=O the silver one looks so hot. I want one. Is it similar to the 64 though?

=O the silver one looks so hot. I want one. Is it similar to the 64 though?

Supposedly, Iwata is going to reveal info on the revolution tonight, 10pm eastern time.

I heard that too.

Is there some sort of event hes doing it at?

I cant wait to hear.

Tokyo Game Show.

This is really, really, different (I hesitate to say revolutionary, since we don't know what the rammifications of it's other features will be until we actually play with them).

By the way, for the people who think this is too different, Nintendo is bundling a "shell" for the Rev controller. Think of the remote like a VMU, that plugs into a controller body.

Where'd you get that info?

Jim Merrick: We're producing a classic-style expansion controller, based on traditional designs like the Gamecube controller. It's like a shell with a hole in the top into which you slot the freehand-style controller, and then you can play third-party ported games, and retro Nintendo games you've downloaded.

The colors dude, the COLORS!

Hahahahaha, did you make that yourself?

That's a lot nicer. Personally I feel that gaming consoles reached an epitome with the design of the GameCube's controller, at least as far as controllers are concerned. It was the perfect combination of size and functionality.

Oh, I forgot to mention that the picture is only a mockup. Maybe it will be like that, but that's not the final design.

nice nice...

i can just see a game...  knights of the old republic. 

imagine one where you can actually swing the light saber in real time...

man..

all combat games with swords on the revolution will rock now...

then all they need is a pistol grip add on, and then all FPS games will rock.

and then a steering wheel add on and all car games will rock...

well, if i'm going to buy a console, it's going to  be a revolution.

who cares how good the guy looks?  or how real the blood is?  i don't even have a HD tv...

one of my TVs is at least 15 years old if not more...
old tube's still going strong.
plasmas, however, burn out, have imprintations, etc.
yea.

i think nintendo is going towards true gaming, where microsoft and sony are going towards interactive movies.

http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=5567

Oh, and

kryo were do you find these things. do you make them?? you always have an illustration  that is very ironic to the thing that we are tlaking about lol.

  I'm not really sure how I feel about this new controller. I guess I should hold off judgement until I actually use it, but to be honest, I don't see what was wrong with the traditional style. I don't really want to swing a remote control-like thing in a baseball game, or use it like a gun or a fishing rod or any other item. I just want to push a couple buttons and relax with a sweet videogame.

That's one thing I do really like about Nintendo--instead of making all their games incredibly complex and flashy, they focus on intuitive gameplay and, most importantly, the story. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is a perfect example: in an age when all the other companies are trying to outdo each other, Nintendo releases a game with relatively simple graphics that focuses on the story. That's why Nintendo is awesome. I'm not saying that this new style of controller with keep them from continuing that tradition, but to me, it just seems kind of pointless. I just want simple games like I used to play, not something brand-spanking-new and incredibly innovative like a motion-sensitve controller.

Luckily, there will be a bundled "shell" that is more like a regular controller in case you don't like moving your arms. If you saw the video, for the person controller Mario jumping, that didn't look to comfortable. In that case, I'd use a regular controller. But if I wanted to play ping pong with a friend? I'd use the gyroscopic controller. In fact, you could even just turn the controller sideways to play NES.

nintendo probably will, because seasoned gmaers will prefer having the buttons and stuff.

But the whole point of the remote is to make games based on its functionality.

Having the buttons and the shell constantly in use wont utilize the remote functions at all.

The cradle isnt for all games, its more for the downloaded games and whatever other games use them.

I think they'd lose a lot of gamers if they didn't have a traditional controller.

Thats not the point. They WILL make a controller style shell for the remote.

The point is that the games are going to be made for the remote, and if they make all the games for the controller instead, that takes away credibility from Nintendo, for they make this revolutionary remote and then turn around and dont use it.

The point of the remote is to create new ideas, and breathe fresh air into gaming. All that gets trampled if they use the controller for most of the games.

Well, I guess part of being "revolutionary" is making something new that developers (and gamers) will take advantage of. To me, this controller seems to be a good idea conceptually, but I don't find it to be very practical. I know I'm not really interested in sitting in my living room and pointing a controller like a gun, or swinging it like a golf club or baseball bat, or anything else. It doesn't really seem geared towards the casual gamer.

I think its geared more towards casual gamers than anything.