Leaked NX controller confirmed as a total fake, used 3D Rendering to appear legit

The creator of the recent infamous "stewie-head" NX controller has come out on Reddit to completely debunk and expose his work on creating a 3D rendered NX controller.

[Captain_Wormy]

Thank the stars.😥 I still have hope for the NX.

[ShadowKnight]

I still have hope too.

[Rayven]

Looks like everybody's relieved. Although there's still the fact that Nintendo patented this exact game pad design. Hopefully Nintendo realized that new fangled gimmicks ain't worth sh*t when you're not going to get proper 3rd party support, which that game pad definitely guarantees.

[The 10th Rider]

@Rayven,

Crazy products that never see the light of day are patented by all sorts of companies all the time. I wouldn't think too much of Nintendo's patent.

[mikeslemonade]

It will have similair features to the mocks.

[bunt-custardly]

You can check my comment history in the other news post where I surmised this was an elaborate April Fools joke and it appears I was right even if a few days off. In fact I knew it wasn't real and so did the rest of you, but c'mon hype man.

[stiggs]

@bunt-custardly

“I'm a misunderstood genius."
"What's misunderstood?"
"Nobody thinks I'm a genius.”

― Bill Watterson

[SaveMeJebus]

Ok Pachter.

[Neonridr]

I was blasted for calling this thing a fake on the other articles.

[rainslacker]

I've decided personally not to take a stand on anything nowadays until I see an announcement on implementation. Just too much annoyance trying to seem legit. I don't typically go around saying, "See, I was right. Told ya" though. That just comes off as narcissistic(which I admittedly probably seem to many around here) and no one really cares if I was right about something in the past anyhow. Usually when I am right about something, the fan boys will use my arguments(albeit from different sourcing) as if they thought it all along anyways, so it works out for me.

[xfiles2099]

I have high Hopes for the NX as well but if they do not get third party support and stop catering to family and kids it will fail. I told you guys it was fake LOL Nintendo loves buttons they are not going to release a controller without them.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Third parties need to pull their heads out of their butts first, before their support of the NX can have a chance of meaning anything.

No one's gonna get an NX to play Call of Duty or other multiplats that already have their fanbases solidified elsewhere.

Third parties need to lead off with mature exclusives.

If they can't, then Nintendo's better off just hiring people like Bandai-Namco to keep doing cross-over games and special projects for them.

[rainslacker]

Maybe they should release a console with a controller with one button. Then people would have something to bang their heads on when Nintendo does their announcements.

[3-4-5]

I was hoping it wasn't real because I'm really excited for the NX reveal.

So many trolls and Nintendo haters were out claiming "Nintendo is done" though.

Even more than the mad Nintendo fans, the haters showed their true colors.

[Bahamut]

Oh dear lord, thank the baby Jesus. Hallelujah

[DanielEndurance]

Evil genius.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

It's amazing how many websites have reported on this thing as if it was the real deal.
This guy's just launched himself above and beyond the Rayman-in-Smash-4 leaker...

[Philface]

As far as I know it's the same guy. At least his avatar on youtube is the same one.

[Segata]

Like I kept saying. I am sure this will be largely ignored by the trolls

[jcnba28]

Exactly! As you can see none of the haters are here commenting lol

[Metallox]

Best troll ever.

[Vegamyster]

No doubt, so many people were freaking out about it and getting mad at Nintendo lol.

[rainslacker]

Sadly, we live in a day where unnamed sources, and unverified "leaks" are the norm for our source of news. Nothing wrong with reporting it as a potential leak or whatever, but the amount of followup editorial was really silly, and those articles ignored all aspects of this leak being something newsworthy.

In a sad way, it actually makes me miss the days when the gaming press just relayed press releases...because then at least one knew they could trust the source and journalist.

[Metallox]

@rainslacker Read somewhere that DualPixels presented the image as theirs and that they got it from one of their "annonymous sources".

This issue is persistent for a good reason though, because many people will take false information as real or at least will elaborate speculative discussions around it, which in my opinion is a bit pointless.

There are some exceptions however, like those NeoGAF users that talked about tactic feedback technology, VR, etcetera; although the majority just talked about how such a controller would kill Nintendo.

