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Radio-Talbot recently spoke with Nintendo of Canada's Director of Marketing Pierre-Paul Trepanier in an interview
centered around the Revolution. Two major points, force feedback and how the system will be able to measure the
movement of the remote, were discussed. In response to the query of force feedback being a possibility with the remote, Pierre said "Yes there's feedback in it even though it is wireless, we will show more at E3. Before in our wireless controllers, we didn't put feedback because of battery life problems but now we have found a way to do it without lowering the battery life of the remote."
[Via Go Nintendo]
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4-26-2006 @ 9:39PM
Josh said...
Yay!
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4-26-2006 @ 10:08PM
Jonathan said...
This was already announced... didn't the prototype versions that got demoed rumble? I am pretty sure they already mentioned this.
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4-26-2006 @ 10:24PM
hepme said...
If they're going to use the terminology "force feedback," I'm hoping they mean gyroscopic technology to make it really feel like its pulling and pushing on your hand, not just rumbling. If they aren't using this, then this is pretty lackluster news. I'm perfectly happy waiting for all the accurate news we'll be getting from E3
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4-27-2006 @ 1:42AM
Peter-Paul said...
Jonathan:
I ddon't think this had been anounced yet. I recall having heard the wired demo-controllers had force feedback, but the wireless ones didn't. But back then, they were just prototypes, so anything could change. And something has :)
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4-27-2006 @ 3:56AM
James said...
how the hell can wireless force feed back work when its not fixed to the ground or anything for that matter
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4-27-2006 @ 7:23PM
narF said...
Sorry to disapoint you all but this is pure misunderstandment. By Force Feedback, they mean Rumble feature.
This news comes from an interview of Denis Talbot with Pierre-Paul Tr?nier. Now, I "know" both of them. Denis Talbot do a daily TV show called «M. Net» here in Qu?c. And Pierre-Paul Tr?nier often come to the show as a contact from Nintendo. Now, I listen to the show almost everyday so I think I know them both enough to tell you this : They are not a very reliable source of information. Denis Talbot don't really care about Nintendo. His heart goes with the Xbox or Battle Field 2. He don't know really much about the Revolution/Wii or the DS. As for Pierre-Paul Tr?nier, it wouldn't be the first time he goes and tell lies. Not because he wants to do bad. Just because he doesn't know.
Sorry to disapoint you.
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4-27-2006 @ 10:33PM
CubeGuy said...
As long as it isn't like the crappy "Noise Pak" for the DS.
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4-28-2006 @ 6:35PM
jimmyboo said...
@ #5
It's called gyroscopic action. Basically, a spinning gyroscope "prefers" to be pointing in a certain direction. If you try to alter its plane of rotation, a force will be exerted that will attempt to realign it. This is why spinning tops "precess".
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4-29-2006 @ 10:00AM
Gareth said...
I'm hoping they mean gyroscopic technology to make it really feel like its pulling and pushing on your hand, not just rumbling. If they aren't using this, then this is pretty lackluster news. - hepme
It's *obvious* that there will be no force feedback on an object that is free-standing in your hand - it has nothing to pull/push on in relation to you.
Unless of course an invisible man is shipped with the console and pulls and pushes on the remote as you play?
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4-30-2006 @ 5:00PM
mattharvest said...
#8: "It's *obvious* that there will be no force feedback on an object that is free-standing in your hand - it has nothing to pull/push on in relation to you."
Apparently you don't understand how gyroscopes work, otherwise you wouldn't make a comment like this. When you hold an object that has an internal component that is moving (e.g. rotating), it attempts to move the entire object out of your hand.
You can see this, in entirely concrete terms, in the variety of gyroscopic hand-strength tools/toys. The most famous is here:
http://www.powerballs.com/
Once it starts spinning, it resists your attempts to hold it quite well.
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