According to the patents the sync button is still on the underbelly of the controller.
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Rumor: New Wii U controller (analog sticks)?
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Cosmonaut X
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Eh, not to join in on the IdeaMan bashing but most of those points read like the speculation here since the controller pic leaked - the "NFC sticker" and "TV/pad switch" particularly. If I was being cruel, I'd say it read more like a summary of what has been said here rejigged and gussied up to make it sound more like an "inside scoop".
But that would be cruel.
Infinite Justice
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ThatObviousUser
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I agree. I have no idea why people believe that guy.
MasterSheen
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That's too bad what happened, but he had it coming. I wonder if he is looking back in retrospect, thinking if leaking this, something we were going to find out about in two weeks, was really worth risking his job over. Just goes to prove how strict NDA is.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Hmm, I'm actually more inclined to believe him now
SolidSnakex
Member
I'm sure that he already regrets it. Especially since he'll likely find it very hard to get a job in the industry again.
DragonKnight
Member
Who IdeaMan? So you're a developer who has been doubting idea man?
Edit: New info from IdeaMan was disappointing at worst. Way to hype a lackluster tidbit.
Well, as explained in the "extended" post, i wanted to add in this list the switch to traditional stickers, change of button layout, modification of the shape. It was more sexy huh, but i was scooped by this surprising leaked picture just 2 days before (that i find too much spoiling btw
). Anyway, the increase in screen size, the confirmation of NFC sensor, etc, are still interesting imo 
HYDE
Banned
It's not like FS, FSA, or MC looked like WW, PH, and ST in game. The promotional art was the same, but the games look nothing like the others.
Hero of Legend
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Do we know what position he had? Hopefully not a large one, could've been the coffee (or tea!) maker or something.
I mean TT Fusion (the LCS dev, not certain if it's the TT Games team that leaked it) was formed by ex-Warthog folks, not sure how much of TT Fusion is of whom now, maybe some of the main staff migrated there over the years.
User Name Here
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I hope there is still time for Nintendo to add their usual octagon around the analog stick.
Hero of Legend
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http://weeabooswithcontrollers.com/2012/05/19/redesigned-wii-u-controller-image-leaked/
Aha! He was a QA Tester. I don't think TT Fusion (or the main TT Games) are going to go astray from this loss.
Edit: His original twitter profile as seemingly cached by this site:
http://tweetmeme.com/user/MATTYB00SH
Aha! He was a QA Tester. I don't think TT Fusion (or the main TT Games) are going to go astray from this loss.
Edit: His original twitter profile as seemingly cached by this site:
http://tweetmeme.com/user/MATTYB00SH
lol at that link saying it may be weaker than current gen.http://weeabooswithcontrollers.com/2012/05/19/redesigned-wii-u-controller-image-leaked/
Aha! He was a QA Tester. I don't think TT Fusion (or the main TT Games) are going to go astray from this loss.
ShockingAlberto
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Contract-length. It varies depending on the secrecy of what you're involved with.
I know of only one case of straight NDA-breaking by someone that should have known better. He was sued for the amount outlined in the NDA (which was an agreed-upon amount based on what an NDA leak would cost them in revenue), his organization lost the exclusive they had on it, they weren't given review copies, and were generally considered pariahs among other developers. If they were bigger, maybe that wouldn't have mattered, but they were big enough to get information but small enough to not have any clout.
brochiller
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I didn't know people actually liked that. :/
Christ, I hope not. That shit really should have died with the Gamecube.
Why would you do that?
Member
Add me on Team Pro-Gate!
I still think that if the 3DS had the gates, then Mario 3D Land wouldn't have had that forced 8-way direction thing.
But honestly, whether or not it has gates is not a big deal to me compared to things like
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I still think that if the 3DS had the gates, then Mario 3D Land wouldn't have had that forced 8-way direction thing.
But honestly, whether or not it has gates is not a big deal to me compared to things like
resistive vs capacitive
agreed
I would agree to that only if you agree that round gates should have also died.
