The Revolution

[tamakun]

Okay, so this past weekend, Nintendo released its first public viewing of the Nintendo Revolution controller (which has been dubbed a "Remote Controller" in some circles). It's showing up all over the place - 1up.com has their impressions as well as the video that was released at the announcement. IGN has done some thinking for once and came up with some possibilities for the new controller.

Well first off, let me preface things by saying I'm a Nintendo fanboy. Dave can attest to the fact that I got my Gamecube for free as I waited for 11 hours in front of the store that was doing the midnight release. I've never purchased another company's console and I really don't see a need as I figure I'm more of a casual gamer these days (i.e. not as hardcore as I used to be).

I look at the Revolution Controller and I'm impressed. I like the idea. However, I'm also looking at the "console wars" and seeing that the Gamecube, facing off against the XBox and the PS2, sometimes doesn't get the games. There are lots of games that never had a Gamecube release due to reasons unknown, but they come out on the XBox and PS2 where the Gamecube release would be rather welcomed.

I'm just worried, with this unusual, unique, and intuitive controller, that it will further alienate the Nintendo group from the XBox360 and PS3 systems as it will be more difficult to port over games using the different control style. (Then again, they have mentioned that they are not an all-in-one type system like the PS3 and Xboxes are trying to be...)

Now, on the other hand, Nintendo recently released the NintendoDS, which was followed by Sony's PSP, and the DS appears to be dominating in terms of game sales due to its unique stylus and touchscreen design. I'm hoping that some of the creative juices running from the DS will be spilled-over into the Revolution, and that it will stand on its own. Besides, if something as simple as a stylus design will inspire games like Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney and Trace Memory to be released, I hope that some tryuly inspired Revolution games will be created. :)

Something someone said on a board I lurk on that "it's a remote, therefore, it will get lost". *laughs* Can't argue with that, it does look like something that would fall inbetween seat cushions. XD

Nintendo has pegged the release date for 2006 - so I assume that means November of next year. It couldn't be ready earlier than that, I don't think...

(While we're quickly on the topic of the DS, I think that a great game that could be ported over would be Cool Cool Toon. Isn't Ouendan using the same kind of "control scheme"? OMG, "Ready Steady Go" is in Ouendan!)

BTW, when's Odama coming out? ;)

EDIT: On another game-related note: Cave Story. Area: Hell. Difficulty: WOW. OUCH. Still want to get through it...

EDIT TWO: OMG I just had the bestest, and yet dirtiest thought at the same time... they could remake Rez with that Remote Controller.

Comments

[sexyslave.livejournal.com]

I usually go to http://www.pspupdates.com/ myself

I've got all the Emus I want...except a decent Genesis Emu...but I dun have any good ROMs for it anymore anyway, so yeah ^_^;;

But yeah, I do the 333mhz, and usually I put frame skip at 4 or so (this depends on the game also) and it usually runs perfect...for most games. I used those settings for Chrono Trigger...but Mario RPG doesn't run quite well enough yet, and Kirby's Super Star STILL runs REALLY bad even at max settings. I think the day that Kirby's SS runs perfect will be the day they're done making homebrew stuff =P

I'm curious to see how well Emus on DS run ^_^

[bassbeast.livejournal.com]

The EmuPack 3 has a great Genesis emu plus a ton of others (Neo Geo CD, anyone?). And make sure you're running the latest SNES emu, as 4 seems a bit high for frame skip.

DS emus run GRRRRRRREAT! ^_^

[sexyslave.livejournal.com]

Well most Neo Geo games are a bit big in size and my mem stick is small =P and I lost the ROM I really liked, Twinkle Star Sprites =(

As far as SNES Emu, I had a really update version, I got it like...two weeks ago, though there might be a new one by now. Still, that's Chrono Trigger, which is a bit more on the graphical side then other SNES games =P Either way, I don't use that setting for other games, but currently it's the only game I'm playing on it.

I imagine they would, I need to get that M3 thing. Either way, I'm still very busy playing Jump Superstars, Ouendan and accasionally Nintendogs, lol.

[tamakun.livejournal.com]

How's Ouendan? I've had this one song stuck in my head for a few days now (Taisetsuna Mono) and I really want to play it, but well, I don't have a DS ^^;;