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NX Controller Rumor [Up5: Original was fake, and thus this is too]
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If Nintendo is after the smartphone market with a dedicated gaming device then /facepalm
protomouse
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What bothers me about the legitimacy of this is... how dumb do you have to be to break NDA and include incriminating evidence in the frame? There are only so many Swedish studios with NX devkits.
Jonneh3003
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I imagine they'll utilise the patent for interchangeable buttons, perhaps even have them attach to the screen. Games could use 2 buttons, 4 buttons, 6 buttons, no buttons. Would be pretty interesting.
The press is indistinguishable on the new MacBooks. You would swear the thing was still the hinged touchpad. The question is whether they can simulate the 'location' feel of the buttons or not.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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We had a polygon-counting expert here, I am sure there is a tree-identifying one.
Apple never liked gaming man. Never happen.
Buttonbasher
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Nice
googleplex
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.... Goddammit Nintendo.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
I can see this being real, sadly. Remember, Nintendo is going into the mobile market, that's been confirmed. And maybe by their logic, they think "the masses" love touch controls because Mobile is such a huge market. They already made this mistake with trying to capture the tablet market with the Wii U Gamepad, so it's the next logical desperate attempt to recapture the Wii-level of success.
But if that's true, they fail to realize that they're different markets -- people buy games on their phones because they always have their phones on them, not because touch controls are good or that's the way people prefer to control their interactive entertainment. The people who like mobile games on their phone aren't gonna drop $300-$400 on a weird looking thingy that plays the same games. On the same token, console players/enthusiasts aren't going to go for a lousy touchscreen interface on a funky-ass controller.
I honesty just don't think Nintendo has any fucking idea anymore, I really hope I'm wrong.
But if that's true, they fail to realize that they're different markets -- people buy games on their phones because they always have their phones on them, not because touch controls are good or that's the way people prefer to control their interactive entertainment. The people who like mobile games on their phone aren't gonna drop $300-$400 on a weird looking thingy that plays the same games. On the same token, console players/enthusiasts aren't going to go for a lousy touchscreen interface on a funky-ass controller.
I honesty just don't think Nintendo has any fucking idea anymore, I really hope I'm wrong.
The Wiimote and gamepad are bad controllers now? News to me.
Obliterator
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I don't get it.
The white controller had A/B buttons but the black one does not.
Does that confirm the first (white) controller to be fake, or both?
Thats a digitaly displayed button with Haptic feedback
I'd rather Disney bought them. Imagine the exclusives they'd have locked down if they made a console.
He's basically saying Nintendo is pissed and taking serious action.
Bitch Pudding
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It looks fancy but whatever happened to "form follows function"?!
I prefer ugly but ergonimic controllers with buttons n stuff...
I prefer ugly but ergonimic controllers with buttons n stuff...
squarealex
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.....the fuck Nintendo ?
Aaronrules380
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I mean, I still think it's theoretically possible to create haptic technology that could work properly. Whether it is actually anywhere near being something that exists is another matter, but if you could create local haptic responses (as in, the response is not uniform across the entire screen) I don't see why you wouldn't be able to create multiple individual buttons
Yep, as a diehard nintendo fan there is no way I'd use a controller like that. Maybe wii u gamepads or pro controllers would work, even then it'll be a hard sell.
Apple could give two fucks about gaming.
LastCupOfSorrow
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This controller gets sexier by the day!
So excited for this!! The black is super sleek!
So excited for this!! The black is super sleek!
This is the only thing that could potentially save the button less controller. Though I highly doubt Nintendo would have adopted this technology without everyone knowing about it via patents etc
http://youtu.be/t4eh-Cn3Pzk
http://youtu.be/t4eh-Cn3Pzk
Thinking of this gif all morning. Strong work.
Dorsal Axe
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The ridges on those control sticks make me think they are 3D printed.
iamaustrian
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a 3D printer cannot create an oval shaped panel with two holes? slap on a shiny 2 cent foil and attach 2 nipples "control sticks"...finished.