Somewhat related...
https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/204744493780566016
Geoff Keighley said:
https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/204744493780566016
ThatObviousUser
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And their website too, although the press release today made no mention of the "Nintendo Network." I kinda like the name, pretty catchy, but maybe Nintendo doesn't want anybody confusing it with whatever they'll call the Wii U's online.
brochiller
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Well they're calling they're new online services Nintendo Network starting with 3DS, so I think it's a pretty safe bet to say that's what the Wii U's will be too.
checkeredknight
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In response as to how long NDA's can be, I have no idea since I've never really been under one... but is it not mostly common sense? Even if I wasn't under NDA, I wouldn't take pictures of stuff like this at work and upload it to Twitter.
Bingo.
Bingo.
Visualante2
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I'm sure he's going to miss the long hours and minimum wage testing Lego games for bugs.
Probably the smartest career move he ever made. I'd be surprised if this lawsuit goes anywhere. It's the UK not America.
Probably the smartest career move he ever made. I'd be surprised if this lawsuit goes anywhere. It's the UK not America.
It's a bit like asking how long is a piece of sting, as length and liability would vary from NDA to NDA.
As an example, my company has a fairly standard NDA that we get external consultants to sign, and it's 18 pages long, consisting of 15 main section, each with multiple clauses.
Round gates are horrible. Going in a straight line with those things is like driving drunk; you try to point up, but you always end up going to the side.
They are trying to get to the dudebros!
Nintendo to devote a lot of time to a third party game, confirmed.
boyshine
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It's the same shape as the "thing" under the +pad, which is thought to be where you place your NFC items, so my guess is that the button is to activate NFC "search mode". The rounded square under the +pad will probably light up when you push the button.
lazybones18
Banned
Beaten >_>
They are trying to get to the dudebros!
Dudebros will surely be delighted to see superior gun details on the Wii U, and that they can finally extend their killstreaks even if they really need to go to the bathroom!
frankie_baby
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http://weeabooswithcontrollers.com/2012/05/19/redesigned-wii-u-controller-image-leaked/
Aha! He was a QA Tester. I don't think TT Fusion (or the main TT Games) are going to go astray from this loss.
Edit: His original twitter profile as seemingly cached by this site:
http://tweetmeme.com/user/MATTYB00SH
The poor git is from burnley, he probably didn't even know what an nda was let alone that he was breaking it
frankie_baby
Member
Is that like being some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle?
Something like that, I grew up a couple of towns over from burnley, they were who we took this piss out of all the time
Is that like being some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle?
This is like some sort of code.
:lol
Whaaaat? There are people that didn't like that?
I thought they were awesome. I could live with a square gate too, but no gate at all just feels confusing and imprecise to me.
kunonabi
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Hot Coldman
Banned
Haha Burnley
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
As others have said, depends the project, context and what the NDA being up entails.
Thing is, you need to not look at this guy as an individual, but the kind of job he had and the many others who share it. There would be thousands of people around the world who've seen, touched and played with this revision of the controller. Testers are an integral part of game production, and many people would be testing with these controllers, including his own colleagues. All of these people would have signed the same contract, with the same requirements. And they would have done so many times before on other projects, for other games, on other hardware.
Confidentiality is a big part of working in any industry, especially one like this. You just don't do it. Not because of an air of secrecy, but because it's something not meant to be public. It's your job not to tell people. It's what you get paid for.
This idiot decided to leak it. It's no different to any other person in any other job doing the exact opposite of what their contract entails, what they're paid for, and why they were hired in the first place. Idiocy breeds punishment, and thus this guy is punished with losing his job.
Such a silly thing too.
Which is one reason why I havent truly loved a Zelda since LttP
But Link's Awakening came after it.
boiled goose
good with gravy
triggers analogue?
remember reading that they wouldnt be.
remember reading that they wouldnt be.