The Unknown
Donkey Kong Country Returns has made its way to the China-exclusive Nvidia SHIELD. This version runs in 1080p at 60fps with no motion controls.
Edited by Karxrida on Jul 5th 2019 at 11:41:28 AM
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
Calendar enthusiast
- NES: D-pad, multiple action buttons
- SNES: Shoulder buttons
- Virtual Boy: Prongs
- N64: Analogue stick, expandability
- GameCube: Wireless
- Wii: Motion controls
- Wii U: Touchscreen
- Switch: Modularity
So I guess Nintendo's next controller will be thought-controlled or something.
Ukrainian Red Cross
Next one after that mindupload? 
(also I thought Virtual Boy was supposed to be virtual reality? ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
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Edited by SpookyMask on Jul 6th 2019 at 1:46:17 PM
Calendar enthusiast
Yeah, but I'm only talking about controllers.
Ukrainian Red Cross
The Fastest Man Alive
The DS did touch screen before Wii U.
Calendar enthusiast
OK fine, the Wii U was a home console with a screen in the controller...
which the Dreamcast also had. Darn.
Ukrainian Red Cross
The Cat Knows Where It's At
Wii U was the first to bring touchscreen controls to a console which Sony then copied for the PS 4.
The N64 was also the first controller that featured rumble, I do believe. I also think Zelda 1 was the first game that had a battery-backed save system. Ocarina of Time was the first game with Camera Lock-On. Pretty sure Super Mario 64 was the first 3D game with a fully controllable camera.
Nintendo's done a lot of things that are now industry standard.
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The Unknown
The N64 was also the first console with an analog stick, iirc.
Edited by Karxrida on Jul 6th 2019 at 11:00:13 AM
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?
I guess vr doesn't count as controller now that I think about it ._.;
The Fastest Man Alive
The original Playstation had rumble and predates the N64 by a year and a half.
Professional Complainer
It only got rumble after Star Fox 64.
Disasturbator
Well Nintendo did help develop it after all..
New theme music also a box
Darling.
I'ma be a smartass and say August for a Direct. Somehow, September as it is just feels way too packed for the Switch right now, and there's no way to comfortably market everything major that month without missing something.
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Professional Forum Ninja
The Playstation Dual Analog controller only had rumble in Japan and launched at around the same time as the Rumble Pak. Internationally, the Rumble Pak came out a few months before the first Dual Shock.
Edited by tclittle on Jul 7th 2019 at 2:22:20 PM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Calendar enthusiast
Yes, the PS1 launched first, but the N64 was the first to have rumble.
Ukrainian Red Cross
So, this goes under "other Nintendo Media events", but there's going to be a special Brazilian Nintendo Direct tomorrow
!
It's special because Nintendo doesn't actually do business in Brazil, so fans and developers are coming together to do their own Direct to highlight the indies coming out of there. Apparently Chucklefish is on the list? I'll be busy when it airs but this is pretty neat.
Maybe Brazil actually toned down their tariffs and Nintendo is coming back. But under its current government, I highly doubt it.
Schezo Wegey confirmed for King
Huh, interesting.
Goddammit, Schezo... || *insert incredibly thirsty copypasta about Dr. Ratio*
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Fun fact, with the announcement of Luigi's Mansion 3 coming out on Halloween, this is the first North American first-party Nintendo retail release to not release on a Friday since Game & Wario back in June 2013 (back then game releases were on Sundays, Pikmin 3 was the first NA release on a Friday).
Also, Luigi's Mansion 3's release announcement reconfirms my theory there won't be a general Direct until September, just like they've for the past three years.
Also, don't forget about Nintendo's Q1 FY 2019 earnings release on July 30th.
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Calendar enthusiast
Astral Chain is coming out in August and Daemon X Machina in September. I would expect Nintendo would want to give them some Direct attention, and August is the time to do it.
Ukrainian Red Cross
Before the storm closes in, the wolf howls at th
Honestly I'm just itching for a new Direct. Need mah fix!
The storm has now resided, the wolf now rests.
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Treehouse's Lead Localization Producer Eric Smith is leaving Nintendo after 11 years.
This guy worked on the Splatoon series, Paper Mari: Color Splash, Super Mario Maker 2's Story Mode and Yamamura's Dojo, Smash 4 and Ultimate's Palutena's Guidance, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Breath of the Wild, and others he didn't mention because these are the one's he particularly proud of.
He will be missed.
EDIT: Sakurai hosting a 22 minute demo of Smash Ultimate Hero DLC on July 30th at 6 am PDT.
Edited by tclittle on Jul 28th 2019 at 8:10:08 AM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
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Financials
Switch:
- 2.13 QTD, 36.87 LTD, 18 fiscal forecast hardware
- 22.62 QTD, 210.13 LTD, 125 fiscal forecast software
Million Sellers:
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 1.2
- Super Mario Maker 2: 2.42
3DS
- 0.2 QTD, 75.28 LTD, 1 fiscal forecast hardware
- 1.48 OTD, 379.6 LTD, 5 fiscal forecast software
Executive statements on next gen controllers from the Q&A at the Shareholder Meeting:
Takahashi:
Miyamoto:
And, as of now, in terms of accuracy and reliability, I believe this style is the clear winner.
At the same time, I also believe that we should quickly graduate from the current controller, and we are attempting all kinds of things. Our objective is to achieve an interface that surpasses the current controller, where what the player does is directly reflected on the screen, and the user can clearly feel the result. This has not been achieved yet. We have tried all kinds of motion controllers, but none seem to work for all people. As the company that knows the most about controllers, we have been striving to create a controller that can be used with ease, and that will become the standard for the next generation.
Shiota:
Edited by tclittle on Jul 5th 2019 at 11:05:08 AM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."