More Nintendo rumours quashed
Regarding the Rev remote.
Following the emergence of yet more rumours regarding the Revolution's unique "freestyle" remote controller and what you'll be able to do with it, Nintendo has informed Eurogamer that it's all just more speculation.
The rumours surfaced after Joystiq.com published excerpts from an article in National Geographic Kids magazine. NGK claimed you'll be able to play old games with the remote controller - using it as a sword, shield or fising pole in Legend of Zelda, for example, or to punch enemies in Super Smash Bros. The magazine also suggested that two controllers could be used as drumsticks or maracas in Donkey Konga.
But this is all just wishful thinking, according to Nintendo. "What the magazine has done is imagine how existing franchises would work with the Revolution controller, rather than actually seeing anything," a spokesperson told Eurogamer, adding: "It's all still speculation."
So there you have it - we've still got a while to wait before Nintendo officially reveals just what the freestyle remote can do. The possibility of playing old favourites in new ways is certainly an interesting one, though...
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Nothing to add besides that I'm afraid
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Not really.
/shrugs
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(IMO).
So, when are they likely to show some games for this system? Some event in Japan or something wasn't it?
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The sooner Nintendo tell us the truth, the less rumour qushing they'll have to do, and the less disappointment we'll all have to suffer... (Not that I'm suffering at all)...
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No, it's the <em>absolutely daftest way anyone could even imagine</em> using the new controller. Bring on newness, Nintendo!
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Isn't this an official Ninty video?
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As far as I can see, the major point of that console is that controller and the games it makes possible, right?
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if you tip a tube with a BB, even at a low angle the ball will eventually hit the end and stop. How's the sensor supposed to know if you then tip the controller further over? It can't. You can use the BB method for digital motion detection but that's pretty useless for using it as a controller mechanism
Then there're richochet type problems when the ball hits the end at speed, a thing which also make a "weight on a spring" solution and fluid systems flawed.
gyroscopes offer the best solution because when you tip them over, they exert a force until they're at 90degrees to the direction in which gravity is acting. It's then easy to measure the force which the gyrocope is inducing and use it to work out angle and acceleration.
I wish Nintendo would comment on the rumour that the controller has gyroscopic feedback. They've said they've one more big suprise to come up. Imagine if you're playing a sword game and the controller actively resists you when you hit something or you get actual recoil when firing a gun...
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in the video you hear what sounds like max brothers on the nes and the controller flipping up to make him jump.
doesn't require too much changing re-assigning joypad action...
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Sure, that'd be great, but I wonder whether that's actually possible, and even if it is, how much would such a controller cost?
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Personally, I would love to have the option of controlling past titles with the new controller with also the possibility, as hinted by Satoru Iwata, of enhanced graphics for said games.
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Where did you get that idea? Of course they won't - that would be stupid and pointless when it's so easy to emulate them.
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Lol.. do u really think nintendo is going to go back and reprogram every single game?
Get real!
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Might be a bitch on the batteries though
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Lol.. do u really think nintendo is going to go back and reprogram every single game?
Get real! --Smelly
I didn't really explain that very well (had to rush lunch) - I meant programming / coding the emulation program.
Now how about if I emulate my fist into your face suckers!
Or knock both your heads together!
:-o
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Therin lies Nintendo's biggest problem."
Surely Blerk isn't Nintendo's biggest problem?
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As many have said the Revolution controller has it's place and that's in brand new games.
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I'd also like to take this opportunity to tell any FOX TV-executives to eat shit and die!
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But I agree, great series and movie.
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Nintendo Eats Cash...munch munch munch.