Pyxis Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 Look at this article on joystiq dating back to May 2005: http://www.joystiq.com/2005/05/15/nintendo-revolution-pics-on-gamespot-forums/ The two pics on there are these: Now compare the top pic with the black controller shown here: and the front of the revolution console shown there has those 4 lights on the left exactly like the lights on the revmote... coincidence or what? And if you look at the other half of the controller, it has those 4 directional buttons like the D pad and a trigger button like the revmote. edit again: the article was posted 2 days before e3 2005.
Flaight Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 I predicted a "splitting" controller, one side having D pad and the other half having other controls. I think that concept is not hard to come up with. In other words, coming up with the "D-pad addition" side is not unusual. What is phenomenal, is the mechanism of remote-control-like Revmote. That is something special and is rather hard to imagine. Once you hear it, you go "ohhh yeah it's so easy". But without hearing it, it's hard to come up with. Some say the rev stick turned out to be the least "revolutionary" side of Revolution. I'm not so sure. It's such a simple idea, yet it's so expansive. Coming up with that mechanism is the real creativity here.
Nintendork Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 On 4colorrebellion you can see 100s of these mockups.. it's not suprising one came close. But this person could have had a little leak because that's rather close indeed.
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