3D printers print way more impressive stuff than that.
if they can leak a photo; why not leak a gif of that thing running?
maybe I would believe then
The ergonomics part is kinda uninteresting right now since what we are seeing is a unfinished prototype and not the final controller
I thought I saw something like this before, couldn't find the timestamp from the film (Batman and Robin?) but found an image of it. Looks like he upgraded then
Though I think it was freezes or Ivy's phone thingy...
Rösti;199021806 said:
So: with the recent leaks, Nintendo(?) is working to prevent anything else from being prematurely revealed. Rosti isn't a fan of these people leaking info. I guess the higher ups at these companies have been lax on enforcing the NDAs but the leakers shouldn't be doing this and then saying "oops, my bad, didn't know". Everyone should be patient for the actual reveal and have that do its job and not have random people just showing stuff off online early.
Could be entirely wrong with what Rosti said >.<
The Wii U was that, though.
I dont know man...so many are happy with the Miitomo game thats out now. But I agree. Playing emulators on my Android phone...if the game is not built from the ground up for mobile, or not adapted better for mobile. On screen buttons suck. Hard.
Yea..just like the Gamepad for the Wii U. I did say that was them taking a risk but its also a join em moment too.
Its like they are doing cant beat em, join em for mobile folks tho and saying meh to console gaming folks.
Its a Catch-22 tho. Be different at the risk of being so different you get left behind (Wii U). They can be different and not go so far out in left field with it tho.
Why not do this controller/handheld like the Vita? Thats a nice mix of on screen and regular buttons. Vita games you can also choose to use the screen or not for some games. Uncharted Abyss is one. Sometimes I went back n forth between on screen controls and stick during some sections of the game..
I said before it would be wild if Nintendo took the Vita idea, concept and actually made it successful. But..IMO you need hard buttons for it to work.
Lame last line, no need to be dick about it.
MemoryHumanity
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Has anybody posted to the Wii Remote reveal thread yet? Similar overreactions in there, too.
The back white would indicate it's actually rising up. That leads more towards the more modern implementation of haptic.
mario_O
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I don't get it.
The white controller had A/B buttons but the black one does not.
Does that confirm the first (white) controller to be fake, or both?
Those buttons don't look real, but onscreen.
Spieler Eins
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Not even current Nintendo could be delusional enough to continue the WiiU controller concept and make it even more idiotic. I can hardly think of anything dumber than sticks blocking significant portions right in the middle of the screen. And dropping physical buttons? Can't be happening.
LordOcidax
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They are almost there.
It's both
I don't think we ever found out what that technology company was that Nintendo bought for $100 million a couple years ago.
if its anything like an iPhone 6s +... it doesnt feel anything like a button press... just a weird buzz, no click, no give and take... just a buzz when pressed and a smaller buzz when finger is lifted off the screen.
Isn't there a Nintendo office in Sweden (Bergsala)?
Quick google search pic below
edit: https://twitter.com/bergsala
edit2: NM, only marketing and distributing office, lol
Quick google search pic below
edit: https://twitter.com/bergsala
edit2: NM, only marketing and distributing office, lol
Movalpolos
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Of course it will. But they will be making new games centered around this thing.
FleetingFlowAir
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Nononononono. I hate digital buttons. But I like Nintendo. I want this to be fake. But it likely won't be.
This is the thing - I can't see Nintendo relying on a control scheme that would actively force them to almost completely change/neuter their core and selling experiences.
That's not to say they've been unsuccessful with the touch-screen, but they've always supplemented the face buttons. Same with the Wii motion control, and the various things on Wii U.
It just seems so...bizarre.
Was shocked when I first saw it. Still a bit shocked. I think maybe that's a better reaction than the 'huh' that the Gamepad got out of me. Really unconvinced on what this could entail, but if it works like the way I imagine the only way this could (if they want to position this as the primary input device) than I think it could impress people and make people take notice in a way that the Gamepad really could never do. Reserving judgment, but Nintendo really needs a hard sell on this.
Marvel
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Lol took me a while.They are almost there.
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