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Nintendo Revolution Details Reaffirmed
Nintendo President Iwata has reaffirmed details already released about the upcoming Revolution console. Gamsutra has details from his talk, where Iwata touches on the wireless capability of the Revolution, the designer friendly attitude of the console, and the secretive nature of the console's controllers. From the article: "For the next-generation console, we plan to introduce a friendly user interface so that, for example, a mother who's watching her child playing a game might say, 'Oh, I'd like to try that too.' However, user interfaces are devices that can be easily imitated by other companies, so I can't reveal any details right now." GamesIndustry.biz also has coverage on this topic.
"For the next-generation console, we plan to introduce a friendly user interface so that, for example, a mother who's watching her child playing a game might say, 'Oh, I'd like to try that too.' Somehow I get the feeling that we can say goodbye to duel thumbsticks...
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"Somehow I get the feeling that we can say goodbye to duel thumbsticks..."
It's about time! It takes forever to kill somebody with a thumb stick.
"Derp de derp."
I think I figured it out. To continue on the bongos and stylus themes of innovation, while making it interesting for a mother, they will use a NEEDLE AND THREAD controller. Think of all the innovative sewing, knitting, darning, etc games that could be made!!! Nonstop ACTION!
I don't think the thumbsticks complicating today's controllers. They are very easy to understand and use. I think the real complexity is in the number and position of the buttons.
You have no idea how long I tried to honk my car horn on GTA3. when I found out that the left control stick was "L3," I yelled, "What fucking asshole invented this? It makes no sense."
Translation:
"We're making the A button even bigger and it will do EVERYTHING!"