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[reson8or]

Did Nintendo cuss your mum or something?

Yes, that's exactly what happened. Good job!

 

[ahoyhoy]

Lol naw.

They won't have a press conference, they'll only have a Nintendo Direct.
They'll call it Wii X, but won't show the console at all.
It'll launch with Zelda U ported over. And some mini-game collection.
It'll be slightly less powerful than Xbox One. And it'll cost about as much too.

Then they'll blame the public for not understanding the product.

I suspect all of this will come true, sadly.

 

[ZeroMaverick]

The Wii Tree or the Nintendo Tree? Launching with Mario Tree.

In TreeD.

I think you mean Trii lol

 

[Chindogg]

Summary of this thread.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

It is happening...again...

 

[Gormless Noodle]

The Wii Tree or the Nintendo Tree? Launching with Mario Tree.

In TreeD.

Don't forget: Deku Tree Adventures: The Tree Moustaches

 

[10k]

I said there would be attachments for the controller so yeah, this is probably FUCKING WRONG.

Classic Controller attachments and 3D screen parallax attachments confirmed.

 

[MikeE21286]

So the controller is basically a mobile phone that will connect to a console via Bluetooth?

 

[xamidoxhua]

Previously on "When Lawyers Attack"....

 

[AcademicSaucer]

I can't be the only one who sees this, right?

We need some CSI magic to ID the shadow.

 

[sammex]

If the buttons do work like this:

Then I can see myself being very ok with this.

Me too. But so far I Haven't seen a patent for it or a leak of it.

check out here

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/4bnzsw/several_tactus_technology_patents_reference/

 

[Danthrax]

So it's more stuff covering the screen.

Useful? Maybe. Annoying? Hell yes.

You're not supposed to be looking at the controller primarily to play the game, though. You're supposed to look at the TV.

 

[Greenzxy]

Me too. But so far I Haven't seen a patent for it or a leak of it.

Yea, there is patents for it that was posted: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/4bnzsw/several_tactus_technology_patents_reference/

Edit: Ninja'd

 

[Langdon Alger]

I'm worried.

 

[shadow2810]

So it's more stuff covering the screen.

Useful? Maybe. Annoying? Hell yes.

Why it's more stuff covering the screen.

 

[Malus]

I like how small it looks.

But you better give me buttons Nintendo.

 

[Plum]

https://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=198876118&postcount=5861

I definitely hope he's right. I can't wait until E3 to see it. All I need is a hardware reveal with one or two launch titles. Come on, Nintendo.

 

[Herb Alpert]

I'm worried.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

People talk about the NX controller like Nintendo has never leaked controllers before. The gamepad may not have had pictures, but we knew exactly what that thing looked like months before reveal.

 

[DaddyD]

I don't mind a display on the controller (or a controller on the display?), but I wish Nintendo would put more effort into the hardware instead of focusing too much on the controller.

 

[Parapraxis]

Nah, still fake. Had me going for a second, though.

Probably because unauthorised comments from official channels regarding speculative information over huge trade secrets doesn't happen.

Yeah, nobody's ever screwed up on twitter, no siree lol.

 

[James Scott]

lol

Its also your cars steering wheel. And your tv remote. and your microwave display

The gamepad could double as a TV remote and a steering wheel

Spoiler

Yeah, nobody's ever screwed up on twitter, no siree lol.

But a manual RT that's still up?

 

[ekim]

This thread is moving so fast one could think this is the NX reveal Event OT

 

[reson8or]

hopefully this

Who wants to cover the screen with their hands while playing games? It sucks on mobile phones and would especially suck on a real console. Buttons are the reason console games work so well. Fidelity and precision of input is necessary for any kind of skill based gaming.

 

[KurtSloane]

Nah, still fake. Had me going for a second, though.



Probably because unauthorised comments from official channels regarding speculative information over huge trade secrets doesn't happen.

The only way this would be real is if Nintendo 'leaked' it themselves to gather a consensus on it, and a Treehouse member is doing their job and drawing attention to it. The problem with that idea is that it's incredibly late in the day for NX development-wise, and technology-led multinationals tend not to look to the internet to decide how they're going to spend millions and millions of dollars.

