Rumour: Revolution Controls?

We have some interesting things that might give you an idea of how we'll be playing games in the Nintendo's next home system.

In the past Mr. Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's worldwide president, stated:

"I think the number of game players will decrease if the game industry continues to pursue its current strategy of making software more complicated and luxurious, which in turn requires customers to consume enormous time and energy. Customers now find themselves hard-pressed to keep up with the game developers' approach. If we put the brakes on such a trend, we would be able to put the industry back on a growth path. Nintendo was aware of this early on. We would like to market such software and expand the sales of game machines."

The Nintendo DS might be the first glimpse of Nintendo's new strategy plan. But don't forget the code-named Nintendo Revolution, which will be Nintendo's next home system but not the successor of the Gamecube. In September of 2001, Nintendo and Gyration Inc., a leading manufacturer of efficient gyroscope sensors, made a deal. Nintendo would invent money in the company in order to use the gyration technology. Gyration Inc. stated:

"Gyration intends to be the first company to produce game controllers enhanced with gyroscopic motion-sensors, which have a tenfold performance increase over accelerometer tilt sensors and add the ability to sense yaw as well as pitch. A gyro-equipped, motion-sensing controller provides a natural method of game control that draws the player into the game and makes game play more enjoyable. The motion sensor can take the place of a typical thumb pressure pad allowing one-handed game play, or can be integrated into a two-handed controller to add a dimension to game playing not possible with traditional game controllers."

More on what exactly is gyration technology comes from Marc Harris of Gyration Inc.:

"Unlike accelerometers used by all other motion game manufactures, gyros can track the yaw axis motion that is critical for intuitive game control. Yaw axis tracking allows users to naturally point and move objects left and right much the way screen objects move on their TVS without having to tilt the game controller."

It's a technology like the glove that used in the film Minority Report. If gyration technology will be used in the Nintendo Revolution, then this machine will indeed create a gaming revolution.


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