Nintendo Revolution: What's your thoughts?

[Arcanine]

Maybe I should have used better words than "Nintendo doesn't care." I know that Nintendo obviously does care seeing as we do buy their product, I'm just saying that they should realize that the average mainstream US gamer won't like this new controller based purely on the way it looks. Japanese gamers, on the other hand, are usually much more curious and leniant about such things and love trying out new hardware and such. The average american gamer is scared of change. It just wants its classic games, its sequels, and its same old same old.

Well the mainstream gamers should read before judging. I didn't like it at first, but I didn't go "That's it, I'm not going to buy a Revolution". I read up on it and the more I read the more I knew it was going to be great. There are so many ways this thing can be used it's not funny. Anywhere from a gun for an FPS to a ball bat for baseball.
But what really put the last nail in the "I don't like this" coffin for me was this.

It's an IGN mockup but Nintendo has said they are going to have a shell that'll be sort of like the GC controller style. A normal controller, like everyone wants (something like that pic up there). I bet that's how SSBR will be played.
And for all we know Nintendo might kill the whole "Shell" thing and just go with a controller like the wavebird. No Rev remote needed.

 

[Hitokiri]

Oh I'm definately getting a revolution...But if I were Nintendo, I would promote the system and the REGULAR controler to the Americans. Then after the rev has gotten sales and stuff, introduce the new controller and what it can do. You don't want people to think that the only controller available is the stick thingy XD

 

[Lucifer.]

Maybe I should have used better words than "Nintendo doesn't care." I know that Nintendo obviously does care seeing as we do buy their product, I'm just saying that they should realize that the average mainstream US gamer won't like this new controller based purely on the way it looks. Japanese gamers, on the other hand, are usually much more curious and leniant about such things and love trying out new hardware and such. The average american gamer is scared of change. It just wants its classic games, its sequels, and its same old same old.

Well the DS is something different, and that's had a successful year or so in America. Certainly silenced the critics anyway. I see no reason why the Revolution wouldn't be welcomed just the way it is.

 

[MAR Heaven]

I was going to get the revolution I knew it from the first time I heard about it but now I am 100% sure that I am for sure.....

GOING TO GET IT!

:D I am going to get the revolution 100% now nothing can change my mind!
I mean there are so many functions the revolution has. Screw the graphics I think this is still great!

 

[Arcanine]

Oh I'm definately getting a revolution...But if I were Nintendo, I would promote the system and the REGULAR controler to the Americans. Then after the rev has gotten sales and stuff, introduce the new controller and what it can do. You don't want people to think that the only controller available is the stick thingy XD

Oh yea that'll be good "Use this controller with games" and when they buy the system they pull the remote out of the box and go "WTF?". Or if it doesn't have a remote they'll try to play games with a sword or an FPS and it won't work. I'm sure the American people will just love that.

 

[Moggy]

i like the console but the controller is rubbish