We already know Nintendo's NDAs on NX are incredibly strict, and that they're keen to avoid letting competitors get a head start on their ideas, and neither strategy really complements intentionally leaking pics to Reddit.

It's legit, you are going to be upset in the summer when they show NX and that's the controller.

 

[Little Mons†er]

Phew, this thread.

Now we're back to square one

Just when we thought we were getting somewhere.

 

[L Thammy]

Although thinking about it now, Nintendo's had problems with trees for a long time.

 

[MoogleWizard]

 

[ZeroMaverick]

This thread is moving so fast one could think this is the NX reveal Event OT

I wish it were moving faster though

 

[jabberwocker]

3/23/2015 the beginning of Taxonomy-gate

 

[pinkurocket]

Well looking at the leaked images, it definitely does not have the technology that 'raises' buttons out of the screen. It's a solid piece of glass, not that thin film looking technology that fills up with air or a gel to form raised buttons at pre-determined places.

 

[Secret Owl]

No physical buttons would be baffling and a giant disappointment. If this is true, they have a tremendous uphill battle to sell me on this hardware.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

The Wii Tree or the Nintendo Tree? Launching with Mario Tree.

In TreeD.

"Mario Tree isn't a real Mario Tree game."

 

[10k]

NX tree jokes? Fitting for the controllers reception.

 

[Ombala]

Looks expensive and something I would be worried to let my son/friends borrow to play with.

 

[nkarafo]

You're not supposed to be looking at the controller primarily to play the game, though. You're supposed to look at the TV.

I thought this was supposed to be some kind of a portable or something.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

This thread is moving so fast one could think this is the NX reveal Event OT

The reveal event will crash GAF.

 

[Guevara]

Although thinking about it now, Nintendo's had problems with trees for a long time.

those trees were sprites and it always bothered me.

 

[73V3N]

day 1

 

[maxcriden]

There isn't anyone left not believing this, right?

FWIW that Reddit post I would be willing to believe as well.

 

[Nightbird]

Guys!

"Horses don't run into trees very often"

They knew all along this would happen! All along!

Don't believe those leaks!

 

[Doc Holliday]

fake, nintendo lost money because of the Wii U tablet. No way they try again with even more expensive tech.

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

What were the pre-Wii controller leaks like? I can't even remember what Wii U was like, did we always know it would be a shitty tablet?

 

[KurtSloane]

The controller is the portable console and the home console controller in one.

 

[PapaEmeritus]

Wii Cross Docking station

WHen its time to treefill the battery

 

[Bitch Pudding]

What if "Wii X" is the name of their emulator app?

Again, bad idea in Germany, would only be called "The WiiXer"...

 

[The Lone Courier]

All this tree talk is just pining.

 

[RubberJohnny]

Regarding the apparently multiple/independent sources of the controller leaks from today and last week: do we actually know this for a fact? All I see is one anonymous Reddit throwaway with a white unit and another anonymous Reddit throwaway with a black unit. Nothing about this screams independent confirmation so far.

And the Game Informer guy saying he'd heard from devs that it has no face buttons.

And the Nintendo patent, which it matches pretty well, but not exactly.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Aesthetically, it looks miles better in black compared to the previous leak. But no buttons is still objectively worse than a controller with physical ones, and the shape doesn't look like it would be comfortable.

Games designed around a lack of buttons, like most mobile games, will play fine on this, but traditional console/PC style games (like action games) don't feel right with virtual buttons.

 

[Anthony Soprano]

Nah, still fake. Had me going for a second, though.

and that they're keen to avoid letting competitors get a head start on their ideas, and neither strategy really complements intentionally leaking pics to Reddit.

You seem to forget the gasps at E3 when Sony showed how the six-axis had tilt and was compared to the wiimote - most thought it was a blatant rushed ripoff on Sony's part.

I don't think this was a sanctioned leak. I think someone just leaked it. I don't understand why people underestimate the thrill and curiosity one might get from leaking confidential information. Shrug.