- Revolution controller revealed
- Tokyo Game Show 2005
- November OXM rocks!
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1. Revolution controller revealed
I've gotta hand it to Nintendo -- they are innovators. They just revealed the new controllers at the Tokyo Game Show -- and they're way different. Specifically, they're one-handed jobbies (that is, they're operated by one hand; I think I just figured out a chink in their marketing armor).
Anyway, picts at Nintendo's site.
There's a blow-by-blow of Shigeru Miyamoto's demo over at GameSpot.com, which seems to indicate there's quite a bit to the controller, including some positional and gyroscope leanings (ha!).
Dunno what to think, yet. Not sure I want to hold a remote in my hand for hours on end, and the analog dongle attachment (while much appreciated), looks like it get as tiresome. I'm hoping I'm wrong, because Nintendo should totally be rewarded for innovating.
2. Tokyo Game Show 2005
I touched recently on the Tokyo Game Show 2005 happenings, and wanted to mention a couple of other cool things that came out it.
A lot of the video from the show has been a bit disappointing, and it's generally camcorder footage of stuff running on screens. Ah well, I'll take what I can get.
On the Sony front, there was kind of a lack of (as in no) playable PS3 games, which is surprising, but they did detail their Japanese PS3 launch titles. Sequelitis strikes Alone in the Dark, Stuntman, Driver, Brothers in Arms, and so on. Sequels aren't necessarily bad, though.
Sony has 102 games in development for the PS3, which is half purported 200 in dev for the Xbox 360, but the PS3's launch lags Microsoft by at least 6 months (I'm saying), so the descrepency's not that big.
Check out a full list of announced PS3 games over at GameSpot.com. In particular, I'm interested in "Anime related project" (Bandai); Devil May Cry 4 and Resident Evil 5 ("Biohazard 5")(Capcom); Dark Sector (D3); "Dark RPG" (From Software); "Management simulation" (Hamster); "Unnamed RPG" (Hudson); Unnamed RPG, fighting, and shooting games from (Namco); and Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega).
Onthe Xbox 360 front, there was some good stuff shown in screens and video for Dead or Alive 4; Ninety-Nine Nights; Wardevil; eNCHANT arM; . I was actually surprised by Capcom's Dead Rising; it's before the new "every-game-has-a-zombie" onslaught (and I'm slready sick of them, other than Stubbs the Zombie), but the screen grabs for Dead look great.
Kind of significant that few publishers mentioned developing for both PS3 and Xbox 360, other than Capcom's Resident Evil 5 From Software's Armored Core 4 -- a first for the franchise on the Microsoft hardware
And old school being new again? Check out the streaming video of Sonic over at GameSpot.com, and the Quake 4 hands-on preview at TeamXbox.com.
Other tidbits included the fact that the Xbox 360 will be region locked for both games and DVDs (just like its predecessor), and Sony made no similar announcement.
Finally, that big building going up in Tokyo near one of it's busiest shopping districts, and draped in a giant Xbox 360 symbol? That would be the "Gamer Lounge", with a bunch of living room-like breakout areas that are meant to simulate the home experience, complete with high-def TVs and surround sound home theater systems. This is taking a nod from Apple's retail stores. I'm hoping we get the same thing in New York's Times' Square.
3. November OXM rocks!
I won't repeat the whole thing, but 11 playable demos? Most of them good? Check out the list at the bottom of my latest rant, "My Xbox just caught on fire!".
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