A look at an updated Wii U controller

[Janthran]

What are the little squares under the D-pad and next to the power button?

 

[Quietlyawesome94]

What are the little squares under the D-pad and next to the power button?

Some people have speculated that the little square under the D-pad is a button to change the output from the TV to the controller screen and vice-versa .

 

[Janthran]

What are the little squares under the D-pad and next to the power button?

Some people have speculated that the little square under the D-pad is a button to change the output from the TV to the controller screen and vice-versa .

Just checked the patent, and it seems they're game related. So I guess devs get to choose what they do.

 

[FireEmblemGuy]

Something no one seems to be considering: if they're actually testing and getting user feedback, and haven't changed the stick placement despite changing the sticks themselves, they're probably not getting a lot of complaint about the locations from actual users.

Despite initial reactions to the Wii Remote, I've still never really found a Nintendo-branded controller to be awkward or difficult to use, although third-party knockoffs are another story.

 

[machomuu]

Something no one seems to be considering: if they're actually testing and getting user feedback, and haven't changed the stick placement despite changing the sticks themselves, they're probably not getting a lot of complaint about the locations from actual users.

Despite initial reactions to the Wii Remote, I've still never really found a Nintendo-branded controller to be awkward or difficult to use, although third-party knockoffs are another story.

Maybe they were getting bad feedback from the testers and that's why they changed to analog sticks rather then changing the placement to a more comfortable position. It's not uncommon for things like that to happen.

 

[Janthran]

Despite initial reactions to the Wii Remote, I've still never really found a Nintendo-branded controller to be awkward or difficult to use, although third-party knockoffs are another story.

I didn't like the Wii remote. It seemed like a step down from the GC controller.

 

[DSGamer64]

Is it me, or are the analogs too far up?

Should be beside the buttons. The design is a bit retarded to be honest. You are going to win up pressing buttons by accident using the control sticks. Why don't they just make the buttons on the back of the panel instead of on the front?

 

[machomuu]

Is it me, or are the analogs too far up?

Should be beside the buttons. The design is a bit retarded to be honest. You are going to win up pressing buttons by accident using the control sticks. Why don't they just make the buttons on the back of the panel instead of on the front?

I think you'd have to be pretty clumsy to have that happen, mainly since the analogs are in the inverse position of a regular controller, so it's not much different in that respect.

 

[Dingoo-fan 32]

What they did to the analogs?

Oh, and the screen looks smaller...

 

[machomuu]

What they did to the analogs?

Oh, and the screen looks smaller...

They turned them into...analogs. Before they were Circle Pads.

 

[Deleted_171835]

What they did to the analogs?

Oh, and the screen looks smaller...

The screen is the same size.

And they improved the analogs. No more circle-pads.

 

[Skelletonike]

Hum... If they release the Wii U in other colors like black, dark purple (GC's color), then it'd be awesome... I love how the control seems to be coming up (sure, the analogs are in a somewhat weird position, but heck, I thought the same of the xbox 360's controller and now it's my fave together with the game cube's one, so it might just be the case of getting used to it). I'm also wondering how much that thing'll cost separately, all the other console controlers out there are over-priced, so I'm hopping it wont cost more than 60€ (the price of the 360's controller).

 

[Luigi2012SM64DS]

i want a 1280 x 720 or 800 x 400 screen
not a 320 x 240

 

[Deleted_171835]

i want a 1280 x 720 or 800 x 400 screen
not a 320 x 240

Why would it be 320x240? The 3DS isn't even that low.

It's 854×480.

 

[KingVamp]

i want a 1280 x 720 or 800 x 400 screen
not a 320 x 240

You want your wallet to weep even more.

 

[Kioku]

i want a 1280 x 720 or 800 x 400 screen
not a 320 x 240

You want your wallet to weep even more.

With how cheap certain screens are becoming to produce now a days? maybe a $5 bump tacked on to the controller price...

 

[chris888222]

i want a 1280 x 720 or 800 x 400 screen
not a 320 x 240

Why would it be 320x240? The 3DS isn't even that low.

It's 854×480.

I know the resolution is around that range but isn't that just speculation?

 

[Deleted_171835]

i want a 1280 x 720 or 800 x 400 screen
not a 320 x 240

You want your wallet to weep even more.

With how cheap certain screens are becoming to produce now a days? maybe a $5 bump tacked on to the controller price...

They aren't as cheap as you think.

The iPad 2 screen cost about $97, the original Galaxy Tab's screen (7") cost about $57, the Vita's screen cost about $50 and the 3DS's screen cost $34.

I know the resolution is around that range but isn't that just speculation?

No, it isn't. Someone manually counted the pixels from a high-res image.

 

[DiscostewSM]

i want a 1280 x 720 or 800 x 400 screen
not a 320 x 240

Why would it be 320x240? The 3DS isn't even that low.

It's 854×480.

Actually, the bottom screen of the 3DS is 320x240, but I knew you meant the top screen.

 

[Luigi2012SM64DS]

i want a 1280 x 720 or 800 x 400 screen
not a 320 x 240

You want your wallet to weep even more.

I don't have a wallet