Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Revolution To Blow Your Mind

The Nintendo Revolution grabbed a second place in Time's "5 New Things That Will Blow Your Mind". It was placed after Boeing's new Dreamliner jumbo jet, quite impressive for a gaming console. Here is a link:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1118338-2,00.html

And what they have to say about the controller:

When it comes to video-game controllers, Nintendo has always been an innovator. Back when Atari and its one-button joystick ruled, Nintendo devised a two-button controller with a directional thumb pad. Then came action-sensitive vibration, wireless connectivity and an analog stick for 360˚ steering. Now the company hopes to shake things up with a wireless controller for next year's Revolution console that will allow players to apply real-world physical experience to games. The one-handed grip has motion and position sensors, so if you're playing a Ping-Pong game, you just flick the controller like a paddle. Or, to shoot, take aim and tap a button. For more elaborate games, a second piece with analog stick and two triggers (for that extra itchy finger) can be connected.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very interesting to see Nintendo getting such a great publicity!!!
Time has more than a million subscribers in Europe alone.

I really believe it will create a market on its own. Go Revo!!

Anonymous said...

Heh, Time is even recommended to students in France.

Anonymous said...

wow, second place after a new jumbo jet... that isn't too shabby ;)