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[Luigiv]

Fake as hell. Looks like someone just cobbled together a mockup based off of the patent drawings, which makes no sense as the patent drawings are crude symbolic drawing not actual illustration of a product.

Also looks terrible. If I'm wrong and this is the real controller, this might be the first Nintendo system I skip.

 

[Sakujou]

That was a prototype, so the picture in Destructoid could be a prototype as well

i have never seen this one. when was the first "leak" of this picture?

i heard about dual screens being a thing for the wii u back then, but i didnt believe it.

this prototype is pretty much close to what eventually got realized.

 

[Mediking]

It's.... prolly real...

 

[FallingEdge]

 

[Cre8]

that looks like a camera on the bottom or is it?

 

[Saint Gregory]

I really have a hard time believing that Nintendo would file a patent for a controller and then make the controller look exactly like the diagram.


But in a world where Donald Trump can be a candidate for President of the United States any (horrible) thing is possible.

 

[big fake]

Ummmm what?! That...please..no...

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

The odd analog sticks actually give this 'leak' some credibility to me. The first renders of The WiiU's GamePad looked like this. Legit analog sticks seem to come last pretty often

The GamePad was supposed to ship with those sticks though. Nintendo changed them pretty late due to fan (and almost certainly developer) feedback.

 

[Lady Siara]

If this does end up being real, I look forward to reading through this thread I made back in December about how people thought the traditional controller would (or wouldn't) evolve.

I think the general shape and concept are probably real but the render on the screen is very, very fake.

 

[Nightmare452]

I actually kinda like it. Something new at least, got PS4/XB1 for standard controllers. Want Nintendo to go wild (but functional). It depends on what can be done with the controller, might also double as a portable system right, so touch screen all,in middle, with analog thumbsticks, so not a bad concept. Needs cleaning mostly if real.

 

[Zoon]

So, the guy who leaked it

Spoiler

if it's real

said he might show more tomorrow.I guess if he does it could be real.

 

[Tookay]

I'm not arguing whether this is real or not, but I find it surprising how there can be so many negative comments about it when no one even used it yet. Then again, lots of people call the Wii U gamepad bad too, when I personally love it.

There's a lot of reasons for the negativity here, including:

(1) It seems like an extension of the gamepad "two screens" idea, which flopped last time.
(2) Some people really, really just want Nintendo to make a traditional controller.
(3) It looks like it might not be comfortable.
(4) It doesn't have physical buttons (refer to no. 3).

I can believe this is real and am open to being good, but Nintendo's going to have their work cut out for them explaining why.

 

[Mr. F]

i have never seen this one. when was the first "leak" of this picture?

i heard about dual screens being a thing for the wii u back then, but i didnt believe it.

this prototype is pretty much close to what eventually got realized.

iirc was never leaked, I think it was part of an Iwata Asks or similar feature.

 

[Sanctuary]

That does not look comfortable. At all.

That looks like a rearview mirror.

Kind of like their heyday.

 

[Wishmaster92]

Wow.....

 

[Nilaul]

So this has the same problem as the MotoWatch? it cant actually go fully edge to edge due to the need of housing screen compartments, so Nintendo decided to use that space for the camera and microphone I guess.

 

[khaaan]

That's dumb but this is my favorite thing about not knowing all (or in this case, any) specifics of a console.

 

[PartTimeWarrior]

Man that looks weird as fuck

Nintendo should just do a traditional controller

 

[User1608]

Hmm...will wait and see. Hoping for the best.

 

[Francokid1]

Not dismissing it until we see it in action. I'm ready for this.
#TeamReal

 

[Sakujou]

iirc was never leaked, I think it was part of an Iwata Asks or similar feature.

oh i see.

thats what i thought too.
normally there is NO chance that anything out of kyoto gets onto the internet.

 

[radio_apeshot]

After a second look, it is indeed very ugly.

 

[Doctre81]

lmao

What if the buttons are on the bottom and the touch screen icons are just used for menus? lol

 

[Zekes!]

Let's go!!!!

 

[Wandering Robot]

The "leaker" is commenting there a bit. Says he "may" make a video tomorrow.

I wouldn't be surprised if nothing comes from that, particularly with some sort of excuse about NDAs or what have you. Still, I wonder what'll happen there.

Aaaaanyway, we'll know for sure if Nintendo takes it down. I don't think it's real. From the source to the patent replication to the...look of it, nah. Could be wrong, of course.

