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Title: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Kairon on April 12, 2006, 09:39:42 PM
Great things come in small packages.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=2029

These are shots of the grey dev-kit controller, in the hands of people who probably work at Ubisoft Paris. In some shots, you can actually see the black cord that connects the dev-kit controller to the dev-kit cleverly tucked away so we don't notice it. The fact that these are devkit controllers is probably proof that the "circle-gun nozzle" window on front of the controller is not necessarily anything close to the final design compared to the wider more remote-like IR-window.

There's also been some speculation about why some of the people are focusing their eyes "off-screen,"
outside where a TV might appear, but that's probably just photojournalistic grandstanding.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com  
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Mario on April 12, 2006, 10:06:45 PM
Reminds me of the original N64 pad. The colour, that is.
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Artimus on April 12, 2006, 10:58:54 PM
The craftmanship is obviously a lot lower on those models!
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: wandering on April 13, 2006, 12:07:05 AM
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Oh well. Looks good from what I've seen. And TINY. Wow.
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: odilon on April 13, 2006, 04:57:08 AM
Here's a better link.
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on April 13, 2006, 04:57:56 AM
Well first generation dev kits especially alpha kits or prototype kits will obviously look rough and not as sexy as the hardware on display.
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: MaryJane on April 13, 2006, 05:44:57 AM
I wish the cable connecting the nunchuck and mote was longer. i have long arms.
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Caliban on April 13, 2006, 07:30:42 AM
Then move the controller arm along with the Revmote arm, silly you, you've been officially instated as PGC's official ballerina 'cause of your arms being long.
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 13, 2006, 08:09:26 AM
Time for a title change!
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Dirk Temporo on April 13, 2006, 09:24:35 AM
Somebody tell me why I had to click two more links after the one at the top of this page in order to actually get to the photo set.
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 13, 2006, 09:29:22 AM
Faster link..

It does look smaller than I thought it would be...
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 13, 2006, 09:32:35 AM
And apparently Ian can't lift it without the help of ASIMO to play the games for him.
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: TrueNerd on April 13, 2006, 10:51:37 PM
Hey... that means you could totally and easily press the x and y buttons. That's a good thing, right?  
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Artimus on April 13, 2006, 11:07:09 PM
BTW, have you guys ever REALLY considered how big the actual console will be? When it was shown at GDC I read a couple sites and they couldn't believe how small it was. So I did the mockup thing. I guess when they said 3 DVD cases I expected that to be the width. But the thing is actually smaller than 3 DVD cases! It's ridiculous!
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: wandering on April 14, 2006, 12:30:42 AM
I don't think I'll be able to comprehend the size until I have one in my hands. But yeah.

Incidentally, I think the competitor's systems will look horribly outdated when put next to the rev. Large, hulking consoles? With 2-handed controllers and no silly blue lights? That's so 2001.

edit: thanks for the links smash brother, odilon. I like the picture of the dev holding a sword and gun....
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Kairon on April 14, 2006, 07:02:08 AM
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Originally posted by: Dirk Temporo
Somebody tell me why I had to click two more links after the one at the top of this page in order to actually get to the photo set.


/cry

I fail at the internet!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: King of Twitch on April 14, 2006, 11:32:36 AM
The PS3 looks like my Canon i860 printer, the 360 looks like an air purifier; what a travesty.
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: PaLaDiN on April 14, 2006, 12:00:15 PM
Kairon sure seems to cry a lot.
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Kairon on April 14, 2006, 12:20:16 PM
I've been watching a lot of movie versions of Jane Austen's novels lately... as part of my emotional education, of course.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Plugabugz on April 15, 2006, 08:33:10 AM
I'm hoping the rev controller wil have remote power-on of the console itself similar to what the 360 does. That's handy, and probably incredibly lazy all at once.
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: mantidor on April 15, 2006, 08:38:44 AM
It has that functionality, the very first teaser video shows the guy at the end turning off the console with that button.

Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Bill Aurion on April 15, 2006, 10:09:34 AM
The "power off" functionality is pretty much pointless for me because my systems are plugged in through a surge protector...
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Artimus on April 15, 2006, 11:12:38 AM
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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
The "power off" functionality is pretty much pointless for me because my systems are plugged in through a surge protector...


How does that matter? You can still turn them off!
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Shecky on April 15, 2006, 12:55:12 PM
not to mention that turning them off does nothing to protect them  (in other words you would still need a surge suppressor)

Turning it off is to reduce the amount of power it draws, hence lowering your electric bill
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Nosferat2 on April 15, 2006, 06:38:07 PM
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Originally posted by: MaryJane
I wish the cable connecting the nunchuck and mote was longer. i have long arms.


What they should do is make the revmote and Nunchuck attachment wireless. Why in the world do they need a wire attaching the two?? Wireless would be so confortable.  
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Kairon on April 15, 2006, 06:47:04 PM
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Originally posted by: Nosferat2
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Originally posted by: MaryJane
I wish the cable connecting the nunchuck and mote was longer. i have long arms.


What they should do is make the revmote and Nunchuck attachment wireless. Why in the world do they need a wire attaching the two?? Wireless would be so confortable.


GRRRRRRRRRR!

http://www.infendo.com/2006/04/how-come-nintendo-didnt-use-bluetooth.html#comments

Don't make me repeat my comments there!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: mantidor on April 15, 2006, 08:59:38 PM
I know it sound weird, but I think that making a physical conection of the remote and the analog stick gives the thing a sense of unity, I really dont like the idea of having two separated pieces, it would seem like two controllers that you have to manage at the same time. Besides, Im sure it reduces the cost and makes easier to use other types of extensions besides the shell and the analog stick.

Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Bill Aurion on April 15, 2006, 09:11:19 PM
Yeah, uh...Imagine playing Red Steel through holding the controller with two hands...Doesn't sound so hot, eh?
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Epitaph on April 15, 2006, 10:10:10 PM
To all those complaining about the length of the cord or it being wired thats what 3rd party company's are for. Im sure someone will make a wireless version of each, longer tether, tether extension. It will come out because of demand and you will all be happy.
Title: RE: More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: wandering on April 15, 2006, 10:21:56 PM
Also keep in mind that, according to people who have used it, the length is a non-issue. You're not going to be directing airplanes with the thing.

..Well. Except in Groundcrewman: The Game.  
Title: RE:More wonderful hawt pictures of the Revolution Controller
Post by: Svevan on April 15, 2006, 11:19:07 PM
We don't really know if that's the actual "official" length of the cord.