I think we have to forget wii/with. Nintendo want to start from fresh with something fresh.
If Nintendo wants to make 1 thing clear is that they want to step away from the Wii stuff.
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[Destructoid] Leaked photo of NX controller?
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I think we have to forget wii/with. Nintendo want to start from fresh with something fresh.
If Nintendo wants to make 1 thing clear is that they want to step away from the Wii stuff.
Boards of Canada
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Nintendo doesn't want ports. They can't compete in that area. It's a zero sum game. Even if the NX had a Radeon Pro Duo, the Nintendo brand/ecosystem is not a great place for most third-party titles that already exist on Steam/PlayStation/Xbox.
Nintendo's going after the gamer that wants a different experience than what they're already getting on those three platforms.
What system? If it is a portable. ..
Boards of Canada
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Nintendo's invested a lot of money in the Wii U technology stack. It sold way below their expectations. I can see them trying to recuperate their losses.
1. Requiring a Wii U to stream to the TV.
2. Repackaging Wii U components in a smaller form factor (sans disc drive) to act as the "home station".
Nintendo's not going to wipe the slate clean entirely. There's a lot of potential value left in the Wii U hardware.
1) you are wrong. Nintendo wants as many third party games as possible as they make lots of money on royalties
2) exactly what type of new experience is the free form display giving them? It is a cooler (and potentially more intuitive ) version of the gamepad. You are still going to be playing the exact same games.
GasProblem
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How are you going to put it in your pocket if it has potruding analog sticks? It doesn't seem very portable friendly to me.
Gamer @ Heart
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No way developers have anything that looks like a final system. Going by Nintendo history, it's probably some green colored box with alot of wires coming out of it.
KojiKnight
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This is the least likely to happen... Nintendo isn't in the premium handheld market. It was PSP's biggest issue when it first launched, it was the 3DS biggest issue when it launched, and it played a huge role in making the Vita a complete non-starter.
Premium priced hand helds do NOT work, have never worked. It's why the Gameboy outsold the Game Gear despite the Game Gear being the better hardware by FAR in every way.
……forgetit
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There aren't a whole lot of portable consoles that you can put in a pocket.
The same PS1 controller with a different shape, a touch screen and motion controls and visual tracking?
Boards of Canada
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Agreed, but if the handheld we're seeing here as the leaked NX is accurate, complete with free form display, haptic feedback, etc. that runs the next Zelda game, then I can't imagine this is a cheap device.
The leaker said that it has a cap/lid (like a savonette).
Urban Viking
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Might still look like a computer, I'd think.
Edit: wait a minute, isn't this supposed to be a controller? Why are people talking handhelds now?
Not at all. Depends how it sells. Wii got tons of unique third party software. Also, if this is the handheld and not a controller for the console, it's more likely to be getting exclusive software anyway.
Boards of Canada
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The weird thing about the prototype and the patent is that the analog sticks are sticking through two holes in the display.
None of the prototypes Sharp has shown to the public has the screen with holes within the screen area. It's always curves/semi-circles around the edges:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=shar...8zLAhUGv4MKHQRsAggQ_AUICCgC&biw=1280&bih=1281
Must have been something Sharp solved at some point.
None of the prototypes Sharp has shown to the public has the screen with holes within the screen area. It's always curves/semi-circles around the edges:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=shar...8zLAhUGv4MKHQRsAggQ_AUICCgC&biw=1280&bih=1281
Must have been something Sharp solved at some point.
It would be weird at first, but after getting used to it it might be better because it would allow full camera control and jumping simultaneously. Something that can't be done with an analogue stick and a face button, and that has gimped 3d platformers a little since the beginning.
The sticks in the photo aren't really very protruding; they look a lot more pocket friendly than Vita for example. The design of the sticks was the thing that had me thinking it could be real for while
Fourth Storm
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If this thing is legit, it looks like they've designed the analog nubs to function more like true buttons. There is no ball underneath the nub to roll, so the mechanism would be stationary.
Well, if it's any reassurance, there's no reason to think this is a controller for the console rather than a handheld.
James Scott
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Although it seems like everyone is back on team fake, I imagine it's possible that we'll see this new tech being used in one way or another and I hope people keep an open mind about it.
