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Ok, people said that there are buttons, but where? I see the shoulder buttons, the two analogs.
Ok, people said there are buttons, but where? I see the shoulder buttons, the two analogs.
this would be the dumbest shit of all time
Here's one summary of what the NX is going to be, based on all of these patents:
- The Nintendo NX controller has a screen - but instead of being a discrete screen, the screen is embedded into the body of the controller itself (see Figure 9b to get a better idea) (this ties into the Sharp freeform screen patent Nintendo filed a while back).
- The screen is a capacitive touchscreen, like on a smartphone, tablet, or the PS Vita.
- The controller has two analog sticks and four shoulder buttons, a speaker, as well as a cartridge slot.
- The controller has a discrete computing unit, and it can offload processing to the main console (this ties into the cloud processing patent that Nintendo filed a while back).
- The second screen is strictly used as a supplemental screen- the examples in the patent include for instance a weapon wheel showing up right next to the analog stick in a shooter. - This means that the controller can effectively be programmed for whatever button layout the developer wants, instead of a game having to be made for the controller.
- The controller seems to be a discrete handheld unit.
- The screen is 16:9.
- The screen may be autosterescopic 3D, like on the New 3DS.
Basically, it sounds like the NX has a discrete handheld that also acts as the console's controller. The handheld is a powerful system that has its own cartridge slot, and can offload processing onto the main console unit when necessary. The handheld does not have a discrete screen - it's very body is a screen. When acting as a controller, the handheld's screen provides for infinitely reprogammable buttons, meaning games are no longer designed around, or held back by, controllers - the controller gets infinite versatility, while also sticking to the kind of shape and layout that consumers are most familiar with.
I think I need to see it in action to even being to understand it. The I need to have a go myself to see if I'll enjoy playing it. Just like when the Wii was new.
Can anyone give me an example of a free-form screen?
Ok, people said that there are buttons, but where? I see the shoulder buttons, the two analogs.
There are buttons LITERALLY drawn in that application pictures.
This would only work if you have invisible hands.
Here's one summary of what the NX is going to be, based on all of these patents:
- The Nintendo NX controller has a screen - but instead of being a discrete screen, the screen is embedded into the body of the controller itself (see Figure 9b to get a better idea) (this ties into the Sharp freeform screen patent Nintendo filed a while back).
- The screen is a capacitive touchscreen, like on a smartphone, tablet, or the PS Vita.
- The controller has two analog sticks and four shoulder buttons, a speaker, as well as a cartridge slot.
- The controller has a discrete computing unit, and it can offload processing to the main console (this ties into the cloud processing patent that Nintendo filed a while back).
And yeah, it's basically a way to keep the GamePad idea
buttons are important to me
Quoting for the next page as GAF seems to largely miss this point.
DISCLAIMER
As always with patents, the specific design/setup won't necessarily make it to a -potential- final product so don't get caught-up with details such as shape/form of shown device and/or physical button number/placement - the whole point of this seems to be the free-form display.
Need my physical buttons and sticks on the controller but would be fine with the display imagery "interacting" with the physical buttons which I think is what the patent is showing.
On the game screen 100 shown in FIG. 11(A), by touching the item image 120, an item can be used. Since the item image 120 is thus displayed near the first operation stick 18a and the second operation stick 18b, it is possible to use an item by selecting a desired item by a touch input and depressing the first operation stick 18a or the second operation stick 18b near the item, for example. This is an example and should not be limited. When instructing the use of an item, the first operation stick 18a or the second operation stick 18b should just be pushed.
Wouldn't this mean a lot of processing is wasted on tendering things that are covered up by a person's hands?
So basically....a tablet that's full touchscreen, and plays like a phone game? And you guys are excited?
Please don't post if you don't understand technology. It's all about free-form display.
The patent does contain face buttons. And yes, the main point of the former patent were the shoulder buttons and now the display. Thats why the "Where are my buttons?", which completely derailed the whole thread, is very pointless.
OMG Zelda NX!
He can post whatever he wants? Who are you to tell him not to?
if I'm reading this correctly, yeah.
which would be literally the dumbest shit they've ever done. and nintendo has done some duuuuuuuuuuumb shit.
Reminds me a lot of the Pokken Tournament arcade controller...
OMG Zelda NX!
Good thing they are not in the middle, then.Having sticks place right in the "middle" of the screen seems like a rather silly idea.
Yeah, I don't really think so either, but like I said, what they mean is perhaps there are some games that were in development before NX got fast-tracked, and Nintendo doesn't want to bother porting them, so that'll be the rest of the support. I'd imagine Pikmin 4 for example is one of them. They still may get ports to NX, but the idea is that they were long term projects started in say 2013, and Nintendo doesn't deem them important enough to port, so they decided they'll release them on Wii U after NX comes out and call it support.
He can post whatever he wants? Who are you to tell him not to?
Good thing they are not in the middle, then.
Which coincidentally is shaped like a visor
Having sticks place right in the "middle" of the screen seems like a rather silly idea.
Yuck. I'm not a fan of thumbs covering any part of a screen.
Well they usually want to be different... :/Nintendo will not go with a touchscreen only controller with no sticks/cross pads or buttons. NO WAY.
Metroid Prime NX confirmed.
Change Wii U GamePad to Pokken NX TouchStick whatever.
Please don't post if you don't understand technology. It's all about free-form display.
I do understand technology. Free form display is basically just letting us give our displays a shape? Unless I'm missing some revelation here, then that means we still cell phone controls, but the display can be modeled around controller handles.