Author Topic: Revolution Controller Still Has Secrets (Read 14571 times)

WindyMan · « **on:** December 02, 2005, 01:33:24 PM »

Nintendo is still hiding something about the remote controller from us.

Today, at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, the Digital Interactive Entertainment Conference was held. Speakers at the one-day event included Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Robin Walker of Valve, and Konami's Hideo Kojima, among others.

Nintendo had a presence at the conference too, in the form of Shigeru Miyamoto. Gaming blog Kotaku was there to see what Miyamoto had to say, and what he did will pique the interest of those looking forward to the Revolution, which is probably just about everyone that's reading this.

According to Shiggy, "there’s another secret" pertaining to the Revolution controller. What might that secret be? "...I’m not going to go into that here. That’ll be for a later date."

This secret may be anything from a small cosmetic change to the design of the controller to a feature just as revolutionary as the concept of the controller itself. Whatever it is, we're just going to have to speculate and salivate until Nintendo shows up at E3 in 2006, when all the details about Revolution will finally and completely be shown off.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** December 02, 2005, 04:03:26 PM »

Hmm, what else could they hide in that thing? microphone?

BlackGriffen · « **Reply #2 on:** December 02, 2005, 04:17:39 PM »

The controller either transforms into a giant robot that rampages through Tokyo

-or-

it's something like the click on the GC controller - an interesting idea with some potential that few if any developers will use.

BG

31 Flavas · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2005, 04:29:23 PM »

I think i'm going w/ the former. Tokyo hasn't been destroyed enough times.

WindyMan · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2005, 04:38:21 PM »

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Originally posted by: 31 Flavas
I think i'm going w/ the former. Tokyo hasn't been destroyed enough times.

Actually, it's been destroyed countless times. Japan's disaster recovery system is so well implemented that any natural or unnatural disasters that occur can be recovered from within 3 hours, and no one outside of the affected areas will know about it.

Nimbus · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2005, 04:56:48 PM »

It's an auto pizza order button. Once clicked four Ninja Turtles hurl from the nearest hole and feed you to death while some kind of hot women tell you how much you're sexy (the dream of a gamer).
No, it must be something else.

31 Flavas · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2005, 05:26:51 PM »

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Originally posted by: WindyMan

Actually, it's been destroyed countless times. Japan's disaster recovery system is so well implemented that any natural or unnatural disasters that occur can be recovered from within 3 hours, and no one outside of the affected areas will know about it.

Well, that's my point, I guess. What better way to add realizim to games then to let you actually destory Tokyo yourself! I mean its not like they have any trouble rebuilding it....

Arbok · « **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2005, 05:52:09 PM »

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Originally posted by: 31 Flavas
Well, that's my point, I guess. What better way to add realizim to games then to let you actually destory Tokyo yourself!

Been there, done that.

Nephilim · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2005, 06:43:15 PM »

i would like to pretend godzilla was never made and that i didnt buy it

TheYoungerPlumber · « **Reply #9 on:** December 02, 2005, 06:46:22 PM »

The A button is probably just pressure sensitive or something similarly meh. A built-in mic or mic-plug would be good news for the online games.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #10 on:** December 02, 2005, 07:21:06 PM »

Yeah, I'm sure it'll be something fairly useless...You know, like when the final secret revealed for the DS was the touch screen...Oh wait, that wasn't useless at all!

Edisim · « **Reply #11 on:** December 02, 2005, 07:42:34 PM »

maybe it's got directional force feedback...

Mario · « **Reply #12 on:** December 02, 2005, 07:55:59 PM »

The controller projects images!

Either that, or it unfolds into an automobile.

Wait, I KNOW! It doesn't just move objects in games... it moves REAL THINGS!

BlackGriffen · « **Reply #13 on:** December 02, 2005, 08:19:05 PM »

That's brilliant! The controller has a built in analog thing mover! Just put the controller against anything you want to move, push, and it moves! The controller is so well designed that it provides exactly the same amount of force feedback as if you were trying to push the object yourself!*

BlackGriffen

*Nintendo is not liable for damage to either the Nintendo Revolution Controller or whatever Thing you are using the controller to move.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #14 on:** December 02, 2005, 08:33:07 PM »

maybe it's got directional force feedback...

Maybe it can travel faster than light.

Actio = Reactio. A force always causes a counterforce which means the rod cannot push to the right without pushing to the left at the same time unless you added some heavy object that could magnetically interact with the rod and create forces strong enough to move it (obviously wiping any credit cards nearby).

WuTangTurtle · « **Reply #15 on:** December 02, 2005, 09:15:01 PM »

forget a mic, how about a webcam......................lawsuits here we come!

Nile Boogie · « **Reply #16 on:** December 02, 2005, 09:58:57 PM »

It's "Light Sensitive". It reacts to the amount of light in the room.
It's "Sound Sensitive". Like the DS

-or-

It has laser pointer on it so you can see what you're pointing at on the screen.

IceCold · « **Reply #17 on:** December 02, 2005, 10:12:31 PM »

Heh that can probably be easily done in game..

ruby_onix · « **Reply #18 on:** December 02, 2005, 10:22:01 PM »

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It has laser pointer on it so you can see what you're pointing at on the screen.

Win.

Hideo Kojima's game will come with a complimentary pack of cigarettes, to enhance the functionality.

Shiggy's new-franchise game will come with "that other kind" of cigarettes, to enhance the functionality even further.

Edisim · « **Reply #19 on:** December 02, 2005, 10:32:52 PM »

hey, imagine if the controller had a glowing color changing LED on it. You could dim or turn off the lights and make trails with the LED while swinging away... or if it could extend a la thunder, thunder, thundercats! ha.

i'm not sure what you mean, kdr, but what i meant by directional force feedback wasn't that the analog stick would move--though that's not impossible, either. what i meant was that the remote could rotate about any axis. This is not difficult to achieve because because of an effect called counter-rotation. Helicopter propellers spin one way, and the body would spin the opposite way if not for the tail rotor... and, yes, it could and would work even on a small scale.

about force feedback for the analog stick: this is possible, too. you would simply need something on the underside of the stick (the side inside the body of the controller) in contact with it to move it. this could be achieved with to motors so there can be motion in two planes, or it can be done with piezoelectrics that would pull or push the controller in any direction.

mac<censored> · « **Reply #20 on:** December 02, 2005, 10:33:29 PM »

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Shiggy's new-franchise game will come with "that other kind" of cigarettes, to enhance the functionality even further.

Now that's how you win the console war...

mac<censored> · « **Reply #21 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:00:41 PM »

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Originally posted by: ruby_onix
Shiggy's new-franchise game will come with "that other kind" of cigarettes, to enhance the functionality even further.

Now that's how you win the console war...

nickmitch · « **Reply #22 on:** December 03, 2005, 06:36:06 AM »

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Originally posted by: WindyMan
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Originally posted by: 31 Flavas
I think i'm going w/ the former. Tokyo hasn't been destroyed enough times.

Actually, it's been destroyed countless times. Japan's disaster recovery system is so well implemented that any natural or unnatural disasters that occur can be recovered from within 3 hours, and no one outside of the affected areas will know about it.

I wish we would've had that here!

Oh, and the feature probably has something to do with the battery.

stevey · « **Reply #23 on:** December 03, 2005, 07:06:24 AM »

"Nintendo is still hiding something about the remote controller from us."

Well duh, it's the top secret shell.

trip1eX · « **Reply #24 on:** December 03, 2005, 07:35:26 AM »

Maybe the controller turns into a phone which allows you to chat with friends over wi-fi.

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