But you are still holding it like a controller, not a phone and part of your hands will cover the screen. Especially when you have large hands. It is an absolutely ridiculous design. If it is even real.
[Destructoid] Leaked photo of NX controller?
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But you are still holding it like a controller, not a phone and part of your hands will cover the screen. Especially when you have large hands. It is an absolutely ridiculous design. If it is even real.
Goldenmoney
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Looks stupid as hell. Why would i want something where my thumbs might be constantly covering up the screen?
To Far Away Times
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Honestly I think it's a cool idea. The controller would need to be refined a bit (and if it's real I'm sure this is just a prototype) but I think the idea is solid.
Lol good one.
Not too bad. There is probably going to be a final revision with improvements. We'll see...
James Scott
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ChainThomp
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I could go either way on this, but I think I'm #teamreal.
The thing that is sticking out to me is how there is a really big area for the analog stick. I wonder if they are removable? Maybe you could take off an analog stick and replace it with a standard four button diamond configuration? That would solve a lot of the issues with this setup. This is of course rampant speculation.
The thing that is sticking out to me is how there is a really big area for the analog stick. I wonder if they are removable? Maybe you could take off an analog stick and replace it with a standard four button diamond configuration? That would solve a lot of the issues with this setup. This is of course rampant speculation.
Indeed.
PhantomVash808
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Bruh this better be fake because that thing looks so damn ugly.
Not very useful when everybody is ahead of Nintendo
He's saying he doesn't know wtf it is, but will somehow try to take video of it. It's fake. Why would an office for a dev have tape over the company name? Nothing the "source" says on Reddit makes any damn sense.
Wrap it up, we're done here.
Ya there is a left Z button fam
You're not going to have sex with it. The gamecube controller is ugly as hell and it's a charm.
Uh, there are buttons below the right thumb in that pic. The fingers need to be there.
James Scott
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But it's a complete mock up of the patent
Come on. There are pads on both sides of the screen, through the screen, covering part of the image, lol.
So they doubt they got this controller from Nintendo though claiming to have it and see it working? Just because there is black "tape" over where the name is supposed to be?
What?
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Splatoon was a risk lol.. get real. You cant just be making like that as a third party. Sega dont ever make space channel, jet set radio, seaman, alex kidd, racing games anymore.. hell shenmue got kickstarted by a first party lol
MADGAME
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so i got some exclusive information:
1+5 show arrows on the pic (the true purpose will be revealed during this month)
2 is a clickable trigger like the ones found on gc (nintendo reinvents triggers)
4+6 show morphed buttons (buttons can disappear, if not needed)
7 is a microphone and a camera(for the casuals)
/obvious troll from reddit gets an answer like that.
this was also found in one of the nintendo direct folders from march.
i cant tell you the source though.
What are you claiming #3 is?
But third party Nintendo will be different because ---
Replacement/additional controller nightmare scenario all over again.
spazchicken
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I see what you're saying and I'm not really blaming Nintendo. Well, I kinda am. They could have just went a simpler and overall better route had they known better. It wasn't too long after the N64 that the Saturn and Playstation had their sticks that are pretty much the standard placement today.
Pancake Mix
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Nintendo nearly did away with it in the all-3D era actually, Sony, Sega, and Microsoft never did, but this was a GameCube prototype:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/18/cube-controller-from-start-to-finish
This is on the same page as their infamous mockup, which also did not feature a d-pad based on rumours. The model unveiled at Spaceworld had one but I doubt IGN was lying or faking that picture.
BRocknRolla
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That's an insanely dumb looking design. Don't believe it for a second.
Disaster Nebraska
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Eh, I dunno. I can see the merit in it. More controller layout variety could be a plus. More "button variety" between games could be good (e.g. simply displaying an "Equip" menu in an RPG instead of having to press 'Y')
People are always complaining about not being able to customize button layout. Imagine being able to "unlock" the screen and slide your standard 4 ABXY buttons into any orientation that you'd like.
Not saying that's what this is, but the touchscreen controls aren't an inherently bad option.
You're overthinking this. From a traditional standpoint that extra screen space seems like a "waste", but what if those edge areas are filled with various menus, buttons, and shortcuts that you can quickly tap with your thumb? The purpose of the edge area (if this is real) isn't to display more of the game world, but to simply server as a palette for whatever buttons the dev wants to put into the game.
A game like Monster Hunter 4 U is a great example of this concept. It let you customize your bottom screen with a ton of different menu styles, buttons, maps, and you could even adjust the size and orientation of some of the buttons.
James Scott
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I'm referring to the finger covering aspect. Lots of people are mentioning that their hands are going to be covering the screen when there's very little space a thumb should take up
Sweeney Tom
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Nintendo why can't you just let me love you :[
UmbraeCruxis
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Looks like someone with too much time on their hand made a mockup based on that patent. This didn't look like a great idea then and it looks no better as a mockup.
spazchicken
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I'm not talking financials. I'm talking everything else. They suck at the console game and have for a very long time. There have been much worse than them over the years, but they get by and thrive on their games despite their hardware, not because of it.
HarryDemeanor
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It looks so stupid that it might as well be real.
Crooked16th
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I'm like 90% sure I've seen that image on the screen in either Halo 4 or 5.
Trigonometrize.
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Sega followed mainstream trends and started to make what works not because they stopped making consoles, but because they were just a general video game publisher like everyone else. They're from a different time where grand sequels and new IP were treated differently. Comparing them to Nintendo isn't taking into account that Nintendo is here in 2016 and Sega left consoles before Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed were annualized and everything were sequels.
Also, it's strange that this is even a thing we're arguing about, because Nintendo is a pretty safe company in terms of their general brands. Pokemon, Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Smash, they take risks inside their own bubbles but Nintendo aren't bastions of risk takers that can only be preserved if they continue to make games for their own box. They just made four New Super Mario Bros. games that all look generally the same.
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