Computer Games Magazine claims they know what the so secret function of the revolution controller is. It’s not a DS style pad but rather a couple of spinning widgets inside a traditional pad that cause rotational resistance.


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Secret function of Revolution controller revealed?


Computer Games Magazine claims they know what the so secret function of the revolution controller is. It’s not a DS style pad but rather a couple of spinning widgets inside a traditional pad that cause rotational resistance. Much like if you spin a bike wheel and you get that mysterious centrifugal effect. Like an invisible force that gives the pad rotational resistance.

The magazine reads:

It's revolutionary in the same two senses that controller rumble is/was revolutionary: first, it's kind of actually not a huge deal, but controllers will eventually all have it because it is pretty neat; and second, it involves revolving. Simply, the Revolution controller will provide resistance to being tilted. No doubt this is done by some application of a tilt sensor such as the one in WarioWare: Twisted combined with rumble technology.

After all, rumble is just done by some off-balance widgets inside the controller spinning really fast. If they were balanced, they could provide enough rotational inertia— the same thing that makes bikes and motorcycles harder to tilt the faster they're going— to perform this trick.

The "could" is why Nintendo hasn't come out with it yet. Yeah, they say they don't want it to be copied, which is valid because I'm sure it will be, just not anytime soon. What's really happening is Nintendo is trying to make this work with wireless controllers, finding the optimal trade-off between spinning the widgets fast enough to produce a good, strong effect and keeping the controller from eating batteries too quickly. Oh, and it has to be cheap and reliable, too.

Why this isn't just another Revolution rumour: I'm hurt, I really am. You think I would do that to you? Well, even if you don't believe me this time, I'm betting you will in the future. So there.

So there you have it, if you believe them that is. With all the rumors that have been flying lately about the NR controller I guess nobody will know for sure untill Nintendo starts talking. If what CGM wrote happens to be the real deal we won't know how revolutionary this will prove to be before we actually get to try it out and see how it will impact gameplay.