Post by Dan @ 02:45pm 01/09/10 | 15 Comments
It's not a major overhaul but gamers that like to use the D-pad arrows when available might be interested to see the new screw mechanism that aims to make D-Pad movement control more accurate and responsive.
The engineers have come up with an ingenious solution with a d-pad that can go from a plus to a disc with the twist of the wrist.It also does away with the Red/Green/Blue/Yellow buttons for the first time, opting for a greyscale pallette. For a closer look at the new D-Pad in action, check out the video on Major Nelson's blog.
The controller is due to hit U.S. shelves (only with a new Play & Charge kit) on November 9th 2010. Hyrb mentions that a European release is expected in Feburary 2011, so Australia will likely see them around then also.
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Posted 02:52pm 01/9/10
last edited by DM at 14:52:05 01/Sep/10
Posted 02:52pm 01/9/10
Posted 03:00pm 01/9/10
you must be a f*****g giant.
Posted 03:46pm 01/9/10
but what ever.
Posted 06:28pm 01/9/10
bahahah my thoughts exactly.
Posted 06:42pm 01/9/10
Also I guess they'll have to change all their games & UI that say press red to go back since there's no red button any more.
Posted 06:43pm 01/9/10
What they should do is have the left thumbstick as normal, but make the right thumbstick a little mini trackball. Would make controllers leet for fps games.
Posted 07:16pm 01/9/10
Posted 07:27pm 01/9/10
Posted 10:25pm 01/9/10
In a fighting game try doing this combo with precision motion timing:
>v><><>>
and that's just for a 2 hit combo.
Posted 11:18pm 01/9/10
Holy f*** what an awesome idea. Why hasn't someone worked this out as a sort of premium controller type deal?
Posted 11:23pm 01/9/10
Posted 11:39pm 01/9/10
You're either like 8 feet tall, or you're full of s***.
Posted 11:58pm 01/9/10
Posted 12:09am 02/9/10