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[D~N]

Yeah. I was thinking about 3-5 days later, and how Nintendo is going to reveal their controller. But before they do, i wanted to know all of the rumors and see if any were right. So if anybody knows a web-page that has a rumor, whether it be silly or serioous, could you ut it here for all to see, and we will see if anyone was right.

Also, since that would limit the purpos of this thread; what do you think the controller will be?

Let's discus!

[Ducci]

i think it will be: Black, Funky shape, and have chestnuts as buttons. pwnage.

[JRPomazon]

I'll just imagine it'll look like Khuffie's boob-pad until I see the actual controller.

[Alakhriveion]

I bet the Revolution controller will just be a needle that shoots the player up with powerful hallucinogens, making them BELIEVE they're using a console that is a technological leap forward, or at the very least that the little men on CNN are trying to infiltrate their eyeglasses. Either way we don't know anything about it yet at all so there's really no point in speculating.

[dcLx]

i bet it will look like a regular controller

[Mystic Kitsune]

i bet it will look like a regular controller

Exactly.

[31-Year-Old-From-Georgia]

I bet you can play games with it.

It'll probably just have a touch screen on it. *sigh*

[Skyreus]

There is no confirmation that the Revolution controller will be shown at TGS, just a rumor brought about because Nintendo said that they will unveil it before the end of the year and it just so happens that Satoru Iwata is giving a keynote speech at TGS.
I haven't heard any rumors that have substantial backing yet, it's mainly guesswork even by the gaming press right now.
But apparently these rumors have circulated so much that people are expecting Nintendo to unveil the controller at TGS. Will it happen? Perhaps. Will it definitely happen? I'm not sure.

One thing that does hit me though is that I remember one of the high ranking Nintendo people mentioned that the Revolution needs to be experienced to truly understand, but since Nintendo doesn't have a booth at TGS I don't think it's possible for that to happen. But that was a while ago, in fact I think it was last year when that was said so anything can happen.

It'll be nice to finally see the controller, but I'm in no hurry. I look at it like this... there are games coming out soon in the next few months for platforms that I own that I can focus my attention on rather than a console that will launch at the very least 8 months away, and then there's the fact that when they decide to show it won't really make the release date become any closer.

I bet you can play games with it.
 
It'll probably just have a touch screen on it. *sigh*

They actually said that it won't have a touch screen, or at the very least it won't be the main feature. Besides, a touch screen is better suited on a handheld anyway since I doubt anyone would like to play a touch-screen based game where the main images are on a controller.

[garsh]

Here's a nifty page I ran accross that already tried to compile all the rumored controller designs in one place. Spiffy design diagrams included!

http://www.4colorreb...troller-mockups

[RevolutionDude]

I would love it to be like this:

[Chikara Nadir]

Fabulous: http://img354.images...rstefanrima.jpg

Or this one- it looks like a funkah head: http://img354.images...tion2005081.jpg

But really...I'd think people should be more concerned about wondering what games are coming out for the console, not just..what shape the controller will be. Even if the PS3 controller is...sucky. XD

[RevolutionDude]

But thats whats making the Revolution so famous

[Nevermind]

I think a Wario game would be cool. Something like the gameboy one, with all the cool hats.

[Chikara Nadir]

But thats whats making the Revolution so famous

That we know nothing about it? o.o

[RevolutionDude]

I know...
anyways, you think the PS3 controller looks like a bumerang, then you haven't seen this:

http://img395.images...=mrtedia3uu.jpg

[dcLx]

I bet you can play games with it.
 
It'll probably just have a touch screen on it. *sigh*

in other words a ds....but in my egm magazine awhile ago i heard its wi-fi and its might have a touch screen on it

[garsh]

That we know nothing about it? o.o

The controller is supposed to be the world-changing component. Everyone's expecting it to bring about the second coming of Christ. I know I am.

[Skyreus]

The controller is supposed to be the world-changing component. Everyone's expecting it to bring about the second coming of Christ. I know I am.

I don't think I'd go that far. Nintendo just said that it's going to bring about new ways to play games. Hopefully no one's going with the holographic image theory that was actually guessed for the Nitro (a.k.a. the DS) :s:

[Hero of Winds]

I'm predicting that the controller will resemble the DS (in a sense). It'll be interesting, and fairly (if not entirely) new technology. But it's not going to revolutionize the gaming industry or how we play games - just a cool, Nintendo exclusive way to play Nintendo games.

[Ducci]

But it's not going to revolutionize the gaming industry or how we play games - just a cool, Nintendo exclusive way to play Nintendo games.

Im Sticking with my chestnuts XD

[Skyreus]

I'm predicting that the controller will resemble the DS (in a sense). It'll be interesting, and fairly (if not entirely) new technology. But it's not going to revolutionize the gaming industry or how we play games - just a cool, Nintendo exclusive way to play Nintendo games.

The DS did bring new ways to play games, after all that's what innovation is all about. New hardware options isn't necessarily needed for innovation or even revolutions (ex: WarioWare, Shenmue, Metal Gear Solid, Doom, Street Fighter II) but it does help to expand the horizon.

New ways to play games = innovation

New hardware may not necessarily be needed, but it gives more options for the designers to explore that wouldn't have been available to them any other way (which does confound me why they're bringing Meteos to cell phones since it isn't really viable to play that game via buttons).

[Toan]

http://img247.images...ntrolnew3vt.png

Soooooo seeexxxyy...

[dcLx]

but still i really dont think it will be all that great....just a few more options..

[Toan]

Q: When will the keynote speech take place and how long will it last?  

A: Iwata's keynote is scheduled to take place in Japan on Friday, September 16 at 11:00 a.m. However, this date is meaningless to Americans because our time zones are so different -- Japan is roughly 16 hours ahead. Readers hoping to catch the news as it happens should tune into IGNcube on Thursday, September 15 at approximately 7:00 p.m.

Source

This is supposed to be it... (Beware - I think that time is Pacific Standard Time.)

[Skyreus]

http://www.gamespot....ord_gc_headline

Gamespot's rumor control seems to be pretty confident. Let's put them to the test

but still i really dont think it will be all that great....just a few more options..

Well that's basically how it is. But those few more options may be pretty significant when used correctly. After all just an addition of shoulder buttons here (SNES controller), an analog stick here (N64 controller), analog sensitive shoulder triggers there (DC controller) and a second analog stick over somewhere (PSX controller) and walla... we've got games that probably normally won't be even possibly be created as fluidly.

[D~N]

http://img247.images...ntrolnew3vt.png

Soooooo seeexxxyy...

http://img277.images...029676743jo.jpg
Soooooo seeexxxier...

XP

and i think #49 on that list is right, the one with the plugs and interchangeable buttons.

[dcLx]

But that one rumor you guys told the release date thing im pretty sure thats not the date anymore...I think they are still working on the prototype

[D~N]

Anouncement:
*about ten more minutes until the "grand secrete" is revealed. so expect a new thread soon...*

[JRPomazon]

oooooh..... the suspense is killing me. On the inside.

[Vazor]

I must know! I will be terribly disappointed if the controller does not roXXor my soXXorz.