Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!bd273fc6!not-for-mail Message-ID: <432ADC11.11A702E2@nospam.com> From: Ted X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.games.video.nintendo.gameboy.advance,alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube,japan.videogames.nintendo,rec.games.video.nintendo,uk.games.video.gamecube Subject: Re: Revolution Controller Finally Revealed References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 19 Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:52:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.167.214.142 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net 1126882325 66.167.214.142 (Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:52:05 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:52:05 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.videogames.nintendo:325 AceoHearts wrote: > > > I'm excited for this. I thought it looked extremely lame after just seeing > > the picture, but after reading the article about moving it around, etc. I > > think it's going to be awesome. > > > > joemono > > I am glad that Nintendo is going in a different direction. Controllers have > gotten overly complicated with 15 buttons, 2 control sticks, a D pad and > everything else. snip What's more complicated than a controller that isn't a single piece? It seems to have all the problems of a mouse and keyboard set up combined with the fact that you have to hold both parts separately in your hands (assuming a given game needs both parts).