[rainslacker]

Yeah, it really is kind of scary how quickly people will latch onto unnamed sources in the gaming community. Typically, in "regular journalism" the unnamed source is still verified, or at least the information itself is verified or investigated upon rather than taking the primary word of the source. Most editors would not even take an unnamed source without such verification. But gaming journalist will just run with things, say it's true because it's an unnamed source which they supposedly trust, all on the assumption that we can trust the journalist to believe it to be true.

And that's where gaming journalism fails more often than not. If something like this were true, or false, it should be verifiable through other means. It may not be easy, and the journalist may not get definite approval, but it exists somewhere. What's worse though is that they put out the information in an authoritative way, instead of just saying that something like this exists with no way to verify it.

Take the above and couple it with a knee-jerk reactionary and rather malicious group of online gamers, and you get a recipe for hit mongering and flame wars which is never ending.

I know the exceptions exist, and at times good stuff can be gleaned from such things getting blown out of proportion(like the tactile feedback stuff which I didn't know Nintendo had something about). Sometimes those rather informative things never get any notice until someone who pays more attention starts to speak up more. However, for the most part, I do feel that it causes more problems than it solves, and ends up being a waste of time for many as they read numerous articles and spend copious amounts of time commenting on the subject.

[Rebel_Scum]

I think its worse that people on this site and others believe everything they read and overreact on this sort of stuff.

[ZayZay_11]

What a relief

[Kribwalker]

Could be Nintendo throwing it out there, seeing the negative reaction and saying it's fake ;p

[That-Guy]

No, but that would have been an interesting PR stunt.

[feraldrgn]

Phewwwww.
Well I guess he made a lot of sites look foolish, lol.

[TheTony316]

But what about the new pictures?

[Monster_Tard]

The guy that did the the first fake leaks says the newer images were made by someone else that used his model to do it.

[Segata]

He did a video showing how he 3D printed it.

[Lon3wolf]

How could anyone of thought that pill thing was a real controller?

[Perjoss]

To be fair its Nintendo so almost anything is possible

[MasterCornholio]

Pretty much. If Nintendo didn't design so many bizarre systems most people would have dismissed this.

[Lon3wolf]

It looked like an MP3/media player to me, nothing more.

[Gazondaily]

Yup its Nintendo's fault...

[IAmHereToPissYouOff]

@Septic

Well, they did patent the controller that caused him to make that rendering.

[rainslacker]

Would be rather funny if Nintendo actually did have a controller like that in mind for the NX.

If they were paying attention to the feedback on the trolling, they may have to really think of how to sell that thing to the consumer.

I'd imagine, despite the patent, that Nintendo would actually make a controller that is actually usable. It may have somewhat of the same look, but that thing just looked like it'd be uncomfortable to use for extended periods of time.

[shewbrookj]

It was an ugly and weird design. It won't be difficult for Nintendo to improve on that!

[DivineAssault]

I knew it.. That thing wouldve turned off a lot of people.. Everyone i spoke to didnt like it anyway..

Great video too! lol

[MasterCornholio]

Good that it's dead.

[1nsomniac]

Like I repeatedly posted, of course it wasn't legit. What is wrong with people's eyes & common sense.

It wasn't even feasible as functional device. How little intelligence do people seem to have these days that they can see with their own eyes that something isn't functional for its purpose yet because someone said it is & has stuck a little sticker on it. People will refuse to use their own common sense.

What's happening to us. You have to ask why people are getting so stupid & willing to go along with things they know full well to be stupid.

[Lon3wolf]

Exactly.

[ninsigma]

I think a lot of people wanted it to be legit so they could be justified in their Nintendo trash talking.

I had a feeling it wasn't real but I could never be sure so as usual I took a wait and see approach. As usual, that approach worked xD

Edit:
Septic, yup! Very quiet comment section for a Nintendo article xD

[Gazondaily]

Agreed. The people mouthing off against it are silent on here for some reason.

[rainslacker]

If it weren't for the patent, then I doubt anyone would have thought this was legit. I'm not even sure the percentages of how many thought it was legit, just that not many actually liked the design or overall concept.

I did see some decent discussion on possible technologies in the concept thought...which was pretty cool...like that tactile stuff.

