Another Revolution Controller Rumour
Well, we all know that Nintendo didnt reveal the Revolution controller. We also know that the controller will be the aspect of the system that will be the revolutionary. Since we have no clue what it is, its time for some more speculation! Yeah!
First, check out this new technology that could also be used in video games in the future:
Revolution? Well, that would certainly be an interesting, hands free controller. We also have another user submitted theory just for fun. Dark Wario compiled a bunch of the theories on the controller (touch screen, ability to play back catalogue of games and portability/connectivity) and made a theory. What, no gyros?
Let’s talk about Revolution’s controller. Some people thought that the controller itself was hidden somewhere in last E3. Do you think they were all wrong? Well, Nintendo did not take it to the show, but it gave us something to speculate with.
Do you remember the super screen that impressed us so much? I mean the touchable screen with pressure sense capabilities in the Zelda booth that attracted a lot of people’s attention. Let’s think now, Revolution will play NES, SNES and N64 games, and we need a controller able to emulate their controllers.
What about a screen where all could be drawn? Every developer could create their own controller, adapting it to their games, they could have all the analog buttons they wanted to have. There’s a problem with this kind of invention, we have no physical reference to the buttons. Nintendo, of course, has a solution to this.
Do you remember the words of Square’s president, when he said that the next Nintendo’s system would not be exactly a home or a portable console? With this kind of controller you could play in its screen like if it was a portable system itself, the difference is that it has no microproccessor, every bit of information is proccessed in Revolution itself and it communicates via wireless with the controller.That’s because Nintendo has to minimize the cost of the final product, the controller is not a console itself but it can be with the Revolution.
About final costs”¦ Nintendo did not give us technical specs”¦ they did not have them yet. Nintendo will give us a cheaper system than others. The technology of these controllers is not very cheap, so the rest of the system can’t be as powerful as competitors’, the final costs would raise incredibly”¦but Ninty is an inteligent company.
Do you remember the release dates they gave us a year ago and the ones that we hear now, at least in speculation? Remember this: if Nintendo give us Revolution at the same time PS3 comes, it will be not as powerfull, but if it comes in q4 of 2006 – 2007, one year later than XBOX 360, it can give us the same if not even superior technical specs and a real revolutionary controller.
Nintendo must be thinking a lot about this. I could say much more things about Revolution, but I think we have enough for now. Let’s speculate friends!! What do you think about this? I want to apologyze for my english, I know it’s far away from perfect(I’m spanish).
Submitter: Dark Wario and Spin_Cycle
Edgar - June 1st, 2005 - 
fushi on June 1, 2005 at 7:14 pm
I don’t quite get certain parts, especially about the controller. Maybe I misread it (my english is pretty crappy, too
), but your basic idea is a screen that will display whatever controller shape needed, right?
I personally wouldn’t like such a solution, unless they have invented a way to give the player the feeling of feedback one gets from pressing a button. Also – and this sounds quite weird, but the DS launch was a proof of this – such freedom would most probably overwhelm developers at first and we’d get quite a lot of games with the same basic layout — no revolution.
The only thing I’d really like to see in the Revolution would be a gyroscopic control interface. The new Wario Ware game has convinced that there are quite a lot of ways to use this.
Thores on June 1, 2005 at 7:20 pm
New technology?
Nintendo says that what they’re doing for the controller has been done before, they’re just putting a new spin on it.
That and they’ve said like a billion times it wouldn’t be a damn touchscreen.
DARK WARIO on June 1, 2005 at 7:21 pm
If you read the post slowly, I write that Nintendo has a solution to the pressing button feeling, that could be part of the revolution itself, but of course we don’t know how it is done yet. About gyroscopes, they will be there too, no doubt. I did not describe the controller with details, I just wanted to point the general idea of the interface.
Nick on June 1, 2005 at 7:24 pm
Im not really sure why Coffeman decided to post this, but I always up for some speculation. At least it gets people talking.
But yeah, Nintendo said it wont be a touch screen. That might not mean there wont be one, but it wont be the revolutionary aspect. They said it might include a microphone too, but they also stated that it wouldnt be the main part.
More waiting.
cede on June 1, 2005 at 7:35 pm
Iwata said many times that Nintendo is not going to make another two-screened device. He also said about a year ago that the Rev will be playable on a computer monitor and television. That is a sweet idea though.
luigi7667 on June 1, 2005 at 7:45 pm
Mabye the controller is a TRANSFORMER! it can transform from a NES controller to a N64 to a SNES!
gokou20 on June 1, 2005 at 7:53 pm
revolution is not coming out late 06 plain and simple
Nick on June 1, 2005 at 7:54 pm
Maybe the controller will be a doll of Kirby. You can squish him and strech him to do different actions. Plus, his skin would be a screen that would change to look happy, sad, pissed, etc depending on what was going on in the game.
hokku on June 1, 2005 at 8:10 pm
um, I think Iwata stressed the controller won’t be the revolutionary part of the system, just a revolutionary asepct.
