Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newshub.sdsu.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.msu.edu!not-for-mail From: joemono 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 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:23:27 -0700 Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 32 Sender: montero7@msu.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-21-168-126.hsd1.or.comcast.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.msu.edu 1126851800 8260 24.21.168.126 (16 Sep 2005 06:23:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.msu.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:23:20 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.videogames.nintendo:318 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. Plus admit it, you know the motion activated controller is > what we have all secretly wished for. How many times have you crashed in a > racing game because your car didn't turn as fast as you were leaning? Or > end up dead in a FPS because your guy didn't target quickly, or he didn't > duck behind the stack of boxes? > The one thing I am wondering is if they are going to make a model for > lefties. Imagine using 2 of them to play a game like True Crime - Streets > of LA. 2 guns a blazing, 2 controllers going. Way to go Nintendo. It is > about time someone did something different. The DS was a step in the right > direction and it looks like the Revolution is continueing down the same > path. > > AceoHearts > > I definitely hope there are games that use two controllers in two hands. The thought of using two of these as two different guns ... I feel like I'm 12 again. joemono