Nocturno999
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Holy shi...
[Destructoid] Leaked photo of NX controller?
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Holy shi...
nx is basically that dream. multiple form factors but a single library is the running theory right now.
beyond that, i think they would sooner set up a digital storefront on pc and make deals to put their storefront on devices that hook up to your tv like roku than support a competitor's platform in the decaying dedicated hardware business.
I got some reality for you. All those 3rd parties in Japan have also gone mobile and many have little interest to bring back franchises for consoles because it doesn't rake in enough money to continue going. This is the world of 3rd party now. Some are making billions in mobile and they're working to strengthening their brand on mobile more than they are on consoles.
ultrazilla
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E3 is gonna be pure madness. Can't wait.
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Zoloft Sonic
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My first thought.
A display that's designed to always be partly obscured?
That's just wasteful and weird.
<<nervous eye darts>>
PeakPointMatrix
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Right, but in this timeline they are running the show themselves. They have no third party support, and frankly I don't see that changing in the future if this controller has anything to do with it.
So then what's the point? Why continue releasing hardware that whose purpose is essentially being the "Mario Box"? How long is this sustainable before the market that is willing to drop cash on proprietary hardware just to play the latest Smash/Kart/Mario software exclusively begins drying up?
That part isn't fake, Sharp has shown a bunch of these screens at trade shows. And Sharp is rumored to be working with Nintendo
Tom Nook Sawyer
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The exact image? Doesn't that basically prove it's photoshopped then? Unless they were browsing images on the controller for some reason...
This is literally the entire philosophy behind the hardware and software architecture designs of the NX lmao.
I'm gonna go with well-made fake for now. The picture looks like it could be real but the design just seems too impractical to be real (if this is the handheld - if it's just the controller for the stationary console, I could maybe see it working), plus the right stick looks a little off perspective-wise (though I may be wrong there). It certainly does look pretty, though.
bloodforge
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Could be interesting. Needs some handles though.
chrisPjelly
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For those who want a selection mask to do mock-ups
I went to take a nap for a few hours and this happens. Holy shit don't know what to say. Looks... cool? I guess??? Being bottonless could be a problem and if your hands get sweaty it will be a pain to play just like on iPhones wich is the reason why I don't like gaming on iPhone. I need buttons, breh! But hey this is just the controller, of course we still had to see the actual console and how it will look and run on the TV.
Pancake Mix
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I wonder if all the insiders are laughing at us right now... They certainly aren't posting so far.
reelbigtink
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my game on NX
that'd be cool
Hopefully this helps the concept sink in with a few people. Thinking of this in motion is exciting.
Night Angel
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That looks fucking terrible. Your hands will block most of the screen near the sticks... pointless. And no buttons? Kill me now.
Oh, I think it's fake. A shitty looking fake.
Oh, I think it's fake. A shitty looking fake.
Royal Rainbow
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It looks a lot like the image is being projected onto the controller instead of it being an actual screen. It's even got a brightspot right in the middle.
Some pretty clever work by whoever made it.
Some pretty clever work by whoever made it.
The same reason why we barely have UFO videos anymore. And if we do, they will look blurry af, hah.
It's the goal I'm seeing from them right now. I'd agree that a Nintendo software platform on PC would be wiser than investing in the deprecated hardware business though.
Baroquemantic
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No amount of haptic feedback is gonna make a flat, smooth surface feel like pushing an actual button. No physical face buttons would be terrible.
There are also weird cuts in the image like here
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=198572897&postcount=1328
David Ricardo
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Seeing that picture, I notice that the right stick is not in the same plane as the the left stick. The screen is curved. I mean, if it wasn't an obvious fake.For those who want a selection mask to do mock-ups
Buttons could be on the back like the Xbox One Elite.
ultrazilla
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Ōkami;198573644 said:
See, I like those mock ups. Though what we *really* need to see is the effects to the user.
The controller face freezing over with frost when hit with a cold spell...the buttons freezing and having to tap them to break them free from the frost attack....it catching fire and having flames wrap around the buttons in real time...drinking a health potion and seeing the controller face turn green with real time stats being projected on it....walking down a dark corridor and passing a torch...the ambient light from the torch shines onto your controller, partially lighting it up...things like this.
AcademicSaucer
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Pokemaniac
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While there's no individual detail that's completely damning, this has sketchy written all over it. Of particular note is the odd button layout with no rhyme or reason, this being too close to the patent, and the poster of the leak, theirself, said this:
I'm just not seeing this as very likely right now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/4avdcg/codename_nx/d13wy42?context=3Idriss2Dev said:
I'm just not seeing this as very likely right now.
If this thread has taught me anything it's that literally no one has used paddles I guess
Azelover
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
Don't say that.
If they drop the ball again, and their mobile software soars, they could very well be forced into going software only. Hiroshi Yamauchi is no longer with us, and he appointed Iwata, whose also not with us anymore.
We don't have a strong force anchoring Nintendo to first party business, In fact, I heard the Yamauchi family wanted Nintendo to go mobile, and basically third party.
So let's hope they do the right thing with NX.
Baroquemantic
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True. That could be much better than software buttons on the front.
Camp1nCarl
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Right, I honestly don't have a solid rebuttal except saying that is what Nintendo does. Will they get more third parties on board with a design like this? Probably not at all.
Still, Nintendo has been ahead of the power curve with hardware implementations (as gimmicky as they are). You know that VR craze now? Nintendo had the Virtual Boy. Sony's Move controllers and Microsoft's Kinects were direct responses to the success of the Wii. Sure Nintendo isn't the first to actual make these, but they are usually the first to bring these to the mainstream, with the idea of bringing their own IP flair with it. Sure we all just want new games like a new Prime or new Smash without silly gimmicks, but that is part of the Nintendo charm and way I suppose.
cleveridea
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Amazing - exact replica of my reaction (long pause with confused unuimpressed face.....what?)
Yep.
Yep...wait a minute... Naughty dog jumping ship to Nintendo confirmed! Betrayalton!
I specifically said buttons for a reason. I referenced the Elite controller since no others have inputs on the back.
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Royal Rainbow
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Who knows maybe those are supposed to be there. I have no idea what it's supposed to be on the screen anyway.
Elfforkusu
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That world is not a world where Nintendo is a 3rd party. As a 3rd party, they can't afford to take risks. As a 3rd party, their endgame is Sega's -- a hollowed out shell of a company that churns out minimum effort versions of its most popular IPs to keep the bottom line in the black, while letting its most talented developers leave, and its beloved IPs languish.
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