15th July 2005, 5:23 AM
Knowing the disjointed (and only coherent in retrospect) comments that Nintendo has always made I came to the conclusion that he was talking about all controllers in general having buttons and sticks as a means to control the game.
I might be totally off but imagine the Revolution having two core game styles. On one side you have games that will use the GC controllers for its next gen, GC and download content, on the other you have 'Revolution' controllers that will be totally unlike anything else on the market and built specifically for Nintendo first and second party games.
This would tie in to several of Nintendo's comments from the past year. If this theory is true than Nintendo would have a huge upper hand. Unfortunately, it will take a while before third parties would even attempt to create software that is 'Revolution only' and take advantage of the special controller and/or system but third parties could port a game over to Rev and use the GC controller (or just as Sony and MS did, release an updated GC controller for it's next gen. Maybe that's what the 'Wavebird 2' is).
Nintendo would never do something as to close out third parties or make it difficult for them to develop software for their system. Unless it's involuntary like the CD switch over from carts but that certainly didn't stop third parties from creating content for the N64. So i think it's a pretty far-off chance that Nintendo is solely talking about dual analog sticks or reverting back to one, this is more of a 'salesman' comment to get your interest in the Revolution.
And rynbgas you're totally wrong that Nintendo let the industry pass them by. I know what you see at Walmart but these are, with few exceptions, people from the south and heartlands. In other words a mass of semi-retarded mouth breathers who have more off-spring than teeth. In Orlando the GC is in as high demand as the PS2 or XBox.
Nintendo created the game industry for the young and the young at heart and then Sony (and time) made it mainstream. Nintendo has consistently released AAA games over it's major 7+ consoles and handhelds and has tailored itself to a niche audience - the people who want to buy a game they can play for the next ten years or more and rent everything else. Nintendo remains the only company that has a following for an actual purpose; Not for it's ability to make you cool or to be accepted by peers but a following in the millions who know what a Nintendo game is and is there on the release date cash in hand.
Nintendo didn't let the industry pass it buy, it quietly stayed its course while other companies tried to reinvent it in to another Nike except where Nike tells you that your social status is dictated by what's on your feet, Sony (and now MS) want you to believe that it's what's under your TV (or in your pocket) that establishes your status. watch the 15 year olds wake up in cold sweats because they dont have a Razor phone, a PSP or an IPod which are all on the same level of importance as having street cred with your homies so you got J and be pimpin your hos as a playa.
Sony and MS live and cater to a Bizarro universe where people still buy games based on their cover art alone or what type of weapon the main character is holding. I know a lot of people who own just a PS2 and they have around 15 games, usually no more than that. With people who own just an XBox, an even smaller library for them. Then you have people who own GC (and usually with it an assortment of other systems); People who really care about how they play, with stacks upon stacks of games - all of them highly rated and considered 'must-haves'.
I've realized that Nintendo's comments about 'smaller' games or 'Non-games' are directly talking about GBA and DS because, well, those are the games we've been buying for our handhelds since Gameboy was released so it makes sense. But these comments about Revolution have been so... out-there and weird… and unfortunately it's only going to make sense once we finally see the thing in action.
All Nintendo is doing right now is occasionally dropping a comment and watching us buzz around and discuss its purpose. It's a hype generator and no matter how brilliant Sony's campaigns have been no one, and I mean no one company on this earth have ever been able to achieve the level of hype that Nintendo can and we're watching that in progress right now.
I might be totally off but imagine the Revolution having two core game styles. On one side you have games that will use the GC controllers for its next gen, GC and download content, on the other you have 'Revolution' controllers that will be totally unlike anything else on the market and built specifically for Nintendo first and second party games.
This would tie in to several of Nintendo's comments from the past year. If this theory is true than Nintendo would have a huge upper hand. Unfortunately, it will take a while before third parties would even attempt to create software that is 'Revolution only' and take advantage of the special controller and/or system but third parties could port a game over to Rev and use the GC controller (or just as Sony and MS did, release an updated GC controller for it's next gen. Maybe that's what the 'Wavebird 2' is).
Nintendo would never do something as to close out third parties or make it difficult for them to develop software for their system. Unless it's involuntary like the CD switch over from carts but that certainly didn't stop third parties from creating content for the N64. So i think it's a pretty far-off chance that Nintendo is solely talking about dual analog sticks or reverting back to one, this is more of a 'salesman' comment to get your interest in the Revolution.
And rynbgas you're totally wrong that Nintendo let the industry pass them by. I know what you see at Walmart but these are, with few exceptions, people from the south and heartlands. In other words a mass of semi-retarded mouth breathers who have more off-spring than teeth. In Orlando the GC is in as high demand as the PS2 or XBox.
Nintendo created the game industry for the young and the young at heart and then Sony (and time) made it mainstream. Nintendo has consistently released AAA games over it's major 7+ consoles and handhelds and has tailored itself to a niche audience - the people who want to buy a game they can play for the next ten years or more and rent everything else. Nintendo remains the only company that has a following for an actual purpose; Not for it's ability to make you cool or to be accepted by peers but a following in the millions who know what a Nintendo game is and is there on the release date cash in hand.
Nintendo didn't let the industry pass it buy, it quietly stayed its course while other companies tried to reinvent it in to another Nike except where Nike tells you that your social status is dictated by what's on your feet, Sony (and now MS) want you to believe that it's what's under your TV (or in your pocket) that establishes your status. watch the 15 year olds wake up in cold sweats because they dont have a Razor phone, a PSP or an IPod which are all on the same level of importance as having street cred with your homies so you got J and be pimpin your hos as a playa.
Sony and MS live and cater to a Bizarro universe where people still buy games based on their cover art alone or what type of weapon the main character is holding. I know a lot of people who own just a PS2 and they have around 15 games, usually no more than that. With people who own just an XBox, an even smaller library for them. Then you have people who own GC (and usually with it an assortment of other systems); People who really care about how they play, with stacks upon stacks of games - all of them highly rated and considered 'must-haves'.
I've realized that Nintendo's comments about 'smaller' games or 'Non-games' are directly talking about GBA and DS because, well, those are the games we've been buying for our handhelds since Gameboy was released so it makes sense. But these comments about Revolution have been so... out-there and weird… and unfortunately it's only going to make sense once we finally see the thing in action.
All Nintendo is doing right now is occasionally dropping a comment and watching us buzz around and discuss its purpose. It's a hype generator and no matter how brilliant Sony's campaigns have been no one, and I mean no one company on this earth have ever been able to achieve the level of hype that Nintendo can and we're watching that in progress right now.