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Nintendo's Reggielution Continues Apace
Gorf writes "Nintendo's now famous Reggie Fils-Aime had a presentation at the Ziff Davis Games Summit where he discussed the upcoming Nintendo DS. The full transcript is available on Ziff Davis' games web site 1UP.com." Reggie's immortal first lines? "Hello, my name is Reggie...and I'm addicted to my Blackberry. In fact, to me it's a 'Crackberry.'" 1UP is also running a related story indicating "Nintendo's DS handheld will likely see release in North America before Thanksgiving weekend, according to several sources at the [same] summit", though it's argued: "Less confidence is evident when it comes to Nintendo's ability to deliver a fleshed-out software lineup at that point, however."
Hell, Nintendo's biggest success in the handheld market of recent years has been Pokemon, which is essentially a Final Fantasy game with some of the cutscenes stripped out. Not really the kind of thing which works for a quick blast, but the actual core Pokemon games (as opposed to Stadium etc) are only available on a handheld console.
Pokemon works fairly well for a quick blast. Because it's designed for a handheld console, it allows you to save anywhere. However, the article points out that the quick blast is more important for older gamers, which Pokemon is not really aimed at.
The main benefit Pokemon gains from being on a handheld is making it fairly easy to trade with other people.
I haven't used the xbox controller. It looks good, though.
Metroid Prime uses a distinct control scheme from other FPSs (as, in fact, it is not a FPS). If you play, lets say, agent under fire or nightfire, you use the left analog to move/strafe and the right one to point (in fact in those games there are several control scheme), and the gamecube controller works just right.
The Z button is horrible.
I can press the X and Y without ever touching the A button, easily. If I want to press both, it is also easily. I guess you are doing something wrong here. I rest my thumb on the big button, without pressing it, and just slide it a little to press the X and Y.
Try pressing any combination of the four main buttons in the dual shock. only square/X, triangle/circle is posible without moving in awkward ways, and even those aren't as easy as pressing A/B A/X A/Y X/Y in the cube. yeah, B/X, B/X, are difficult, but nothing is perfect (if the devss are inteligent, they just need the good combinations...in fact I never have needed to press b/x b/y, except in CVS 2)
Yay, you are right about cable length...I haven't noticed. Maybe you should consider a wavebird?