Nintendo Revolution Controller unveiled

Almost a week ago, Satoru Iwata unveiled Nintendos new Revolution controller for the first time at Tokyo Game Show. The discussion about what it was and how it looked like have been roaming constantly on the internet since Pablo Belmonte released the fake NintendoON video on the 13th of May this year. I'm glad the end result didn't end up like the one in Pablos video, because I don't have a big of enough room to run around the floor in a virtual reality gadget, it would probably have met the same destiny as Virtual Boy did.



The Nintendo Revolution controller is probably the best buisness move they ever made, after hiring Miyamoto of course. They wouldn't had a chance to try and compete with the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 hardware and software support, so this is probably the only way the could've done to be able to release a new console without a huge financial loss. Nintendo will probably in the future make the same decision as Sega, and stop producing consoles. Handhelds will they of course continoue with, they are dominating that market for crying out loud.



Both the looks and idea of the Revolution controller isn't really a new thing, sensors and wireless sticks have been around for years (thank you virtual reality) and even a group from my class had a similiar idea for half a year ago. We were planning for our Theme Park project (Gotlands GAME Convention, GGC) and came up with a idea of using three projectors as screens and a dancemat for movement, you would look around by waving a wireless stick or a game gun. We wanted to get the player involved in to the game as much as possible by using smell, hearing, seeing and feeling. Tough enough the groups changed after all concept designs and the project never saw the daylight. I'll have to go now and practice some with a remote control, so I can be ready when the Revolution is released next year.

Pablo Belmonte, NintendoON fake video
Pablo Belmonte, behind the scenes on NintendoON
Nintendo Revolution Controller Showcase, Gamespot
Tokyo Game Show 2005 Keynote Speech, Satoru Iwata