Nintendo Revolution Controller

Cafe Society
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So, for those of you who haven’t seen it yet…

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Basically, it’s a 3D mouse pointer. I like the idea. I’m imagining first person shooters to finally be as easy to control as a keyboard and mouse combo. Like the mention in the article, being able to hack and slash with it would be cool too. What do you all think? Is it truly a revolution or is it a final gimmick that will be the deathblow of Nintendo in the console realm?

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Gimmick, deathblow.

Any controller that does not allow you to comfortably rest your hands in your lap while playing is destined to fail.

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It just looks really weedy and… I dunno… flat. Best bet would be to sell it to Apple and let them call it the iController or something.

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I don’t know… people play Gameboys for hours at a time and they don’t seem to mind. I wish it had the graphical capabilities of the PS3 or the 360 though. I think the Revolution will be a companion set, but not a main console thing like the PS3 or 360 will be. Even the price of it seems to reflect that. All I know is that it will have Zelda. That’s all that really matters in the end.

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Whut?
You think a keyboard and mouse is easier to control than an actual controller?

Wow. I mean, keyboards are so much harder for me. wanders off in bafflement

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A keyboard and mouse combo is vastly better for certain genres of games - FPS’s and RTS’s games in particular. I remember when the PC version of Halo came out - I had two friends who were really good at the game on the Xbox (I tried for a couple minutes, couldn’t stand the controllers) who wanted me to play them with the PC version. So they used an adapter to hook their controllers up to their computers, I used a keyboard and mouse. And I wiped the floor with them - I fought them 2 on 1, and still killed them 10-20 times for each death I took.

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I’m not sure what a RTS is, but yeah, you’re right, I’ll give you the FPS. They are easier with a keyboard and mouse.

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Now I’m confused. You think FPS are easier to control with the controllers?

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Real Time Strategy - Warcraft and the like.

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[quote=Now I’m confused. You think FPS are easier to control with the controllers?[/quote]

Already answered.

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My kingdom for an edit button!
Well, not really, but screwing up coding really makes me annoyed with myself.

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Let’s start a few more threads instead of responding to the ones that are already up!