What do you think the Revolution Controller should look like?

[Slothy]

Right, you want to talk about fighting games and using the D-Pad?

Get this?

FIGHTING GAMES ARE NOT MEANT FOR THE D-PAD.

It may shock you, but in a thing called THE ARCADE, they play them WITH JOYSTICKS.

So, if you really want to play fighting games, you should get an arcade pad, rather than whining about the D-Pad when it's not even what you're supposed to use. And if you're so attatched to your D-Pad, then get a pad more designed around that, they do exist you know, you're not FORCED to use the official controller.

A gamepad should never be based SOLELY around one type of game, it should be based around a way that the majority of games are played, which fighting games (especially on a Nintendo system), do not make up.

You seem intent on speaking to me as though I'm some fresh faced noob, new to the world of video games. I was speaking about the D-pad for fighting games, because it's been standard on console controllers since the NES, arcade sticks aren't. I've never had a good arcade near me at anytime in my life, therefore I grew up using D-pads for fighting games. I don't like arcade sticks as a result, not that I would want to spend extra money on another controller anyway. And for the record I have no problems with the PS2 D-pad in fighting games myself. Some don't like it, but it doesn't bother me.

You also seem to have completely missed my earlier point. I'm not saying Nintendo should design their controller to suit one type of game, I'm saying if they're going to put things like the D-pad in uncomfortable places, then they shouldn't even have them on the controller. Like I said earlier, unless all of the buttons, pads and sticks, are easy and comfortable to use, they shouldn't be there. There's no sense having a button that no developer wants to utilize, and no player wants to have to use.

[XxSephirothxX]

Lindy was referring to Joel, I believe, and not you, but your opinions were rather similar anyway.

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[UWAOOOOU]

Revolutionary Design? I think SO

[Cloud No.9]

isn't the cross shaped d-pad patented and owned by nintendo since they first used it on the game and watch systems?

[Rye]

THANK YOU.

[Zeldy]

In an Interview somewhere, Nintendo where boasting that the revoloution controller will become Industry Standard, Which leads me to believe its going to be rather simple

[DJZen]

isn't the cross shaped d-pad patented and owned by nintendo since they first used it on the game and watch systems?

Even if it is, there's no way they'd be able to enforce that since everyone uses it. It's not like there's any proprietary hardware in the d-pad, nor is there any proprietary manufacturing tool needed to make it. It would be like Atari claiming a patent over the joystick (and maybe if they had that, they wouldn't be bankrupt right now) or MIT claiming a patent over all video games.

[Shoeberto]

Just one big, all purpose, red button.

It must be red.

It will be the future of interactive entertainment. Yes.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

[crashNUMBERS]

Yeah well!!




Oh wait?? *Reads* Nintendo. ...........oh..

[Terran]

Just make it like the Gamecube controller and leave it.

I like change, but the Gamecube controller is just so comfortable I couldn't imagine using anything else.

Heck, after playing a Gamecube game for a long time, I find it almost impossible to use the tiny PS2 controller.

I think the Gamecube Controller is WAY too bulky. I like the smaller PS2 controllers, but don't mind the X-Box ones cuz they make it comfortable.

[DJZen]

I think my all time favorites are NES, SNES, Saturn and Dreamcast. VMU 4 LIFEZX!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lionx]

Xbox is far from comfortable..its too freaking huge. The PS2 imo was too small.

[KentaRawr!]

What have I done?