Originally Posted by
tertywerty
I wish they could have made a n64 controller for the wii :P
Actually you sorta can. Retrozone made converters for old controllers. They don't do the N64 one any more (baaaw) but you can still get NES & SNES ones that plug straight to into Wiis.
Originally Posted by
box
This seems like it would be something way off into the future. A camera on the controller, as well as a video screen? That seems useless. But, I suppose we are now clever enough to find something to do with that.
Seriously, though, a camera on the controller? That seems absolutely useless.
I'm waiting for Nintendo to develop a special sort of television that acts as a motion reciever as well, allowing for more precision than that little black bar.
That's supposed to be the idea of the camera, it'll detect the movement so you don't need to rely on a sensor bar. The current Wii sorta has cameras in the controllers, though they only detect IR light at an incredibly low resolution. A camera would in a way have the same effect as an optical mouse that you can wave in the air.
On the upside the internal camera idea will make PS move look like a kids toy (which it is BTW, and it still looks like a glowing electric vibrator) because the moment the Move controller goes out of view the console predicts what it's doing. A some what good idea, but if you're playing with a few people it's inevitable someone will end up with their glowing icecream semi hidden - the Wii controller wouldn't have that issue.
(actually, the current Wii it doesn't have that issue - GYROS FTW \o/ )
It's the touch screen that bothers me. It's gimmicky - yes it's Nintendo we're talking about - but it reeks of "oh, people play games on touch devices" *adds touch screen to controller* "they'll love that". IMO it'll just get used for retarded crap initially, then forgotten about while pushing the price of the controller up.