What can Nintendo do beyond motion controls?

We all know that Nintendo are known as innovators of consoles, controllers and gameplay.

NES: D-Pad
SNES: L and R Buttons
Gameboy
N64: Analog Stick
Gamecube: Wireless Controllers (I don't know if they were the first to thought of it, correct me if I'm wrong)
DS: Touch-screen
Wii: Motion Controls

When Nintendo made these control schemes, companies like Sony, Microsoft, SEGA and others adopted it. Nintendo is the first to innovate these things even today w/ Sony and Microsoft adopting motion controls for their consoles. My question is, what can Nintendo beyond motion controls? What new innovative gameplay will they bring out for the next generation?

Thoughts.

Hmm.....controlling things on screen with your mind. Miyamoto and Iwata said something like that in interviews before.

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Nintendo didn't invent the D-pad, the L and R buttons, the analog stick, or wireless controllers. However, they invented the gameboy, the touch screen, and the motion controls...AND the cameras...which you forgot about in the DSi. No portable game has had cameras before...although i suppose it's like the eye toy on PS. Wii motion plus is the best motion they have right now...and it compares very well with project natal and the PS3 motion crap. I do not believe nintendo will copy project natal or PS3 in any way. Judging by the past, Nintendo has always surprised us. They won't just copy other technology, they'll come up with something so crazy and different that no one would ever have thought of. NOBODY could have predicted the DS, the Wii, or the DSi. So we certainly can't predict what's next. =P

Next Step For Nintendo Will Probably Be 3D Or Holograms!

VR is the only step pass motion controls. Nothing is in the middle. Without VR we wont have an 8th generation of consoles.

does it really matter? as long as they deliver solid games i don't care what innovation they bring

controlling he game with your mind? that will be sweet... nintendo has always been about expanding the audience since the nes days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw&feature=channel_page

this would probably be it looks great

I don't think it can do much unless its going to become another Natal. lol

Sony was the first with a camera, in 2004 with the PS3 Eye.

Invaderzzim wrote:Nintendo didn't invent the D-pad, the L and R buttons, the analog stick, or wireless controllers. However, they invented the gameboy, the touch screen, and the motion controls...AND the cameras...which you forgot about in the DSi. No portable game has had cameras before...although i suppose it's like the eye toy on PS. Wii motion plus is the best motion they have right now...and it compares very well with project natal and the PS3 motion crap. I do not believe nintendo will copy project natal or PS3 in any way. Judging by the past, Nintendo has always surprised us. They won't just copy other technology, they'll come up with something so crazy and different that no one would ever have thought of. NOBODY could have predicted the DS, the Wii, or the DSi. So we certainly can't predict what's next. =P

Actually, they're the first company who had a controller with an analog stick, which was for the N64. The PS1 didn't originally have analog sticks, Sony released the ones with analog sticks (DualShock Controllers) after the N64 came out.

u guys r crazy, idk if you remember but nintendo did come up with the camera on a system. because i remember having a gameboy color( im pretty sure) and it had a camera on it that was black with a black and white ball at the top. here is a link tht has a picture

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Gameboycamera.png

but anyways i could see VR coming up next w/ nintendo, but not holograms, it would need some kind of special tv.

ArielXY wrote:I don't think it can do much unless its going to become another Natal. lol

Nintendo used Johnny Lee for making the Wii-mote work. Microsoft wanted a version of that but better ( the failed ).

wii motion plus might be in the right direction but again motion. I think the real 3d would be insane but little more moving makes the nunchuk have to do less and soon wii will be analog free?

Moshter wrote:

Invaderzzim wrote:Nintendo didn't invent the D-pad, the L and R buttons, the analog stick, or wireless controllers. However, they invented the gameboy, the touch screen, and the motion controls...AND the cameras...which you forgot about in the DSi. No portable game has had cameras before...although i suppose it's like the eye toy on PS. Wii motion plus is the best motion they have right now...and it compares very well with project natal and the PS3 motion crap. I do not believe nintendo will copy project natal or PS3 in any way. Judging by the past, Nintendo has always surprised us. They won't just copy other technology, they'll come up with something so crazy and different that no one would ever have thought of. NOBODY could have predicted the DS, the Wii, or the DSi. So we certainly can't predict what's next. =P

Actually, they're the first company who had a controller with an analog stick, which was for the N64. The PS1 didn't originally have analog sticks, Sony released the ones with analog sticks (DualShock Controllers) after the N64 came out.

But they had analog stick type things in arcades before that, didn't they?

well they have I vitality sensor.

Shokio wrote:Hmm.....controlling things on screen with your mind. Miyamoto and Iwata said something like that in interviews before.

Lolz that would be the best video gaming breakthrough ever!

Taarec10 wrote:Sony was the first with a camera, in 2004 with the PS3 Eye.

wat bout ps2 and the eyetoy-

Shokio wrote:Hmm.....controlling things on screen with your mind. Miyamoto and Iwata said something like that in interviews before.

That could give major headaches up the ass. I'll stick to controlling games with a controller.

There were wireless controllers for the NES. They were called "RemoteController" and used IR.

ElkinFencer10 wrote:There were wireless controllers for the NES. They were called "RemoteController" and used IR.

Interesting...I never thought of remote controls for TV's like that as wireless technology. I guess it qualifies...

I have a great idea. Nintendo can take gaming to 4-D! It'll be revolutionary and a way to bring back the core gamers, not to mention if the system is powerful enough, the day of sub-par ports will end.

Crazy idea, but hey, nobody thought 3-D was possible until Nintendo proved it wrong.

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Invaderzzim wrote:Nintendo didn't invent the D-pad, the L and R buttons, the analog stick, or wireless controllers. However, they invented the gameboy, the touch screen, and the motion controls...AND the cameras...which you forgot about in the DSi. No portable game has had cameras before...although i suppose it's like the eye toy on PS. Wii motion plus is the best motion they have right now...and it compares very well with project natal and the PS3 motion crap. I do not believe nintendo will copy project natal or PS3 in any way. Judging by the past, Nintendo has always surprised us. They won't just copy other technology, they'll come up with something so crazy and different that no one would ever have thought of. NOBODY could have predicted the DS, the Wii, or the DSi. So we certainly can't predict what's next. =P

a portable console called the gizmondo had a camera before the DSI.although it was a failure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizmondo