because you haven't played them recently.

Re:remember when

[eluusive]

Bah that's nothing.. I use to jump up and down when I played Mario Brothers.

Re:No doubt

[Anonymous Coward]

The weirdest part is that Nintendo doesn't care about the ability to play DVD movies, yet the Revolution's the only console that will ship with an actual remote.

Re:remember when

[fodi]

were you using real turtles?

Re:No doubt

[brandanglendenning]

that is a prerequisite for missing.

Just remember, moderators:

[DoctaWatson]

Everyone who loves it is a fanboy, continually having faith in anything and everything done or said by their favorite corporation come hell or high water (or goofy designs). Criticism isn't just heresy, it's undisputably wrong.

Everyone who hates it is a troll, stoking their own agenda of loyalty to competing corporations. They obviously (that term is solid gold in a flamewar) only play "mainstream" titles like Madden Football or some kind of low-brow FPS, and don't know what real gaming is.

There is no middle room for opinions, and facts are neither relevent nor plentiful. Only hype, speculation, and brand loyalty matter.

Personally, I'm intrigued by the controller and would like to find a link to the movie that still has bandwidth. But half the fun of this weekend is going to be watching the flamewars between the fanboys and the infidels.

Re:This controller kills portability

[Anonymous Coward]

No, we don't want to keep playing Grand Theft Auto. We already beated that game.
 
-People

Re:do NOT judge until you see the VIDEO

[cmodcmodcmod]

Buttons Included: Has a trigger on its backside, face buttons, and a D-Pad

I too am frequently frustrated by those controllers requiring after-market button purchases.
;-)

Re:This controller kills portability

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a NOVELTY console.

You state that as if it's fact but without seeing the games you're just talking shit.

Don't worry Nostrodamus, nobody's forcing you to buy one. You'll still be able to get your xbox and play halo 12 with those funny little stumpy things.

Three Words...

[bobobobo]

Star Wars kid...

Re:Your arm/hands are going to get tired.

[roju]

But we all know that the ladies like guys with big arms, right? Here's the solution to making geeks with giant pythons. Nintendo has started an exercise revolution!

Re:The end of Nintendo

[Fortyseven]

Well shit, I guess we'd all better pack it in then now that you've laid down the final ruling.

Good night folks.

/me takes his hat off the coat rack, puts it on his head, and leaves the building

Re:Two Words.... Light Saber

[ndpatel]

dude, what do you think wifi operates over? pixie dust?

in other news: the wavebird is not a wifi controller. 0 for 2, killer.

(also your wifi keyboard doesn't seem to have enough fairy powder in it to type a period.)

Poor Microsoft.

[Anonymous Coward]

I mean, they boys in blue look like they're really trying hard with the XBox 360.

E3 - Microsoft preps a big display to unveil their console. Sony shows off a video of Killzone 2 and everyone forgets about our favourite OS designer. And now we have the Tokyo game show and Nintendo comes along and again steals the torch. You'll have your day yet Billy. We all liked the Sparkle video, right?

Re:remember when

[mattyohe]

Moms everywhere will all of a sudden kick ass at Nintendo.

Re:Porn!

[kakos]

The back of a Volkswagen?

Re:Geeks of the future with manual dexterity?

[BlueTrin]

Geeks have already very strong wrists, they practice alot since puberty.

An Entirely New Generation..

[RipTides9x]

Gets to skip Nintendo thumb, and go straight to Nintendo wrist.

Orthopedic Surgeons everywhere, rejoice!

Still pumped...

[DCstewieG]

New Dilbert book: Still Pumped From Holding The Revolution Controller Out In Front Of Me For Hours On End.

Re:remember when

[goodenoughnickname]

I was eating mushrooms.

I think.

Re:remember when

[Shaper_pmp]

Only after eating real red-and-white spotted mushrooms.

Although my whole body didn't grow larger, my hands were huge...

Re:The end of Nintendo

[Rallion]

Don't expect to see Madden for the Revolution.

Next you'll tell me not to expect a heavy boot planted right into my balls.

Re:No doubt

[Anonymous Coward]

Nintendo have said that a selfcontained piece of hardware to play dvds will be released for the 2 people with game consoles and no dvd player.

Re:do NOT judge until you see the VIDEO

[arose]

Look, a mac gamer!

Remember when...

