Don't know if anyone mentioned it or not, but word on the street is that the portion of the controller held in the left hand (with the joystick) also has an accelerometer. So say a fps takes advantage of this. The joystick portion would be moved to look around, while the remote portion would be moved to aim your weapon. Get it?

4/21/2006 6:02:27 PM

yeah i think everyone in here got that already. perhaps the million page nintendo thread gave it away. this is mostly just talking about whether or not it'll compete (even though thats not the intention).

4/21/2006 6:17:45 PM

got my 360 two days ago at best buy and i'm not too impressed with pdz nor xbox live for pdz

4/21/2006 7:19:17 PM

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"but ill be damned if i buy another system to just play a prettier mario (cliched i know, but RE4 was the only game that made me say "good thing i got a gamecube"...and now its on PS2)"

Have you played Super Smash Brothers Melee? In my opinion, that is one of the most fun multiplayer games ever made. If they have a new smash and they make it online compatible (which I am sure they would), I think the REV could be worth it just for that.

4/21/2006 7:38:45 PM

^ You think?

YOU THINK?

That game would rival Halo for multiplayer supremacy if you could take it online.

4/21/2006 7:44:14 PM

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"Super Smash Bros. Online Status: Exclusive, launch Developer: Nintendo Source: http://revolution.ign.com/articles/670/670552p1.html The official sequel to GameCube's top-seller got off to an admittedly slow start when it was announced at May 2005's Electronics Entertainment Expo, according to director Masahiro Sakurai. The videogame veteran, who birthed the series and oversaw the GCN sequel, was in the audience for the announcement, but only found out about the game that day; he was later that week asked by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata to head the project up. Despite a clunky beginning, Sakurai wasted no time to get moving on the anticipated Revolution fighter. The director revealed last year that he had enlisted the services of a major company to help with the development of the title and that a new Tokyo office was being formed to accommodate a staff of 50-plus people, including Smash Bros. veterans. Super Smash Bros. Online for Revolution is expected to remain true to its predecessor and simultaneously bring a number of innovations to the table. The title will feature both more fighting characters than ever before and confirmed Wi-Fi play over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The big question is, how will it use Revolution's free-hand style controller, which has not yet proven to be a fighter-friendly device? In the past, Nintendo producers like Shigeru Miyamoto have speculated about the prospect of creating software featuring Mushroom Kingdom characters and mascots like Sonic the Hedgehog. If any game can do it, it'll be this one. Nintendo has said Super Smash Bros. Online will be a Revolution launch title. We expect it to be fully playable at May's E3 show in Los Angeles."

Already confirmed to be an online launch title.

[Edited on April 21, 2006 at 9:04 PM. Reason : ]

4/21/2006 9:03:21 PM

back in the day, bragaw had month smash bros melee tourneys that draw ~100 people

online smash bro multiplayer is enough for me to buy the console. smash bros is one of the best mulitplayer games of all time.

4/21/2006 9:15:14 PM

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"got my 360 two days ago at best buy and i'm not too impressed with pdz nor xbox live for pdz"

I wasn't either at first but it grew on me. I love infection, the game w/ the skeletons like Zombies for halo 2.


u should get Oblivion or GR:AW, I hear those are the heat.

4/21/2006 9:31:06 PM

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"-360's lack of premier titles until possibly only recently, (Oblivion, maybe Fight Night)"

i havent even looked through the thread yet, but i would say that madden is the premier title of all premier titles and last time i checked i had madden 06 for my 360

4/21/2006 9:44:53 PM

I know everyone gets their own opinion and all...but if you think madden is THE premier game...well, maybe you should just keep that sort of thing to yourself.

4/21/2006 10:32:41 PM

sales wise it wouldnt surprise me heh, though probably not for 360.

4/21/2006 10:45:13 PM

el nacho is gay. madden is awesome. thegoodlife is better than you at the egg hunt

4/21/2006 10:47:58 PM

Madden will eventually be on all three of the new systems and each version will be indistinguishable from the others. I doesn't mean shit except another bullet point to pull in sports fans.

