A deeper look at the Revolution
October 18th, 2005
1 Up has another great article. This one is taking a look at the evolution of the revolution and its controller specifically.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3144666
Of note is a cool fan render of a dreamt up peripheral for the new controller… and you can imagine playing the next resident evil on it:
More from the article:
Ironically, the Revolution puts Nintendo in the odd position of tossing controller design standards largely defined by the company over the past 25 years. People often forget just how much influence Nintendo has had over the industry’s controller standards. “When Nintendo created the gamepad it was adopted as the norm; when they created the analog stick it was adopted as the norm; when they created rumble it was adopted as the norm,” said Alex Neuse of Activision to Gamasutra. “Their track record is strong. I hope that this new controller allows developers to offer gamers new and unique ways to interface with the medium.”
I’m very excited about the Revolution so don’t take what I’m about to say the wrong way: They’ve invented a lot of other things that weren’t taken as part of the norm. Remember the Advantage? The Power Glove? The Virtual Boy? And to a lesser extent, The Power Pad (now back in style because of DDR) and the Light Gun?
Of course these were all _alternatives_ to the system’s mainline controller, so maybe there not even worth mentioning..?
On the other side of the fence, The Max looks a helluva lot like a PS controller. In fact it’s the great grandad of the modern game controller. Who else, but Nintendo, to cut that line?
Comment by Della Bitta — October 18, 2005 @ 4:17 pm
and don’t forget the orginal nintendo robot that shipped with the NES.
I think it played one game if i remember. a friend of mine had it and i have to say even as a kid i knew the thing was very very lame.
i guess if you release enough new stuff some of it will hit and become the norm and hopefully everyone will forget about the rest of it
Comment by fico — October 18, 2005 @ 5:27 pm