[spiderworm]

Remember the first time you picked up a Nintendo controller for the original Super Mario Brothers games? Remember swinging your arms in the air like a moron, as if the movement of the controller was actually going to do something? Now we've been trained ourselves to keep our arms and our wrists still, and move only our fingers. Now it looks like Nintendo is asking us to revert ourselves, not revolt.

It will be interesting to see what comes of this. Surely the Asian markets alone will create the sort of community needed to spur game development and innovation with the thing. And I do appreciate that Nintendo continues to surprise us, whereas Sony and M$ continue to offer the same old, same old. Lest we forget, however, not every suprise is a good thing (remember Virtual Boy?). I'm betting on Nintendo to deliver the same quality, innovative fun that they've been delivering for decades now.

Re:For those that have seen the video...

[Rallion]

I noticed it. However, being a normal, healthy human being, I instantly recognized that it was supposed to be a dentistry simulation.

Re:No doubt

[PhotoBoy]

Surely Mario is Missing and Zelda: Wand of Gamelon are ideal ports to the CD-I^H^H^H^H Revolution?

Re:As a designer

[Digital Vomit]

Thousands of years of development went into cylinrical things we have to grasp and hold for any period of time for a reason... example...your dicks...

On earth, penises have always been roughly cylindrical. How did your species ever survive its early stages? It must've been terribly uncomfortable for your women.

Re:Two Words.... Light Saber

[KevlarTheSleepinator]

Now all I need are VR googles...

Why settle for VR when you can have the real thing [google.com]?

Re:I for one

[Gulthek]

So if it looks like a duck, and it clearly sounds like a duck, why go to the visual and auditory effort if it isn't really a duck?

Because that's a good summation of what, you know, gaming is.

Re:Your arm/hands are going to get tired.

[lowid (24) _________]

Whatever man. Like us geeks really need another one-arm-only exercise.

Re:No doubt

[koi88]

My wife used the PS2, and then I came home and fixed it.

It's not nice to refer to your wife as "it".

Re:No doubt

[Haydn Fenton]

Not always.
If I missed his joke, it's not because I haven't seen it recently, it's simply because I'm a retard.

Re:I like the idea

[fwitness]

"Basically break a PS controller in two."

What an odd coincidence. After watching the video I went and did just that.

Re:No doubt

[hoggoth]

>> My wife used the PS2, and then I came home and fixed it.

>It's not nice to refer to your wife as "it".

Boy, the part that bothered me was getting his wife fixed. You could always use condoms, you know.

Re:Remember when...

[Guppy06]

"Remember the first time you picked up a Nintendo controller for the original Super Mario Brothers games? Remember swinging your arms"

... from side to side, come on it's time to go do the Mario!

Re:I love the power glove...

[Paisley Phrog]

Great, *you* get to come clean the Mountain Dew off my monitor. :)

Imagine the Game FAQs guid to THAT one

[Anonymous Coward]

shake shake, twist shake punch...

what'd be cool is if you had 2 revolution controllers hooked up to each other, then for someting like a dual pistol FPS, you can control both pistols independently...

Re:Remember when...

[milkman_matt]

Remeber when??? Hell, I STILL do that...

Hell so does my dad, when playing MARIO BROS fer godsake!

I never got that, sometimes he looked like he was going to fall off the couch like a dog with an itch, meanwhile I'm wondering... What're you gunna do, make Mario DODGE something? run faster? heh. Not talkin' bad, I think it's cool that my dad plays SMB (to this DAY) ..kinda sad though, he's still convinced he can beat me :)

Re:Just a thought

[RobbieGee]

What aircraft lands nose down?!?

Those we keep hearing about in the news.

Re:I love the power glove...

[aichpvee]

Anyway, I suspect that if they make a boxing game for the Revolution (with a glove where you can slip the controller into the a slit/pouch, connected through the extension port), it'll work perfectly. And then I can finally actually knock out Mike Tyson.

They might put out a glove you can slide the controller into, but it won't use the expansion port. That is going to be used for an electric shock addon to simulate your ear being bitten off while fighting mike tyson.

Re:No doubt

[Anonymous Coward]

Or do anal. Cheaper than either condoms or surgery.

Re:This controller kills portability

[b1t r0t]

In case you haven't read it in one of the other posts on this topic, the new controller works perfectly well from your lap, with only a small range of motion.

And we all know what that looks like, don't we? "You'll go blind if you keep doing that!"