LMAO so Mario Kart's Tablet function is a horn?

Oh my lord LMAO! And people have the audacity to tell me this isn't a gimmick. 

its a steering wheel

steering wheels tend to have working horns you know

Feels like a DS now.

You can use the gamepad as a steering wheel I think.

What did you want them to do with it? It doesn't break the experience. You don't really have time during Mario Kart to take your eye off the screen. And you can also play on the controller by itself.Shottayouth13-

I want them to do something meaningful with the tablet controls. It was the reason the console was priced so highly.

Not every game asks for something important to be done with the controller, just like how the xbox one games didn't all focus on kinect (thankfully).soulitane

There's no game that does anything important with teh controller. It's the Wii mote all over again.

[QUOTE="soulitane"]Not every game asks for something important to be done with the controller, just like how the xbox one games didn't all focus on kinect (thankfully).GD1551

There's no game that does anything important with teh controller. It's the Wii mote all over again.

[QUOTE="soulitane"]Not every game asks for something important to be done with the controller, just like how the xbox one games didn't all focus on kinect (thankfully).GD1551

There's no game that does anything important with teh controller. It's the Wii mote all over again.

You mean like how SO many games on the DS (and 3DS) used the 2nd Touch Screen?

Should be a minimap, why isn't it a minimap?

[QUOTE="Shottayouth13-"]What did you want them to do with it? It doesn't break the experience. You don't really have time during Mario Kart to take your eye off the screen. And you can also play on the controller by itself.GD1551

I want them to do something meaningful with the tablet controls. It was the reason the console was priced so highly.

OMG, SO FUNNY.

So what exactly were you expecting?charizard1605

Free beer.

This is actually pretty awesome and smart, I don't see how's that bad, looks like a fun game.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]So what exactly were you expecting?PhazonBlazer

Free beer.

lmao @ the reactions

Nothing is finalized yet. They have talked about having a Mario Kart 7 style real time mini map.

Btw, innovation simply means "a feature I like", therefore I have stopped talking about this term anymore. Similarly, the word gimmick means "a feature I dislike."

So what exactly were you expecting?charizard1605

What I was going to say.

Would you rather they shoehorn important features onto the tablet just for the sake of it?  Of course not every game is going to benefit from tablet functionality.

You might as well b*tch about games that relegate insignificant features to L3/R3

Steering wheel with stats for a racing game. How awful is that.

OMG, SO FUNNY.

Michael0134567

Please tell me why it isn't a back mirror or a map...

lmao @ the reactions

Nothing is finalized yet. They have talked about having a Mario Kart 7 style real time mini map.

Btw, innovation simply means "a feature I like", therefore I have stopped talking about this term anymore. Similarly, the word gimmick means "a feature I dislike."

SuperFlakeman

For games like Mario Kart that were designed primarily for console games, the second screen is just that - secondary to the gaming experience. There's not much it can be used for. Most of the time for racing, adventure, and RPG games it's just a map. To make full use of it, the game needs to be built ground up with the feature in mind.

A rear mirror would be nice.

Please tell me why it isn't a back mirror or a map...

nintendoman562

Ah, beaten to it.

Please tell me why it isn't a back mirror or a map...

nintendoman562

It's a steering wheel, map, and horn yes.

It's legitimately a fisher price toy.

rofl.

post you made a few minutes earliernintendoman562

Can you point out the contradiction?

Your point is to see games that can't be made unless you increase the horsepower of the hardware.

I'm saying you don't need every game to strive for that kind of progression. A game can achieve innovation without requiring beast hardware. In fact most fresh new ideas are found in the indie scene.

SpaceChem is a sandbox-puzzle game that is doing things I've never seen before. My microwave can run that game.

It's a steering wheel, map, and horn yes.

KungfuKitten

[QUOTE="KungfuKitten"]charizard1605

Please tell me why it isn't a back mirror or a map...

nintendoman562

It is both simultaneously in Mario Kart 7. 

It's a real time map where you can see the position of every player including yourself. You can also see what item someone has in their possession, so if someone is behind you with a green shell, you can actually see the player icon trying to align itself with you to hit you, and that way you can react and move out of the line.

This feature is really amazing. It adds so much more depth.

You people are actually dumb enough to expect something like a minimap to be shown on the tablet screen? How awkward would that be, having to actually move your eyes away from the TV just to check the position of other racers? A horn is perfect because it doesn't distract you from what's happening on the TV, since your eyes need to be focused on what's happening on-screen for the duration of the race. A minimap on the tablet would be such a crappy idea. 

You people are actually dumb enough to expect something like a minimap to be shown on the tablet screen? How awkward would that be, having to actually move your eyes away from the TV just to check the position of other racers? A horn is perfect because it doesn't distract you from what's happening on the TV, since your eyes need to be focused on what's happening on-screen for the duration of the race. A minimap on the tablet would be such a crappy idea. 

princeofshapeir

A tablet controller is also a horrible idea.... 

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]

You people are actually dumb enough to expect something like a minimap to be shown on the tablet screen? How awkward would that be, having to actually move your eyes away from the TV just to check the position of other racers? A horn is perfect because it doesn't distract you from what's happening on the TV, since your eyes need to be focused on what's happening on-screen for the duration of the race. A minimap on the tablet would be such a crappy idea. 

neo418

A tablet controller is also a horrible idea.... 

You people are actually dumb enough to expect something like a minimap to be shown on the tablet screen? How awkward would that be, having to actually move your eyes away from the TV just to check the position of other racers? A horn is perfect because it doesn't distract you from what's happening on the TV, since your eyes need to be focused on what's happening on-screen for the duration of the race. A minimap on the tablet would be such a crappy idea. 

princeofshapeir

Squid Ink.

Look at map.

So what exactly were you expecting?charizard1605

For them to prove the functionality of a tablet controller maybe?

I can't wait to slap my junk against it, I'm going to be honking at fvcking everyone online!

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]So what exactly were you expecting?HalcyonScarlet

For them to prove the functionality of a tablet controller maybe?

[QUOTE="HalcyonScarlet"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]So what exactly were you expecting?princeofshapeir

For them to prove the functionality of a tablet controller maybe?

And they didn't prove that either, there was a few games that made good use of it. Developers barely had an idea of how to use it. I think most of Nintendos own games should use it just to prove it.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"][QUOTE="HalcyonScarlet"]

For them to prove the functionality of a tablet controller maybe?

HalcyonScarlet

And they didn't prove that either, there was a few games that made good use of it. Developers barely had an idea of how to use it. I think most of Nintendos own games should use it just to prove it.

[QUOTE="HalcyonScarlet"]

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"] Is it a requirement now that every game make significant use of the tablet controller? Was that ever a requirement for the Wii Remote? princeofshapeir

And they didn't prove that either, there was a few games that made good use of it. Developers barely had an idea of how to use it. I think most of Nintendos own games should use it just to prove it.

That's not good enough for something they made a main feature of the console.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]So what exactly were you expecting?HalcyonScarlet

For them to prove the functionality of a tablet controller maybe?

Like Sony has to prove the functionality of the Back Touch Screen on the Vita?