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Bah, just realised im about the 34894th person to have posted something like this. -_-



The newly revealed controller for Nintendo's Revolution game console looks like a small TV remote control.

The Revolution Controller Basics: What The Hell Is It?
The controller for Nintendo's upcoming Revolution home console system is a cordless remote-control-like device designed to be used with only one hand. Two small sensors placed near the TV and a chip inside the controller track its position and orientation, allowing the player to manipulate the action on screen by physically moving the controller itself. For example, you could slash an in-game sword by actually swinging the controller from side to side, turn a race car just by twisting your wrist, or aim your gun in a shooter by pointing the controller where you want to fire.


An expansion port on the bottom of the unit allows for add-on hardware to compliment this "remote controller" (our word for it, not Nintendo's), like a second controller piece Nintendo demonstrated that comes equipped with an analog stick and two trigger buttons (currently labeled Z1 and Z2, for those of you keeping track). When the two controller pieces are attached, the so-called 'Nunchaku' configuration (the two bits are connected by a short cord) can work similarly to current controllers, just with the second analog stick replaced by actual movement of the Revolution controller. Nintendo also mentioned that the controller stick could be slipped inside other, more conventional controller shells, dance mats, bongos, or other peripherals.

A large "A" button sits in the prime spot under your thumb on the face of the controller, with a "B" trigger on the back of the unit for your index finger. Otherwise the button configuration is an interesting mix of old and new: standard D-pad up top, near the power button (to turn the Revolution console on and off), Start and Select in the middle, on either side of the intriguing "Home" button (Nintendo wouldn't go into detail, but sounds like it has to do with navigating system menus, which will be important given the Revolution's promised WiFi connectivity), and two more buttons near the bottom labeled "a" and "b." These last two may seem uncomfortably low for your thumb until you turn the controller 90 degrees and it becomes just like an old 8-bit NES joypad, with the D-pad under your left thumb and "a" and "b" under your right. (Don't forget-Nintendo has promised downloadable versions of their classic games for the Revolution's "Virtual Console.") Nintendo mentioned the button names and their exact sizes could still change slightly before production, but what you see here is close to the final design.

Elsewhere on the controller, the four lights at the very bottom represent which player it belongs to, and that hatch on the back is the battery compartment. (The prototype Revolution controllers we saw used regular batteries just like the GameCube's WaveBird wireless controller-and last a similar amount of time, according to Nintendo-but reps wouldn't say for certain if the final unit would use batteries or some rechargeable option.) The effective maximum range for the wireless controller is expected to be somewhere between 10 and 15 feet. A variety of different colored controllers were on display, including red, lime green, white, gray, black, and silver. Finally, rumble functionality is built in to the controller.


more info on website
there is a joystick addon type of thing also for the controller, the guy said the controller design felt better then a mouse and keyboard


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Another pic of the controler

the console itself looks lovely. i might buy it just because of that

With the add-on it looks a bit like a piece of medical equipment. They have to change A, B, a and b though - too confusing!

nice idea with the fact that you can use it as a sword,gun and steering wheel. its clever but i might be dumb enough too accidently pick up the sky remote and go "WTF?? Its Teh Broken" lol.

FatherJack wrote:With the add-on it looks a bit like a piece of medical equipment. They have to change A, B, a and b though - too confusing!

I think I saw someone say that on the video the buttons were marked A, B, X, Y. Hopefully they'll keep it that way.

Stoat wrote:

FatherJack wrote:With the add-on it looks a bit like a piece of medical equipment. They have to change A, B, a and b though - too confusing!

I think I saw someone say that on the video the buttons were marked A, B, X, Y. Hopefully they'll keep it that way.

From Eurogamer article:

The controller also features a trio of buttons in the centre - Select, Home, and Start - with lowercase "b" and "a" function buttons positioned one above the other toward the bottom. Some prototypes have X and Y instead, but these lowercase a/b buttons appear sideways to indicate that the controller can also be held sideways and used much like a NES control pad.

Which suggests the X & Y buttons were relabelled a & b for the post-prototype model we see, but it also says the the lowercase a & b buttons appear sideways which isn't the case in the photos. No doubt there'll be a a few more tweaks before release.

Or that a & b = A & B when used in "retro mode" to stay consistent with the terminology in those games.

Looks spacky.

After looking more closely at this, I think I can sum up what all the consoles are going to be about...

Nintendo Revolution :

Fun Party Games (such as Mario Party and Sony Eye Toy style games)
Puzzles (like 3d versions of Tetris/Columns)
Anime/Manga (lots of japanese fighting/rpg games)

Xbox 360 :

First Person Shooters (like Call Of Duty 2)
Driving (*insert driving game here)
GTA type games (anything where you run round and rape/kill/steal from people)

Sony PS3 :

Anything and everything, including most titles on the Xbox, but with additional games with a bigger variety of RPG, Platform games as well.


The Xbox has, and always will (so it seems) streamlined the games it has on release, and doesn't look towards pleasing everybody of all different ages and sex.

So to sum up, I'm going to wait* for the PS3 to come out, and if I have enough money left over, and the games on the Nintendo Revolution play as good as I think they will, I will get one fo those too.

*NOTE : I may not be able to wait long enough and might buy an Xbox 360 too too fiddle with

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote: Xbox 360 :

First Person Shooters (like Call Of Duty 2)
Driving (*insert driving game here)
GTA type games (anything where you run round and rape/kill/steal from people)

*PGR3, most likely a Forza 2.

I'm looking forward to seeing what Mario 128 (working title) has to offer, apparently it's going to utilise the new controller a lot.

But Zelda is no more after Twilight Princess, at least no more games of the current style

I'm gonna buy it HARDCORE!!!

I think it looks so fun.