NSider
Contributing Editor
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Readers should note that the Revolution controller-specific development kits sent out to some third parties, as described by Fils-Aime, offer little insight into the horsepower of the new generation console. These kits are very preliminary, intended only to demonstrate to potential developers how the controller may function. Most major third parties have since received updated revisions of the Revolution hardware more reflective of final systems.
These preliminary kits include only a wired Revolution controller, a wired nunchuck attachment and a wired motion bar, which some studios have labeled the "wand."
The wired Revolution controller is inserted into a control socket on the GameCube hardware. The nunchuck unit connects to the freehand-style controller via a makeshift Ethernet cable. And the so-called wand plugs into a Memory Pak slot on the GCN development hardware. A software solution undoubtedly resolves any initial compatibility issues. Studios have been told by Nintendo to experiment from there.
We were disappointingly unable to test any software with the development controller.
مافي معلومات كثيرة جديدة .. لكن حلو معرفة أن المطورين شغالين أوكي .. خصوصاً الكبار اللي حصلوا على عدة أقوى.Most software houses working with this kit have only a vague idea about what to expect from Revolution where horsepower is concerned. Studio sources regularly reiterate previously reported projections that the hardware will be roughly twice as powerful as GameCube. Development insiders we've spoken to seem unconcerned with power and instead focused on the gameplay possibilities that the new controller may help realize.