Revolution controller - unveiled?

[Reginald]

Before any of you get excited, this is a disclaimer:

This isn't the official controller! This is purely speculation, based around some fact. And also something for us Nintendo fanboys to drool over and the "opposition" to be envious of.

At E3, there was a huge kerfuffle over Nintendo not revealing enough information about their new console, and how they would seriously fall behind if the system wasn't revolutionary enough to be worthy of staying under wraps.

Well, if what I am about to show you is in fact the new controller, then Nintendo may well have won the console war this time before it has even started.

Now, before we rush into anything, watch this: http://www.demo.com/demo2/demonstrators/video/novint.asx

Looks pretty nice, doesn't it? Pretty Revolutionary too.

In the video, they mention the fact they are working with a major gaming company. It's not Sony, they already have their Batarang, and it's not Microsoft, they already have the XBox controller with a deformed growth. Who does that leave as a major gaming company? Nintendo.

This whole thing would also fit in incredibly well with what Nintndo mentioned at their conference.

1) The slogan: Touching is good, FEELING is better. This technology would allow you to feel objects.
2) Nintendo state it's a virtual console.
3) Nintendo are aiming for a mass market - This would be something that even non-gamers would want to try out.
4) The Revolution allows you to play all of Nintendo's back catalogue. This technology could model any controller ever and allow you to feel it.... in theory.
5) What did Nintendo want? Simple yet satisfying to hardcore gamers. What would this deliver? A simple yet satisfying controller.
6) You can't deny that it's Revolutionary.
7) It still uses a TV which is what Nintendo confirmed.
8) They said it's not a touch screen controller. This falls into that category.

And, possibly one of the most tenuous links, but a line that has been pondered over many a time by Nintendo junkies.

Tomorrow, be prepared to use your right brain.

The day after he said this, would be the day that NoVint set up their booth at E3. Perhaps it's a strange coincidence.

A few other links:
On the NoVint website, there are a fair few nods towards the computer gaming industry that have been appearing in the past few weeks.
Also, on the site they say: "Through continued innovation and invention in the field of 3D touch, our objective is to fundamentally REVOLUTIONIZE the way people interact with their computers."

Anyway, that is all the information I can gather after some thorough research. I'll leave it up to you whether you believe it or not becuase I imagine some of you are sick and tired of Nintendo fuelled interenet rumours.

And finally, here are some links and a picture for those too lazy to download the video:
NoVint's Homepage
NoVint Falcon - The technology's name

Thanks for your time.

 

[Lucid]

What the **** is that?
Looks like some kind of torture device!
edit : Neat video...btw. (didn't read the site, too lazy.)

 

[Tinneth]

Is it a blender?

 

[Reginald]

i dont get it, how do u "feel" stuff?

Force Feedback. You know arcade driving wheels? How they push against the way you are turning? Kind of like that. Did you watch the video?

 

[oldagerocker]

watch the video. you use it like a pen and it pushes against you, giving the feeling of texture and such.

 

[GhostBoi]

I'm pretty sure this has been posted before, but its still interesting nonetheless.

 

[Reginald]

I'm pretty sure this has been posted before, but its still interesting nonetheless.

It may have been me, I can't remember, but I think if anything it was in a thread that promptly sunk.

 

[f|uke]

4) The Revolution allows you to play all of Nintendo's back catalogue. This technology could model any controller ever and allow you to feel it.... in theory.

No matter what, you're holding a pen. So unless you mean feel the old controllers with a pen, thats not true. You cant play NES like that. If this is the Revolutions revolutionary controller, then I must assume it comes with a standard method of control as well.

yea i watched it, still doesn't make much sense to me. U cant feel anything... it's just the rumble pack basically tweaked to make it push instead of rumble :/ i love nintendo, but this to me isn't very revolutionary.

No, it is definitly not a rumble pack. It will stop hard, as if you are touching a solid object with a pen. You can then feel around this object,. feel bumps,etc. This is similar to the old advanced force feedback joysticks, but with its precision and force, its definitly a generation beyond.

I'd much rather see a vr headset, or something leading in that direction, but I suppose this is a worthy advancement.

Actually, hooking up a gun holster controller to it might be pretty kickass.

 

[GhostBoi]

Yup it was posted before, by you

 

[Reginald]

Yup it was posted before, by you

Damn. Ah well... this time it has more proof....and stuff...

 

[OCybrManO]

No matter what, you're holding a pen. So unless you mean feel the old controllers with a pen, thats not true. You cant play NES like that. If this is the Revolutions revolutionary controller, then I must assume it comes with a standard method of control as well.

