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[Destructoid] Leaked photo of NX controller?

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213372bu

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Using the controller as a screen that wraps all around the face that is totally going to be obstructed by your hands.

Also the screen is so blown out you can't even see the transparent/emulated(?) buttons.

This is also the controller for the console that, apparently, is suppose to play PS4/Xbone games.

Suuurreee
 
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Nanashrew

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Jim_Cacher said:
After serious thinking, I am inclined to believe this is real.

Even the photo itself is fake, I believe the final product will still use the free-form display. The rumor of Nintendo being the first client of Sharp's Free-Form Display is reported by many news outlet way before that handheld patent is published. Nintendo being interested in adopting the display is proved by the patent, which induces the fact that Nintendo could actually be the customer of Sharp's new technology. Therefore, the final product will not be far from the one in this photo even if the photo itself is a forgery.
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Patent also described other ways to cut the free form display too, like to allow buttons to pop through or just cut out an entire section for buttons or just whatever. Also talked back panels like the Steam controller. Everyone has just gone crazy over the look since the patent first showed up and not thinking of other designs and shapes.
 
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Lupin the Third

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Silent Hill said:
Gs33UUE.png


Not sure if posted but I just found this.
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Dude, that is from the first page of replies.
 
SinCityAssassin

SinCityAssassin

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Like I know people are knee-jerk reacting to the picture, but can someone, anyone, Tell me who that source is. Idriss2Dev: Electric Boogaloo, the guy who leaked this image. Nothing about them comes up.

Was he ever real?

AM I REAL?

IS THIS THREAD REAL???

AM I IDRISS2????

i-m-a-vampire-o.gif
 
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jax

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213372bu said:
Using the controller as a screen that wraps all around the face that is totally going to be obstructed by your hands.

Also the screen is so blown out you can't even see the transparent/emulated(?) buttons.

This is also the controller for the console that, apparently, is suppose to play PS4/Xbone games.

Suuurreee
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I could see playing Fallout 4 on this, easily. What's so far-fetched about that?
 
Aces&Eights

Aces&Eights

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So let's just say that it is real....so, the idea is that this is your controller and then when you want to leave just unplug and the controller becomes the screen?
 
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Ninja Scooter

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Candescence said:
While the Wii controller I think should have had a more mirrored design with one stick on either side, the Wii U controller was literally just a dualshock controller in a more boxy shape with a screen in the middle. Hardcore gamers seem to be irrationally against any kind of change away from the standard dualshock design even if said change is an obvious improvement.
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It's not irrational when Nintendo themselves struggled to come up with a reason for why that screen in the middle should exist until it was too late. The thing felt half baked.
 
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Malus

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Jim_Cacher said:
After serious thinking, I am inclined to believe this is real.

Even the photo itself is fake, I believe the final product will still use the free-form display. The rumor of Nintendo being the first client of Sharp's Free-Form Display is reported by many news outlet way before that handheld patent is published. Nintendo being interested in adopting the display is proved by the patent, which induces the fact that Nintendo could actually be the customer of Sharp's new technology. Therefore, the final product will not be far from the one in this photo even if the photo itself is a forgery.
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Yeah I'm definitely expecting Free Form Displays one way or another.
 
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brandonh83

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I will say I don't get why the entire face of the controller would be a screen with analog placements just overlapping it. What is the logic behind that design, if any? Why would they try and replicate a mobile gaming type interface but with sticks? The thing about mobile gaming is that the nature of the screen-- it being a phone or tablet-- wasn't conceived for gaming. Things have swung in that direction due to the popularity of it, absolutely, but why on earth would a dedicated game console controller need to have the drawbacks of that type of interface? It doesn't make any sense to me.

I hope that, if this is even close to anything real, that Nintendo's philosophy wasn't "well let's make the controller make kids feel like they're playing on a fucking phone because that's what they like." I don't think people into mobile gaming particularly love their fingers all over the screen, it's just popular because everyone has phones + accessibility/portability. I just can't imagine one logical reason why they'd go in this direction.

If this post is fucking stupid and it very well may be, I'm just looking for any shred of common sense behind it.
 
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Oersted

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213372bu said:
Using the controller as a screen that wraps all around the face that is totally going to be obstructed by your hands.

Also the screen is so blown out you can't even see the transparent/emulated(?) buttons.

This is also the controller for the console that, apparently, is suppose to play PS4/Xbone games.

Suuurreee
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What?
 
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Neoxon

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213372bu said:
Using the controller as a screen that wraps all around the face that is totally going to be obstructed by your hands.

