Miyamoto Talks Revolution and Zelda 51
1up reports that Shigeru Miyamoto has, almost offhandedly, confirmed that the upcoming Zelda title will utilize the Revolution's wand functionality. From the article: "When asked about Twilight Princess' progress, Miyamoto said everything coming along well, and that 'because Revolution can run GameCube software, when you play Twilight Princess on Revolution you can take advantage of the Revolution controller.' Whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop the train. We already knew Twilight Princess would be playable on GameCube, but it's mighty odd for Miyamoto to simply announce such a feature on a whim - but apparently he has. Not only that, but Miyamoto made sure to underscore that 'almost everything' about Revolution will be revealed at E3 in May."
Old news? (Score:3, Informative)
Although I could've sworn it was mentioned here on slashdot, I can't find it.2 /play-twlight-princess-with-revolution-controller/ [4colorrebellion.com]
But a quick search turned up this article from December:
http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2005/12/2
Re:Old news? (Score:5, Informative)
Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway! (Score:1)
Some people say it's a microphone port, although that would be retarded as microphones already work on a GCN with mario party and whatnot.
Others predict a projector system, to display your games on a wall. Hmm. The fanboi in me says if one company can pull this off without looking like crap, it would be them, but I'm not convinced.
Yet another few think we will see the VR helmet do its appearance.
I say all of these speculations are
Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:3, Funny)
So does that mean the Rev controller's going to include a surrender button?
Perhaps, but... (Score:1)
Now go away before he taunts you a second time!
Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:1)
Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:1)
Cheers.
Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:2)
Anyone who has read All Quiet on the Western Front may have an idea why the French surrendered to Germany rather than stage a straight fight. The brutality of Fhe First World War would kill just about anyone's taste for war on their home soil.
Cheers.
Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:1)
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Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:1)
Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:1)
Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:1)
My SWAG: Some sort of interface with the DS, ala the GCN / GBA system link.
Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:1)
You don't frighten us, Sony pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottom, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Kutaragi Ken, you and all your silly Sony k-nnnnniggets. Thpppppt! Thppt! Thppt!
Re:Who cares about the details? I'll buy it anyway (Score:2)
A built in projector makes no sense either. I would add hundreds of dollars to the price of the product and wouldn't give the user anything they couldn't get from any number of 3rd party sources.
Blu-ray? No way. The cost is too high and the payoff right now is poor (how many Blu-ray
"Almost everything"? (Score:5, Insightful)
I think this makes me more curious than anything else. Considering that the Revolution is supposed to be released this year (and, since TP has a fall release, and we are now certain that it will use the Revolution controls, we can be fairly sure that the Revolution also has a fall release date), I'm not quite sure what would be so important that they'd keep it under wraps until near release time.
E3 is such a large event in the gaming world that it's used as a "step up" in creating pre-release hype as a release approaches. Keeping back details could hinder this, unless they're planning a super huge revealing a month or two before the Rev hits streets. So what would they keep back? We already know there's "one major surprise" still in store (as if the controller itself wasn't enough), so what else lurks behind the shadows?
Or are they going to keep the actual hardware specs to themselves? We already know that it will only be between three and five times as powerful as the Gamecube, while the 360 and PS3 are supposedly much more than that from their own predecessors. Perhaps Nintendo is worried that having gaming reporters compare hard static numbers might dwindle the hype? But that doesn't seem like Nintendo.
So what else could there be? (Hopefully, not the return of the Virtual Boy.)
Also, on TP having Rev capabilities: YES!
Re:"Almost everything"? (Score:1, Insightful)
You're forgetting: E3 is an American event, Nintendo is a Japanese company.
