Nintendo reveals games supporting the second circle pad (Resident Evil, Metal Gear, Kingdom Hearts)

[JEMC]

thetonestarr said:

JEMC said:
Please Nintendo, please. Stop, take a deep breath and think about what you are doing.

If you are going to release something like this, at least do it in a pathetic way! Every 3rd party multiplat game will end requiring it.

And an AAA battery? Why couldn't you just think ahead and do a full add-on that includes the circle pad AND a battery to expand the much criticized battery life of your console?

I was seriously considering buying one of these (seen them new for 150 €), but as others have said I'll pass until they launch a redesign.. or worse still, PSV proves to be the right buy.

Pay attention to the facts. Nintendo can't tell third parties what accessories to support. If there's an add-on that exists and someone wants to develop for it, they're going to develop for it. Nintendo hasn't developed a single piece of software to release with this add-on, so you certainly can't blame Nintendo for this.

Additionally, it's already been stated that what games we KNOW whether they'll REQUIRE or SUPPORT this add-on... only SUPPORT it. Meaning they DON'T require it; they're just supplemented with it.

This is an add-on that has been made for third parties. It's not something Nintendo wanted to do (I hope) but something they have been asked to do by those 3rd parties that claim it will only be optional.

The thing is, and let's be honest about this, that 3rd parties are scared of trying new ways of play with their existing and successful franchises, so if they can go the dual analog route they will, and that will be the "de facto" control mode, being the gyroscopes or the touchscreen the other ways of play that are included as an afterthough and that rarely work well.

just to make this clear, I hope they will prove me wrong, but given the recent history between Nintendo and 3rd parties, I fear the worst.