More idiot "analysts"...

[Paco]

Revolution controller... Nintendo has said that it'll onclude a nunchuck in the box (that is, the remote and the analog stick attachment.) That pair gives you four main buttons, two or three menu buttons, the freehand movement, an analog stick, and a dpad right above the main button (use that for four more controls). Including the dpad, that makes for ten buttons... or one more than Gamecube has... so I fail to see how the new controller alone is completely useless for ported games. Yes, some won't work well at all. And that's why we'll have the shell. But I think that more than you expect will be playable with just the freehand and analog stick attachment.

I never said it doesn't have enough buttons. It's the function that I'm concerned with. Is it comfortable, does it make sense, is it just as good or better than 360 or PS3 functionallity.

Don't take the shell for granted. If it's not included with the system then I wouldn't count on it being widely used.

I've already said I'm quite ignorant to the implications of the new controller, but I also know you're just as much in the dark as I am. I'll just sit back and wait for some solid information rather than get my hopes up.

I don't understand what there is to complain about with the N64 controller... analog stick or dpad, six face buttons, two shoulder buttons... what could be better? Yeah, just about nothing. :) Perfect for just about any genre or type of game.

I read complaints, and they are valid whether you approve of them or not.

As for the GC, I would agree that that didn't advance controller design one bit. It's a perfectly decent controller, but "large A button with the others around it" isn't exactly innovation anyone has any interest in following up on... (not that I dislike the design, but that it's not particluarly innovative and no one else is copying Nintendo's idea)

It's decent as in it works, but it's not ideal for fighters as one example. Plus developers have commented that they had to change up the button functions specifically for GC ports due to the layout. Minimal complaints, but complaints none the less.

Does it really bother you, ABF, to think that Nintendo isn't perfect?