Also the screen is so blown out you can't even see the transparent/emulated(?) buttons.

This is also the controller for the console that, apparently, is suppose to play PS4/Xbone games.

Suuurreee
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The face buttons can easily be replicated, but the lack of any triggers could be a problem.
 
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_woLf

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fake as fuck.

Nintendo is not going to make a controller that has part of the screen covered by your hands.
 
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RootCause

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DrROBschiz said:
Its why WiiU was nothing special

They made a worse version of something that already was massively available in a better format

They cashed in all the innovation chips for hardware and are getting leapfrogged by VR

They are too far behind to change the landscape with this shit
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I think they would do much better if they went back to more traditional controllers, only if it's just for one generation until they find something more interesting. I fail to see how this can improve or add anything new to the way I play over the wiiu gamepad or regular controller. Not that the wiiu was doing anything new. It's pretty much a ds console.

Silent Hill said:
Gs33UUE.png


Not sure if posted but I just found this.
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So far we've found ET, Stewie, Dog in blue sofa. What other secrets does this image hold? :0
 
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farisr

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LMAO

I usually try to get all consoles every gen. But if the controller actually ended up being like this (which I don't believe for a second it will) I would skip the NX without a second thought.
 
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Silkworm

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RootCause said:
I think they would do much better if they went back to more traditional controllers, only if it's just for one generation until they find something more interesting. I fail to see how this can improve or add anything new to the way I play over the wiiu gamepad or regular controller. Not that the wiiu was doing anything new. It's pretty much a ds console.


So far we've found ET, Stewie, Dog in blue sofa. What other secrets does this image hold? :0
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I'm hoping someone finds the E3 bear ;-)
 
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Floody

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jaxapollo said:
They're haptic buttons. When you press them, you'll feel a click.
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That's not too bad then (though would still much prefer actually buttons), but seems pretty stupid having the buttons on the screen, you'll be blocking the screen with your thumbs. I wouldn't mind a better design version though, I really like the Wii U's dual screen set up, so a better version of that would be great.
 
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serenewarfare

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I don't know if this picture is real or not (I wouldn't necessarily be surprised either way), but this is kind of a nasty result of Nintendo's insistence on waiting to talk about NX that has lead to a situation like this. If the picture is real, they are now not in control of the message. A ton of people will see that image and create their own message and Nintendo will get judged on that.
 
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Oersted

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Nanashrew said:
Patent also described other ways to cut the free form display too, like to allow buttons to pop through or just cut out an entire section for buttons or just whatever. Also talked back panels like the Steam controller. Everyone has just gone crazy over the look since the patent first showed up and not thinking of other designs and shapes.
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We are ... lets say easyminded people

jaxapollo said:
Only a very small area is covered (under thumbs).. And they already patented this design months ago. GG.
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No, no they didn't.
 
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ChaoticBlue

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farisr said:
LMAO

I usually try to get all consoles every gen. But if the controller actually ended up being like this (which I don't believe for a second it will) I would skip the NX without a second thought.
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Have an open mind. Don't dismiss things you have not tried before.
 
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Protann

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SinCityAssassin said:
Like I know people are knee-jerk reacting to the picture, but can someone, anyone, Tell me who that source is. Idriss2Dev: Electric Boogaloo, the guy who leaked this image. Nothing about them comes up.

Was he ever real?

AM I REAL?

IS THIS THREAD REAL???

AM I IDRISS2????

i-m-a-vampire-o.gif
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He's the dude who posted the image on Reddit's NX board. The media just picked it up. Seems to speak in broken english.
 
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jblank83

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Aces&Eights said:
So let's just say that it is real....so, the idea is that this is your controller and then when you want to leave just unplug and the controller becomes the screen?
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Given the speculation based on the patents, that would seem to be the case. Also, extra controllers improve processing power of the console. And placement of haptic buttons wherever you want. All speculation though. We really know nothing.

On topic, if it's a real leak (IF), it doesn't necessarily mean it's the final form factor.
Here's an actual early prototype of the Wii U Gamepad:
GamePad.jpg


Nintendo also changed the 3DS style slide sticks to actual analog sticks before release. So anything can happen between now and reveal/release.
 
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Nanashrew

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jaxapollo said:
Only a very small area is covered (under thumbs).. And they already patented this design months ago. GG.
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They didn't patent the design. The patent only discussed functionality and ideas, never about the design. If we had a patent for the design, it would have been posted and we'd all be talking about it.
 
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