People would like to point towards Wii U saying that gimmicky controllers cause failures, but their most successful platforms ever were successful thanks to the new gameplay experiences they offered.
The gamepad was an expensive yet safe venture which essentially brought the DS screen to the console which resulted in an expensive machine that wasn't outputting visuals noticeably better than the old systems while being over $300 the entirety of its life.
The shared library teased by Iwata would also lessen the need to sell the console at X1/PS4 levels and lessen the need for AAA western 3rd party support as long as they can keep partnerships and 1st party studios pumping out exclusive software.
Without 3rd party support they'll find themselves as a secondary/non traditional platform but the 3DS sales show that if the price is right then that could work. The Wii U didn't work since it was a secondary system at the price of a traditional system without Nintendo's full output, the shared library could provide just that and it's seemingly powerful enough to run major Japanese titles like DQXI.
I guess we'll see how things turn out. I'm open to "new concepts" as all of Nintendo's new ideas have provided entertainment or at least not being detrimental. Hopefully we don't need to wait till e3.
People would like to point towards Wii U saying that gimmicky controllers cause failures, but their most successful platforms ever were successful thanks to the new gameplay experiences they offered.
The gamepad was an expensive yet safe venture which essentially brought the DS screen to the console which resulted in an expensive machine that wasn't outputting visuals noticeably better than the old systems while being over $300 the entirety of its life.
The shared library teased by Iwata would also lessen the need to sell the console at X1/PS4 levels and lessen the need for AAA western 3rd party support as long as they can keep partnerships and 1st party studios pumping out exclusive software.
Without 3rd party support they'll find themselves as a secondary/non traditional platform but the 3DS sales show that if the price is right then that could work. The Wii U didn't work since it was a secondary system at the price of a traditional system without Nintendo's full output, the shared library could provide just that and it's seemingly powerful enough to run major Japanese titles like DQXI.
I guess we'll see how things turn out. I'm open to "new concepts" as all of Nintendo's new ideas have provided entertainment or at least not being detrimental. Hopefully we don't need to wait till e3.
A hybrid has long since been debunked by Nintendo. So that would be fairly unlikely, for better or for worse.
Exterminieren
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I think that this is fake now, but I still think the actual controller might not look dissimilar to this.
There needs to be a DPad though.
Graphics Horse
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mmm... maybe. Didn't like using the 3DS one because it was so awkwardly placed, same goes for gamecube actually.
I would have to try these supposed force feedback sticks to see if they can replicate something akin to a dpad.
They never showed it because they wanted to focus on driving applications and so it would be simpler to place physical buttons along the edges, without the risk of touching the screen while fiddling with them.
However, they announced they could be virtually any shape - I'd guess a sphere (or something without edges) is probably out of the question.
AlexMeloche
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Hopefully it's gonna be a Pro Controller. Best controller I ever played with.
LordOcidax
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Yes, the nx pro controller
oneils
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That is kinda bad. Do people really wanna use the nunchuck?
Graphics Horse
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oh man what
Those are penises!
Sure. It's just an analog stick and two buttons in a nicely ergonomic package.
Compared to the Wii Remote, it was a good design.
Yeah man didn't you know? Thanks to VR everybody loves motion controls now! I mean, I liked em before they were cool, but whatever.....
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Context-sensitive soft buttons, as seen in the patent. That would be a pretty innovative thing. I don't think we've yet had a device where physical and touchscreen controls have been in such close proximity i.e. where you can reach the touch screen by moving just your thumb and not your whole hand.
TheMoon
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Like you already could on DS, 3DS, Wii U. Touch buttons on the side of screen that you can reach without moving your whole hand to tap a thing in the middle have been a thing forever now.
Unless the NX console has a traditional controller, and this is just the handheld. 😉
Added the hands to my mock up. I think it look nice.. like something futuristic. Starting to like the idea a lot.
The oval shape is weird.
What if it were rectangular. Imagine it in ultra-wide screen format.
It would have more room for physical controls and would look really slick.
Lux R7
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*insert iveseenenoughhentai.gif here"
ElectricBlanketFire
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Why wouldn't it?
JohnTinker
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Hard to put into words just how deflating this would be if it were the actual NX controller. From the moment I saw this design I absolutely hated it, and I'm probably getting worked up over a fake. But man alive, this is not a good design.
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