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Nintendo Gaming / RE:More Controller Info FROM REGGIE in NYC

« on: April 28, 2006, 03:33:19 PM »

I figured the same exact thing, that the controller shell may be a standard accessory and not only for third-party ports. This information seems to lean that way...

As for how Reggie would know how it would control, I have no idea at all. It is certainly possible that it's speculation on his part (maybe he knows that the controller shell is going to be used in more games and he's guessing that Mario Kart would use it, for instance), but I'm only reinterating what he said, which was just that it would work via the tilting while docked. I hope this is the case, because as much as I can't wait to try out the controller, I also don't want to see the current style of controlling a game become completely ignored on the wii (I refuse to pronounce this "wee"...I like "W-2" better since it's only confusing during tax season).

Also, he joked that "he hoped he wouldn't lose his job" after saying it.  That being what it may, if you'd like to believe it's BS that's fine by me, I'm not here to argue it with you but to pass information along one PGC reader to another.

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Nintendo Gaming / More Controller Info FROM REGGIE in NYC

« on: April 28, 2006, 02:01:55 PM »

Ok, before I say anything else, I wasn't there to hear this. I heard it secondhand through two friends who were at Nintendo World today (Friday, April 28th).

Apparently, a kid asked Reggie about how the controller will be used to play Mario Kart, specifically how drifting will work.

The response from Reggie was that (the way my friend described it) you'll be able to dock the controller into a separate unit, and from there, tilting will work for drifting. My friend went on to speculate that this MAY be similar to the docking-bay controller mockup done by IGN awhile ago (back when the controller was first shown).

I have no way for you to verify this information other than word of mouth, so I understand if everyone would like to take it with a grain of salt. Still, my sources did hear this from Reggie himself.

Other tidbits:
No news yet about DS Lite pricing or release date.
No news on Mother 3 coming to America.
And of course, the standard "You'll know everything at E3" response we've all become accustomed to.