17th March 2006, 10:46 PM
I seem to recall reading that you could in fact rest your hands in your lap while playing Revolution... it's like a mouse. You can use mice for quite a while without a problem (oh, and as for the comfortability of using PCs, if they were uncomfortable to use people wouldn't sit in front of them as much as they do... so the chair is potentially less comfortable and you're closer to the screen. So? Comfortable computer chairs aren't hard to get, and the screen compensates for how close you sit by being smaller and really sharp (vs. a fuzzy TV screen)...). I think that that Nintendo promo video from E3 was pretty deceptive, as it showed all kinds of big movements while that's just not how things actually work...
But given the whole philosophy of the console, are lots of ports from other consoles actually a good thing? Hasn't Nintendo said that if you want 'more of the same' you should get one of the other two consoles too? (yeah, I think that Nintendo's third party support level is doomed again... even if the Rev IS successful, Nintendo's stuff will dominate -- just look at the DS, where exactly that is happening. Oh well...)
You either use the shell or come up with an innovative design. Most will use the former, a few (Smash Brothers for sure) the latter.
Quote:I meant that including the GC controller with a Revolution might have more developers willing to make games for the system since they wouldn't be restricted ONLY to the new controller.
But given the whole philosophy of the console, are lots of ports from other consoles actually a good thing? Hasn't Nintendo said that if you want 'more of the same' you should get one of the other two consoles too? (yeah, I think that Nintendo's third party support level is doomed again... even if the Rev IS successful, Nintendo's stuff will dominate -- just look at the DS, where exactly that is happening. Oh well...)
Quote:there's an interview with Tobias (one of the mortal kombat creators) who doesn't know how to make a complex fighting game work on the revcon. but i think the question is, has he ever made a complex fighting game work with or on anything? he sums it up by saying it will either be genius and welcomed by all or a complete failure. Then there's a message board backlash of course with nine trillion ways people have come up with to play any fighting game you can imagine fluidly with the revcon and in very interesting ways. I'd like to see Namco have somethng at launch for rev, but a super smash bros will do me fine.
You either use the shell or come up with an innovative design. Most will use the former, a few (Smash Brothers for sure) the latter.