In commericals for normal controlered games, you always people jumping around and freaking out. That's because it looks fun. People are going to be less likely to buy a game if it's just one fricking guy sitting down looking bored playing it, whether or not he's just moving his fingers or his whole wrist.Originally Posted by Dreddz
And the hurt thing? Come on, I get by playing games with a PC mouse pretty easily
Well, I think there should be two sides to an arguement. Sorry if im being pesimistic about the Wii, but its the insane optimism that the Wii is getting that makes me feel angry, why? Cause no one has even touched a controller yet.Using a standard controller requires extensive usage of your fingers. People seem to get over that pretty easily.Well, in the Nintendo Controller trailer it dosent show people calmly sitting down playing. Say if you want to play a tennis game, Im sure people wont be able to just sit down and move there hand side to side slightly. In most modes of play, it all involves active movement. Im sure even moving your hand up and hand will hurt the wrist after a while.You don't need to be on your feet to use the controller, nor do you have to jump or wave your arms around. The sensitivity has been reported as being perfectly balanced such that you can cover the whole length of the screen with a minor movement of your hand.
It'd be really nice if you could contribute to this thread in a way other than blind Sony fanboyism every other post.
The press was allowed to handle the controller and play demos of games at last year's Tokyo Game Show. That's where the reports of the controller's comfort originated.
As I've said countless times before Nintendo didn't invent those. Well apart from the 'Kongas' and I'm not too sure about the Rumble Pack.
Wireless controllers have been around for ages. I remember using one for the PS1.
The Gameboy wasn't the first handheld, or even the first handheld to use cartridges.
The joystick (I assume you meant analog stick) was done by Sega on the MegaDrive first (even if it is fairly rare and exclusive to Japan)
And stylus (Styli? What's the plural for that?) have been in use for years. I've even used my tablet to play games on my PC (not to much success however).
Nintendo didn't invent any of these but as mentioned before, they were the first to make them standard in their consoles.
That doesn't make Nintendo innovative. That's just marketing.
That's a good point, however Sony still had an amazing amount of market pentration very quickly. The N64 (The decision to use cartidges in particular.) played a very large role in that.
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Thanks for the Info Maxico. BLAM !
Jesus ****ing Christ, some of you need to admit that you are biased for/against Nintendo already.
For the record, I remember people around here saying that the DS would go the way of Game Gear...Hmmm...
And then there were people who said the PSP would be too expensive for consumers to get into...Hmmm...
Lesson: Most gamers who express opinions online are douche bags who have no clue what they are talking about.
Rather than continueing this 'oh so fun to read' arguement... of which I see major fact errors on both sides... -_-; I'm just going to say, Nintendo is still here today, after all this time, they know what they are doing, and they're still going strong.
On the topic of the name, the longer I've known about it, the more it seems to work for me... no, I'm not really going to say I like it... but I will say its going to work just fine for the console's name.
So anyway, Anyone heard about this?
http://dsrevolution.com/article.php?articleid=1056
Friday last week, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing, Reggie Fils-Aime made a special guest appearence in New York's Nintendo World store.
Answering countless questions in the store about the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii, nothing new was confirmed by Reggie. However, when asked about how a racing game would work with the Wii Controller, Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that Nintendo are currently in development of a racing game for the Wii, and they will be showing it off at E3.
"We're going to show off a racing game at E3 where you use the core controller in a very different way, that will answer all the questions about how you'll play a racing game." Reggie revealed to the audience.
So what kind of racer is in store for the Wii? A Mario Kart installment? Perhaps F-Zero? Or Excitebike? Maybe something completely new? Rest assured that Nintendo will reveal all details at the E3 expo.
Stay tuned to DSRevolution.com for more on this racer and all the coverage on the Nintendo news.
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What makes you think Nintendo would EVER lose to Microsoft??? man oh man, I can't believe people would ever THINK that.
I like my Gamecube, and I'd never buy an Xbox, but there's no denying sales figures that say Microsoft > Nintendo in terms of business.
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I like you. Let's be friends okay?
That sums up my personality pretty well. o_o
Edit: Hmm... I think I have a good idea of how that racing game will use the controller.
Thankfully there are exceptions
People with opinions are douche bags ?
I had a wireless controller for my NES. ^_^
Anywho, Nintendo was the first company to mass produce it's own first party wireless controller, rather than some crappy MadCatz thing that'll break as soon as you push more than three buttons at once.
The analog stick was integral to the Nintendo 64's controller, whereas for other controllers previous, it was an alternative to a d-pad.
Vibrating controllers were another first hand idea from Nintendo, even though the Rumble Pak was kinda clunky.
The stylus working its way into the control scheme of a d-pad, four buttons, and shoulder buttons (another Nintendo first), was quite a unique and successful idea.
The way I look at it, Nintendo's got the market in the palm of their hands, Microsoft is keeping it's fanbase foaming at the mouth with the prospect of another Halo game, and Sony just seems like the kids who got stoned and forgot their research papers were due the next day, and seem unsure of whether or not they're going to pass and succeed, or go to summer school, and figure out what to do.
It's not blatant fanboyism, because I like the XB360 controller a lot, and the way they run their online service, and Sony's going to have a lot of the games I'll want to play. It just seems like Nintendo's going to come out swinging, and set the bar yet again.
That's what I was trying to explain earlier.
You tell 'em Jowy :mario:
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