4/22/2006 12:47:49 PM

i dont know why smash bros melee ruled so much...but if i can play that shit online, ill crap my pants.

4/22/2006 12:49:31 PM

i played smash bros on the n64 and hated it. did it get better?

4/22/2006 1:08:22 PM

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"i'll have a revolution and a ps3"

most likely


xbox also sold like fossilized cow patties in Japan, not really a good indicator of the US market, but the supply issues will kill it hard and fast if they don't get them fixed before Nintendo and Sony get out the door...

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"I know everyone gets their own opinion and all...but if you think madden is THE premier game...well, maybe you should just keep that sort of thing to yourself."

ahaha, nice one...

[Edited on April 22, 2006 at 1:15 PM. Reason : 2]

4/22/2006 1:14:18 PM

im sorry but the price of xbox360 and most likely ps3 is keeping me from buying them
not that i cant afford them but its that there just not worth paying that much for them

[Edited on April 22, 2006 at 1:24 PM. Reason : .]

4/22/2006 1:23:23 PM

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"i played smash bros on the n64 and hated it. did it get better?"

i was unimpressed with the 64 one myself, but the gamecube one was enjoyable.

4/22/2006 1:28:32 PM

The revolution will cost 800...

4/22/2006 1:55:29 PM

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"el nacho is gay. madden is awesome. thegoodlife is better than you at the egg hunt"

no shit madden is awesome, but you still cant call it the premier 360 title...

4/22/2006 2:07:53 PM

i think the controller on the revolution will be complete shit as will be the giant boomerang that is ps3 controller

4/22/2006 2:30:10 PM

we'll see. i gotta say though, sometimes keeping it simple and traditional isnt a bad thing. the 360 did a good job of adding new things while keeping/improving the old controller.

4/22/2006 2:48:40 PM

^^ the boomerang wont be what is released for the ps3

4/22/2006 3:48:35 PM

I've never understood the overwhelming popularity of SSBM. The game is a lot of fun, but I never thought it'd be something to play in a tournament or the best-selling GC game.

4/22/2006 4:28:09 PM

Even if the new control scheme for the REV is really bad, they have already said that they will have a regular controller plug in so you can play the games like you regularly would.

4/22/2006 4:36:34 PM

^yea, GC controllers are compatible for GC games, no word on a 'shell' for the remote though

4/22/2006 5:26:26 PM

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"i would say that madden is the premier title of all premier titles and last time i checked i had madden 06 for my 360"

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, oh shit.
that's the funniest thing I've seen in weeks.

4/22/2006 5:44:26 PM

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"yea, GC controllers are compatible for GC games, no word on a 'shell' for the remote though"

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"Wide assortments of peripherals are possible, but thus far Nintendo has only officially confirmed two of them. The first is an analog stick/trigger unit that Nintendo has dubbed the "nunchuck-style controller." The second is a conventional controller cradle/shell. Nintendo has also indicated that it might like to explore other expansions. It used Donkey Kong style bongos and a light gun as examples."

Nintendo has been vocal about the shell attachment since they unveiled the controller.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651559p1.html

4/23/2006 7:46:36 PM

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"I am gonna go on a limb and say nintendo is fucked. I see nothing to compel me to buy anything from nintendo except the new zelda looks good. And we all know zelda is the only mass draw left."

and metroid. the only reason i bought a gamecube was for metroid prime (was worth it) and the wind waker. got a few other good games out of it too though, so its all good.


at the same time though, the only reason i own a playstation and a ps2 was for final fantasy series. the majority (99%) of the games i played on playstation were squaresoft/kanomi/whatever rpgs, and the only games i play on PS2 are onimusha1/2/3/4, god of war, and similar games.

i'll keep buying nintendo products as long as they keep making zelda/metroid titles, as well as sony products as long as squaresoft keeps things up. i havn't bought an Xbox yet because there hasn't been a game to draw me to the system. halo's just a shooter, i'd rather play those on pc anyhow.

