This new Wii controller patent was filed on June 26th. This was uncovered by the good people at Spong, who were actually looking for more details on the rumored Xbox 360 motion-sensing controller. Hey Sony, do you want to make another controller as well? Oh wait, you already have a motion-sensing one.
Hell, if you stand back and squint your eyes a bit, this new Nintendo controller could be an Xbox 360 motion-sensing controller. Well, except for the Gamecube-looking controls. And what's that thing in the middle? I tried reading the patent text. You try:
An X button 46 and a Y button are further arranged in line on the upper surface of the housing. An imaging information arithmetic unit is provided at a front end of the housing in a longitudinal direction in such a manner that an imaging device thereof is exposed from a front-end surface.
What do you make of that? I still don't know what the hell I'm looking at!
Check out the patent text for some interesting reading. There's also a mention of a gun-style controller within the text.
What do you make of this? Do you think it's something that will just sit in a file forever? Or will Nintendo actually do something with this?
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11:53 AM on 07.09.2008
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mario kart with that controller, but being able to waggle to get the boost off jumps would be quite nice.
Sorry all, I couldn't help myself.. xD
I think this is a 'just in case' design to compromise in the event they eliminate the cube controller ports from the Wii.
and I'm pretty sure it's in english...but
I still don't understand what the hell they're saying!
sorry for double post
But yeah this thing is the balls to the wiimote schlong.
The what units?
remote slides in the center- I would call this "The Starfox Controller"
think about it.
Another Peripheral for another first party game- I will not object!
Oh my, you went there? I now befriend you, great minds think alike.. Lol
I'm curious to see if/when they do anything with this though.
The tip of the wiimote holds an infrared camera, and does what the name describes: It grabs information from the image it receives (the cam checks for the infrared lights), and calculates its position based on that. I don't think they could have given it a more pedantic name, though.
It's the new hammer brother controller, for the next "mario" game!
You hold it by the wiirmote, what isn't shown is the giant piece of plexi-glass to protect your tv screen!
as clear as it will ever be, its a slot for the VMU from the Dreamcast!
that's an arithmetich imaging device and it would fit :-)
woah, that's a fecking huge pic dude. :)
Perhaps the slot is added so you can use a combination IR unit (explaining the bit abouot a 'n such a manner that an imaging device thereof is exposed from a front-end surface') and battery unit. If you purchase two, you can swap out a used one for a fresh one. A money making idea is to sell you a multi-battery recharging station - of course, for some reason, a single battery charging station will also be sold.
Additionally, if Nintendo still has the copyright for the 'rumble pack, expect a rumble enabled version of the power/IR pack. (Infact, expect a mere battery/wireless version and a IR enabled version to be seperate items.)
*Jumps from window of 55th floor building*
I've always wanted a wallpaper of a used Dreamcast VMU that looks like its been sitting at the bottom of a cereal bowl for weeks.
Thanks!
or it's the illegitimate son of the GCN Controller.
Nintendo makes a current-gen "normal" controller that simply holds the Wiimote like that mockup, except fo having wires and no rumble, why didn't they make that one in the first place?
Anyhow, the only thing I'm a bit worried about was that it has the gamecube layout, and that layout plays kind of awkwardly with SNES games...
But if it's useable with GC games it would be sweet.