More Wii 2 Controller Details & Rumors, With Mock-Ups!
There’s a shitload of new Wii 2 controller details, rumors, and purported mock-ups. I know I may be crazy saying this, but holy shit, could this rock?
Enlarge. | Destructoid via 4Chan. Probably Crap.
As Well, Kotaku Has A Ton Of Details:
Its main controller, as rumored, will include a touchscreen, two analog sticks and a camera, we’ve confirmed with our own games industry sources who are familiar with Nintendo’s plans for the machine.
That new controller’s screen will measure 6.2 inches and the controller will also include eight buttons. It won’t necessarily be, however, the controller that every Wii 2 gamer uses. It isn’t even being positioned as a replacement for the famous Wii Remote.
Two analog sticks! Thank fucking Christ. When I heard that a Nintendo system would be a sensible controller with dual analogs, my excitement for the system fucking tripled. Yeah baby, give me something that fucking makes sense. Even if it isn’t for every game, if they can get some legit games with a legit controller? Praise Allah. Once this news came out, everything else began to get a lot, lot, lot more attractive to me.
That new controller’s screen will measure 6.2 inches and the controller will also include eight buttons. It won’t necessarily be, however, the controller that every Wii 2 gamer uses. It isn’t even being positioned as a replacement for the famous Wii Remote.
The new Nintendo console, which some have been referring to as Project Café, will also support Nintendo Wii remote-style controllers.
We’re not clear on whether the new console will simply use the current Wii remote tech or if Nintendo will offer a remote that improves upon the already-improved and more motion-sensitive Wii Remote Plus that launched last year.
What we are clear on is that Nintendo intends for many games on its new console to be controlled with the same kind of arm-swinging and controller tilting made capable by the Wii Remote. Think of it this way, hypothetically speaking: a new Wii Sports could use the Remote; a new Zelda could use the screen-based twin-stick controller.
That’s fine. Let assholes play Wii Sports with the old piece of shit, while I play Zelda with the new remote.
While a twin-stick controller doesn’t sound like the kind of Nintendo gizmo that would charm talk show hosts the way the Wii Remote did, the capabilities of the the screen controller do have people buzzing. The 6.2-inch screen will receive data wirelessly from the Nintendo console and presents an array of options, from putting the player’s inventory or map on the controller screen, to allowing players to combine it with the controller’s camera to snap photos that could be imported into a game or even turning it into some sort of glorified viewfinder (we’re unclear about whether the camera on the controller points at the player or can be outward-facing; we’ve heard both – maybe it swivels?).
This is me retreating on previous stance. If the touchscreen is used for browsing inventories, seeing maps, or manipulating things without having to bring up a menu on screen? Sounds pretty fucking rad to me. All of my excitement is predicated on the analog sticks being in play. It just makes an enormous difference to me.
How do you guys feel about all this? Any more excitement? Any less? The same? Hit me.