MIRYAN on June 1, 2005 at 8:18 pm
Probably the controller will not be like the one that DARK WARIO describes, but imagine that Sony or Microsoft “adopt” that idea. No doubt it would be a great hit.
CoffeeMan on June 1, 2005 at 8:21 pm
i wondering how it can be revolutionnary after what the DS offers… touch screen, mic, 2 screens, Wifi. the only thing is gyroscope, which nintendo has in wario ware twisted.
so like he said in the post. it’s existing technology put to a new use… but will it be technologogy from the DS?
Thores on June 1, 2005 at 10:00 pm
“so like he said in the post. it’s existing technology put to a new use… but will it be technologogy from the DS?”
I doubt it.
Hasn’t there been a confirmation of connectivity from the Revolution to the DS? If the Rev’s controller had the DS’s features, what would be the need for that connectivity?
aso on June 1, 2005 at 10:03 pm
It’s a known fact that the Revolution controller is used with hands. The new controller will propably have a kind of a haptic trackball (force feedback). the material it’s going made from is still uncertain though. nintendo has a patent on this technology. it’s not a ‘new’ technology, but I haven’t seen much force feedback trackballs in the gaming world before.
spin_cycle on June 2, 2005 at 3:12 am
im preatty sure that iwata stated over and over that the controller will not have screens on it and that the touch screen on the ds was merely an inspiration or “insight into” or “piece of the puzzle” of what the final control would be
spin_cycle on June 2, 2005 at 4:01 am
hang on didnt i post a comment about that non intrusive gel free device mind control thing a day ago in the “4cr wordpress upgade” post? heres a much better link for it:
http://www.neurosky.com/
it tells you specific details on how it works, and they say they already have a games company signed up but they didn’t mention the name of the games company…hmm makes you wonder though…
Regmundio on June 2, 2005 at 5:31 pm
If the controller is suggested to have gyroscope technology- how might that be useful/practical during play?
Maybe with a gyro the controller can moved within the hands of the player by the Revolution box -that would feel freaky! Like some kind of ghost in the room was trying to pull the controller awy from your hands or pull your upper body in different directions….
I’m not an electronics whizz but surely a gyroscope could pbe that powerful – i’m thing of those weird PowerBall toys that you can get ( the ones were you hold it in your hand and wiggle your wrist as fast you can to see how many Revs Per minute you can score)
…or I might just be insane.
DARK WARIO on June 2, 2005 at 5:47 pm
Well, the controller won’t have screens at all… I really don’t see Nintendo giving us a battery-eater device… And a Revolution-NDS connection like the one on Crystal Chronicles would be ridiculous…We’ll have to keep on thinking…
teller of truth on June 9, 2005 at 1:08 pm
the whole power graphics argument is totally floored the gp[u tec has moved on so much to even consider using it as a means of disiding between the 3 is totally moronic we have reached a point were the graphics dont matter there all part of gaming allmost any system can have great graphics its not hard to work out and lets not forget 360 is a blatant copy of gamecubes design and aprotch and lets not forget nintendo did it a full generation ealier revolution will use 1t sram for amasing speed and very low power heat it will allso use copperwire tec and allmost every part will be embedded revolutions gpu has been in development far far far far longer than 360s nintendo have worked with silicon graphics on n64 who became artx on gamecube who merged with ati gamecube revolution its clear as day revolution will be very powerfull it will come from gpu design clock balance and fast ram not brute forse like the over sized pc aprotch of sonys ps3 add to that a control pad that will offer a all new next gen experiance just like ds is the only true next gen handheld psp sorry dude graphics alone aint next generation we demand far more than that my own personal fav control idea is the gamecube n64 hybred with dual gyro so you can have a split pad were u use each half combining gyro with anolog and totally free hand movments or wen combined as a standard pad gyro tilt turn point and gyro stearing wheel allso posable is the idea of the sweezable grip so u have anolog sqeeze ether side of the pad
Justin on June 12, 2005 at 9:18 pm
What a rant.
Justin on June 12, 2005 at 9:20 pm
I like the idea of a custamizable touch-screen face where game developers can customize for their specific needs. Unfortunately, you would need some kind of feedback to know which buttons you are pressing on the controller, while watchung the screen ahead of you. Hmmmmmm…
bowzR on June 14, 2005 at 1:51 pm
Nintendo stated that what they R doing has been done before with a new spin. Has anyone thought about a power glove tpye concept, that can use the gyro technology, and maybe even touch screen as well…just a crazy thought.
Ry-P on June 16, 2005 at 2:37 am
dark wario i dont see why a revolution-ds connection is ridiculous. anyone that played crystal chronicles or four swords will agree that the gameplay is worth the price with the connection
DOODOO on June 16, 2005 at 8:51 pm
I think the controller is a banana. Not with special touch sensitivity or screens or anything, just a banana.
worldconquest on June 20, 2005 at 2:25 pm
go to http://www.nintendoon.com to see a very special version of the revolution controller.
once u see it, spread the word.