Didn't Nintendo show one side of the Revolution that has a thing you flip up to reveal 4 GC controller slots and two GC memory cards? I know I saw it somewhere.

 

[Reginald]

Didn't Nintendo show one side of the Revolution that has a thing you flip up to reveal 4 GC controller slots and two GC memory cards? I know I saw it somewhere.

Your eyes were not decieving you. That's what confuses me about the whole thing. How different will the Rev controller be that it needs to accomadate current gen controllers? That's another clue poitning towards the NoVint.

 

[bam23]

I don't like it at all.

 

[KU_]

I doubt that's the controller. It might resemble that some way, but where are the face buttons? You simply can't play a whole game with just that. Also, I think the Revolution controller will have gyro implemented. You know, you point the controller left, you character moves left etc..

 

[StardogChampion]

There was already a huge thread on this exact same "controller" before.

 

[mindless_moder]

this technology has already been in use for a while now
http://www.sensable.com/products/index.asp
the idea of having it in a controler is nice but it would be extremely extremely hard to implement.

 

[Alix Mcdean]

Now, thats a cool idea and all, but make it a GLOVE, and you got me havving orgasms.

*thinks about that for a momment*


...Yeaaah.


-Alix

 

[Vigilante]

They have a pretty crappy website.

 

[Reginald]

I doubt that's the controller. It might resemble that some way, but where are the face buttons? You simply can't play a whole game with just that. Also, I think the Revolution controller will have gyro implemented. You know, you point the controller left, you character moves left etc..

I reckon that the final controller design will be very differerent from this. They won't get mass appeal without buttons, third parties will hate the thing, how will they port their yearly franchise over if they need to do some work on it?

There was already a huge thread on this exact same "controller" before.

Guilty... I didn't realise that I had already posted stuff about this here. I thought I posted it on one of my other forums. Ah well, at least this time it is even more relevant.

 

[Malfunction]

Yeah, although this was posted a while back, I feel this makes a lot more sense now. I really can't say if Nintendo would or would not use this. I mean, if all the games just revolved around using a "feel" controller, how would we use basic buttons, like A, B, X, or Y? I'm a bit skeptical.

 

[Foxtrot]

Not practical for most games.

 

[destrukt]

'good luck.'

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I hope the controller doen't eat me whole while I try to play

 

[J_Tweedy]

What i don't get is how it is handheld (like a controller!) it looks like it should stand on a surface. (haven't watched the video.-?)

 

[venturon]

How on earth are you planning on playing Metroid, SSB3, Mario or Zelda using that? Think about it. You can't without a conventional controller setup.

 

[OCybrManO]

How on earth are you planning on playing Metroid, SSB3, Mario or Zelda using that? Think about it. You can't without a conventional controller setup.

Post #13 explains how you can play GC games (and, by extension, all of the old games as well... since the GC controller has plenty of buttons):

Didn't Nintendo show one side of the Revolution that has a thing you flip up to reveal 4 GC controller slots and two GC memory cards? I know I saw it somewhere.

Oh, and I found a picture of the part I mentioned...

 

[Mr Stabby]

Is the controller designed for writing games?

 

[venturon]

I meant Revolution games, not GC ones.

 

[Maxi]

Is the controller designed for writing games?

Haha nice one.


Doesn't seem very practical. I can see it in RTSs n stuff but not really as a main allround controller.

 

[Septih]

Now, thats a cool idea and all, but make it a GLOVE, and you got me havving orgasms.

*thinks about that for a momment*


...Yeaaah.


-Alix

thats the only way i can think that it would have uses, for example you could hold an imaginary gun and with motion sensors turn from side to side. However i can't see it as a complete solution, take my example, how can you move forwards or strafe, etc? you'd have to have another controller.

in other games you could probably see it as a cursor which would be good for games that are difficult to play with traditional controllers, but for games which already are fine with controllers, it might seem a bit overkill.

 

[Reginald]

I thought long and hard about this last night. How about they integrate the technology into the control stick? Although that wouldn't be a Revolution enough, it would certainly be pretty cool, with optional use within games.

 

[Alig]

It looks next-gen and probably is but what if you break it? will you need to take out a mortgage just to replace it?

 

[mindless_moder]

didnt the video say 100$ ?

 

[dream431ca]

I really hope that is not the controller. Then again..could be fun....but learning new things to play games is like learning to read a book with egyptian hyroglyphics as the "words"..too much work.

 

[ThomasToad]

It's not as if that's the design Nintendo would use, it's just the idea that they may implement that type of technology into their system. I gaurentee the system wouldn't be just a pen, don't worry. Anyways it's a very cool video, I definitely can see some very interesting implementations of it in games, but basing the whole game around the touching technology would limit many other parts of the game I would think.