 

[Rodin]

I really doubt it's real, but even if it was, are people really expecting that it's the final design of the units that will ship with the consoles?

Lmao


EDIT: it's even in the article

It is important to note that if this is development hardware, it may vary from the retail version of the controller. There may still be time to remove what appears to be touch screen buttons on this design.

 

[Ashodin]

Man that looks weird as fuck

Nintendo should just do a traditional controller

That's not what Nintendo does breh.

I mean, yes if people want it, but not as the main controller. Haven't since the GCN era, and they already perfected that shit

 

[Quote]

Unreleased product don't usually look like their patents, so I have a hard time believing this is real.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

Wasn't the patent for the controller itself though? Kind of ridiculous to expect otherwise.

 

[Orakio Rob]

Guys, please... I know some of you think Nintendo does stupid things, but this clearly isn't Nintendo Stupid: it's just Plain Old Stupid.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

i have never seen this one. when was the first "leak" of this picture?

i heard about dual screens being a thing for the wii u back then, but i didnt believe it.

this prototype is pretty much close to what eventually got realized.

That was never leaked. It was from an Iwata Asks.

The image was of a hasty proof-of-concept hackjob that would have never, ever seen the light of day beyond Nintendo's hardware engineers and upper management positions. So in no way does it lend any credence here, because it's not even kind of comparable. Bringing it up doesn't even make sense.

 

[Toxi]

There is no way that screen shape is real. 0_o

 

[PuppetMaster]

Not something I would ever want. GG Nintendo.

 

[cordy]

I remember when people were saying the Wii stuff was fake. I wouldn't be surprised if it's real. Only Nintendo is crazy enough to do something like this.

 

[BahamutPT]

I don't see why Nintendo would think the free-form display (at least in the picture/patent configuration) is something adequate.
You'd be covering part of the screen with your hands, so it would be a waste...

 

[True Fire]

There's no way this is real.

 

[Azalean]

Don't underestimate people who have a lot of time on their hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX2smM87r14

I mean, yeah, the Nintendo ON video was crazy, but it was just CGI. The creator of the video didn't build an actual helmet.

 

[Orniletter]

I'm not arguing whether this is real or not, but I find it surprising how there can be so many negative comments about it when no one even used it yet. Then again, lots of people call the Wii U gamepad bad too, when I personally love it.

It truly is fucking pathetic how close minded people are when something that's even a tiny bit different (it's literally a more round Vita, shapewise) comes along.

 

[Lnkn52]

I don't know I feel like it's easier to mock things up especially since 3D printers are accessible to the public.

It may be fake but very interested on how it functions.

 

[Persona7]

Nintendo NX licensed by the NFL

 

[Ashodin]

What bothers me is how there aren't any handles like the patent image.

Did Nintendo just roll them underneath like the Vita, or?

 

[-Horizon-]

But how am I supposed to play Mass Effect: Andromeda on this?

You wait for the special edition that will come out months after the release.

 

[jax]

I'm not arguing whether this is real or not, but I find it surprising how there can be so many negative comments about it when no one even used it yet. Then again, lots of people call the Wii U gamepad bad too, when I personally love it.

Because Nintendoomed

 

[Dovahking]

So, the guy who leaked it

Spoiler

if it's real

said he might show more tomorrow.I guess if he does it could be real.

Welp.

 

[Spizz]

That's uh... Something alright...

But for some reason there's part of me that thinks it'll be at least similar to that.

 

[mattp]

guys come on. this is obviously fake

 

[Doctre81]

There is no way that screen shape is real. 0_o

Hate to scare you but...

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-eyes-doughnut-shaped-screen-report-claims/1100-6424284/

 

[nortonff]

lol that can't be real
please don't be real

 

[XANDER CAGE]

It doesn't. And where do you get a screen that shape?

There are plenty of ways to make something that's not a screen look like a screen via photoediting (or even without). I know the writer shows that they ran the image through that test, but I'm pretty sure that's not 100% foolproof.

I'm not gonna say with total confidence that I think it's fake just because you never know with Nintendo. But I'm pretty skeptical.

 

[Mr. F]

Been said a million times, but feels exceedingly fake with how dead on it is to the patent. If you're making the effort at least take some creative liberty, tsk.

That's dumb but this is my favorite thing about not knowing all (or in this case, any) specifics of a console.

Truly. The speculative craziness leading into E3 is the best;

Spoiler