4/23/2006 9:10:38 PM

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"Nintendo has not yet released official imagery of what the controller shell might look like."

it could be nothing like this

4/23/2006 9:17:09 PM

im 90% sure that ign made that mockup and said it was NOT nintendos release.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 10:34 PM. Reason : similar, maybe, but who knows. no point using that as reference.]

4/23/2006 10:33:53 PM

thats what i said

4/23/2006 10:34:57 PM

Yes, that is a mockup. I never said it was anything else. I just saw that you said there has been no word of a controller shell, when in fact there has been.

4/24/2006 8:08:43 AM

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"-Rev virtual console draws hardcore gamers with classic games."

You mean the hardcore gamers that already have all the ROMs?

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"is it tru that you can play like any nintendo game ever made on a revolution?"

I could be wrong, but from what I understand many titles will be available. I haven't heard the word all but I haven't been keeping up.

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"a decent gaming PC is gonna cost a lot more then the expected $100-$200 that a Revolution is expected to cost."

I already have a decent gaming PC. I don't already have a Revolution

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"There are plenty of games that I would rather play on a 36" TV than a 17" or 19" computer screen."

I used to think that. Then I realized that the 19" screen with better resolution I was sitting about 2 feet from was working out better that my 27" screen I was sitting 8 feet from.

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"im sorry but the price of xbox360 and most likely ps3 is keeping me from buying them not that i cant afford them but its that there just not worth paying that much for them"

That's me. That and the price of the games. Games just aren't worth $60 to me.

4/24/2006 8:29:21 AM

Okay my main point with this thread was to say that Nintendo could grab back a huge amount of market share this generation and with Sony's E3 anouncement that the lowest PS3 would be $500 it just makes me more confident that even with the lame Wii name that they'll be able to grab back a huge part of the market.

5/8/2006 10:39:08 PM

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"You mean the hardcore gamers that already have all the ROMs?"

You get to do it legally, you can play with the right controller, you can do multiplayer.

5/8/2006 10:46:28 PM

They named the damn thing Wii. They're doomed.

5/8/2006 11:00:39 PM

Its not like youll have to pay the price of home PC. For a kick ass gaming console under 200 w/ an innovative controller, they can called it whatever they want.

5/8/2006 11:04:23 PM

don't mistake innovation=good

you can still spaz out with any controller

i don't want to have to physically tilt shit to play games

5/8/2006 11:08:09 PM

^which is exactly why it will probably be optional for many games, zelda is a dual release, meaning you shouldnt NEED to utilize the Wii Stick unless you feel like it.

5/8/2006 11:09:32 PM

It's very possible that the PS3 will cost $399

5/8/2006 11:12:59 PM

I have high hopes, but Nintendo needs to come out with some hard-hitting stuff tomorrow.

5/8/2006 11:13:22 PM

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"It's very possible that the PS3 will cost $399"

dude they just announced today 499 for 20 gig version 599 for 60 gig version

5/8/2006 11:14:50 PM

^^ um, possible when they came out 3 hrs ago and said it would be 500 and 600 dolllars?

5/8/2006 11:15:50 PM

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"don't mistake innovation=good you can still spaz out with any controller i don't want to have to physically tilt shit to play games"

dont worry, they'll have options for lazy folk like yourself. you can continue to languish and cultivate your moobs with no fear.

5/8/2006 11:15:59 PM

"hey- what's wrong with chris? did he go retarded?"

"no...he's just playing with his wii"

5/8/2006 11:17:27 PM

oh you're reaching

5/8/2006 11:19:04 PM

am i?

that's what you'll be doing with a controller in each hand, trying to get mario to fly a kite shaped liek a mushroom or something equally fruity

5/8/2006 11:20:44 PM

meanwhile you'll be tapping away at buttons, keeping up with beats because you arent good enough to dance with a beat, but boy howdy can you tap buttons in rhythm. give me a break.

"bring me a drink! and a wrist brace! curse you, carpal tunnel! i'm so thirsty!"

5/8/2006 11:22:31 PM

so were there any twwers going to E^3?

5/8/2006 11:24:32 PM