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December 19, 2006
The Wiijects
YOU, yes you! Your stomach turned when the wiimote was unveiled. You ran thru the house screaming when you heard the "Revolution" was actually a Wii. You may even be the person that himed and hawed when the DS was announced. In general, every time Nintendo opened its mouth, you - like a dumbfounded catholic school girl lost in an all boys dormitory, asked yourself, "what the frack?"
My friend, this may send you over the edge. Nikkei Business Magazine (sorta like the Times of Japan) recently published some nostalgic and some bizarre Wii controller prototypes. Yes these Wiijects show the various directions Nintendo experimented with before settling with the ubiquitous wiimote design. The rotating controller on the upper right is kind of interesting. The amorphic gamcube-like blob looks a little big and uncomfortable, but lets get to the real question. WHAT THE FRACK is that giant orange controller in the middle?!?! Is someone at Nintendo R&D snorting fairy dust or something? Although we may never know exactly how the controller works, I like to pretend smashing down on that big ass star button activates an "I WIN" mode at which point a seizure inducing, rainbow casting, strobe light dancing aurora surrounds my body allowing me to execute everything in x10's speed.
You know what tho, it's nice to see a 30 billion company still willing to think so outside the box; not afraid to at least "try". I think that's the Nintendo magic, the spirit that speaks to those who believe anything is possible.
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Comments
I just about spit up my coffee when I saw this. Nintendo is f*cking crazy and that's why I love them.
Posted by: Sergio at December 19, 2006 12:56 PM
Those may be wiijected but I'm dejected... because I don't have one... :-( Someone had to say it....
Posted by: Charlie at December 19, 2006 8:33 PM