Could it be that they're waiting for t
Re:"Almost everything"? (Score:2)
Re:"Almost everything"? (Score:2, Insightful)
Essentially Microsoft went to the event with a large portion of the details about the XBox known (including details about Halo and several other launch games), Sony went with tons of information about upcomming games on their (already relased) platform, and Nintendo went with nothing known about their system except that it was named Gamecube and had some cool tech demos at Spaceworld (nearly a year before E3). What happed was, because eve
All Games? (Score:1)
Is it just the way I'm reading this, or does Miyamoto-san's statement here sort-of imply that *all* GCN games will be able to use the new controller in some way? He seems to be saying it in an "of course it will" kind of way. Perhaps it will be similar to the XBOX 360s backward compatibility stuff, where you have to download the files to be able to play the old
Re:All Games? (Score:4, Informative)
The question is whether you will be able to use the Rev's unique controller with all GC games. Miyamoto's quote implies that at least the new Zelda will, but possibly all games. That's the question. We know the Rev will be able to play GC games and can use the GC controller.
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Well, with little more than speculation to go on, I'd say it's quite possible that they designed the Revolution controller such that it could easily work in place of the Gamecube controller, at least for Gamecube games. With the motion-sensor and analog-stick nunchuck setup, this may not be unreasonable if they just calibrate the motion sensor correctly.
Now, since apparently you will be able to use a Gamecube controller with the Revolution, it isn't completely clear that he really meant that all GC games would be useable with the Rev controller. It may just be Twilight Princess -- which if my first paragraph is incorrect would make sense to further tie together sales of TP and the Rev console. Since I can't get at the actual interview without signing up for the "VIP lounge" of Nintendo Europe, I don't know what the wider context was or whether the original statement was even made in English.
Re:All Games? (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm not surprised by this. Nintendo is notorious for having games near the end of the life cycle of one system having some extra functionality coded in for the newer systems. A lot of early Game Boy Color games did this, the two Zelda Ages games for GBA had an extra store that only appeared if you were using a GBA, and let's not forget the Super Game Boy peripheral for the SNES that enhanced the sound on some games (Kirby's Dream Land 2, Donkey Kong) or unlocked extra stuff (Space Invaders for true Arcade rendition, or Wario Blast for up to 4 players on one cart).
I think it would be cool if they had little patches you could download to play GCN games with the Revolution controller, although I don't know how well that will work with some since you are going to end up sacrificing many of the buttons on the GCN controller in the switchover. However, certain games could and should definitely have the option to convert. Since Metroid Prime 2 was adapted to use the controller as part of their e3 tech demos, I have no doubts that and the first game would be high on the list of conversions.
Re:All Games? (Score:2)
Thinking along those lines, it's possible that the Twilight Princess uses a regular GC controller, but when played on a Revolution with the controller/wavebird configuration the control reacts to players motions.
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Hopefully there will be a way to configure the Revo controller so you can use it for GC (and N64, SNES) games in a limited way. We know you can turn it sideways to make it just like a NES controller. But it would be cool if they allowe
Heh, told you so! (Score:2)
And i doubt this was decided or announced "on a whim," i'm sure they've been planning to make Twilight Princess the pseudo-launch game for the Revolution for quite awhile now. And when was this interview? Sony just made a big announcement about the PS3, and now Miyamoto makes a bigish anouncement about Zelda/Revolution, coincidence?
Most Zelda fans are already wand-proficient? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Most Zelda fans are already wand-proficient? (Score:1)
Yeah but they're usually uncomfortable in a two-player environment.
So what was that again? (Score:3, Funny)
Shocking news I tells ya.
Re:So what was that again? (Score:2)
Don't get your panties in a wad, Twilight Princess will be published for the GameCube, there will just be some bonus content if you put it into a Revolution.
Why just Twilight Princess... (Score:2)
Re:Why just Twilight Princess... (Score:1)
Last Secret? (Score:1)
Re:Last Secret? (Score:2)
2. Fly above the door towards the end of the mid-level key castle in the first world.
3. Use the first whistle to get to the Warp Zone, then use the second whistle while you're at the Warp Zone world map to get straight to the eighth world.
Re:Last Secret? (Score:1)
Re:Last Secret? (Score:2)
I believe the back catalog of games was as well, and that's still something for which little is known about.
Meh. (Score:1)