by FireEmblem54
For months, we waited. Sat, and waited. None of us had any clue what to expect. Imaginations ran wild. When [Thursday] night rolled around, hype was at its highest point. Then, it happened. The first images were published, and all at once, the entire gaming world lost its voice.
Now, we sit speechless. No words can describe what we’ve just seen. This is the device that will change the channel, I mean gaming, forever. Gamers rechecked to make sure they weren’t on TVRemotes.com.
Here we sit once more, this Revolution finally sinking in. This device, like it or not, is the most innovative things to happen to gaming ever. The possibilities are endless. Now that I’ve had a while to come up with the right words, I’d like to share a few thoughts with y’all.
First off, I’m still wowed with the concept. The design is interesting. The potential though, is huge. A vertical controller is new to most of us, and the button layout seems as if it’ll take some getting used to. The whole, two piece idea is something many had considered, and I think it’ll work great.
I was fairly impressed after reading about the demos shown. The whole “laser pointer” idea is neat. Though the graphics of the Rev weren’t shown, we can only imagine. The possibility of swinging the controller as a baseball bat or a sword is incredible. Now take that one step further, ONLINE. Imagine dueling people across the ocean, from the comfort of your own living room. That’d make Halo 2 look like Pong.
Third party support has me iffy. It’ll be difficult to make games for the Revolution, more so than the other systems, but it’ll take gaming to a whole new level. I dearly miss Lucasarts on the GCN, but the idea of controlling a light saber by swinging the controller, is one I hope the folks at LA share, and hope they’ll consider putting that to use. If I had to some up my thoughts in a few sentences, it’s this:
This controller is an amazing idea that if pulled off correctly, will change the industry as we know it. Obviously, the system itself must be something special as well, but the Big N is clearly on the right track. Now, we can just sit once more, a little more comfortably than Mr. Gates and Mr. Kutaragi can, as we wait for the Revolution to begin in full.