That being said, I think most people that went far enough to consider it legit were only doing so because they wanted a reason to criticize Nintendo...which would probably still be premature if legit because not enough details were known either way. People just jumped to conclusions based on what they saw, and somehow neglected the fact that Nintendo has a habit of making things which aren't seen before in gaming.

[Stealth20k]

Well done Nintendo trolls of N4G, you got suckered.

[gangsta_red]

What's funny is the many articles that got approved when the pics were from an anonymous source with nothing credible to suggest it was true and yet the articles which said they were fake that were also from an anonymous source were all failed.

Makes no sense.

[jcnba28]

Said it was fake from day one. Funny how none of the trolls are commenting on this article, they must feel pretty stupid now.

[suli12345]

NINTENDO: Owww lets show the whole word our new controller, but before we show them lets recreate a 3D image of it. While we do that, lets take a video of the whole process just in case the people dont like it, then we can release this video under someone elses name and make it look like a fake! LMAO!

[TheRealKingAvery]

I'm calling him out on this one. The "Fake controller" He supposedly rendered is actually real. Pay attention to the rendering the cord and controller angle doesn't even line up. They're going in different angles, and considering he works at a gaming company I'd imagine he'd have some experience in 3d modeling. He's just trying to fix the problem he's created for himself by leaking the picture.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Are you actually trying to say that you think it's really the NX controller?
Good lord, if that's the truth, I have NEVER seen someone so desperate to latch onto a reason to continue hating on Nintendo.
No one wants this controller.
It was debunked by the creator of the leak himself.
Can we just let this crap go?

Edit: You know what? Here; a video of the MAKING of the fake.
If this doesn't convince you it's not real, NOTHING WILL.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[rainslacker]

He'd have no reason to fix it. If he indeed leaked it, and made it known(or was known) that he leaked it, he'd be fired so the company didn't lose whatever contracts they have to keep a development kit. Breaking NDA is a big no-no in the industry, and it's generally an unspoken rule that if you know about something that you didn't sign an NDA for(like you learned from a 2nd party), then you still keep your mouth shut.

Even the potential breaking of NDA without doing so intentionally or directly has serious consequences, and it can make it hard to find another job in the industry. Just look at Adam Orth. He didn't even leak anything, just had a discussion on the topic of always online, which blew up in his face.

[cyber_daemonx]

The relief is almost palpable ^.

Lol

[Nivekki]

It makes fools of most people in this article -

http://n4g.com/news/1882279...

Especially when people said it was '100%' real. Lol, they must feel like idiots now.

[Castlevania]

Completely agree; when are people going to learn not to be so gullible? When are they going to learn that rumors aren't facts to go by until their given credibility by an OFFICIAL source (i.e. Nintendo themselves)? That's why I completely ignore all the rumor and speculation posts on this site. I don't care what someone says about what might happen. That's not news. I care about what happens.

[Ck1x]

Sad thing is that people were writing the NX off even though Nintendo didn't present this and they had no clue how it would even work! People who are that closed minded are just that way in life in general. Has nothing to with just playing video games...

[rainslacker]

To be fair, people have been writing off the NX since Nintendo first hinted about it. Every patent, every "leak", every rumor, even with the WiiU release, people have been writing off Nintendo's ability to create and release a successful console.

[mochachino]

What about the black one? The finger prints and dust look pretty real.

Wow, just found out it was 3D printed. People are hilarious.

[PurpHerbison]

The thing is, it was believable. Why? Cause Nintendo does dumb gimmicky things like that. Knowing this isn't real doesn't necessarily put me at ease... Just has me wondering what gimmick Nintendo is going to actually reveal.

[Neonridr]

you mean like the track pad? Or how about the light bar?

you think Sony or MS are free from gimmicks?

[nunley33]

You call the light bar and touch pad gimmicks but they're not.Both have legit uses and can be ignored mostly. The dualshock is a traditional controller,the NX likely won't be. Xbox controller is traditional too with it's Kinect gimmick being optional

[Neonridr]

the light bar has a legit use. You mean besides being annoying in the dark?

Yes, it will have a much stronger use once PSVR comes along, but other than different colored lights, it served absolutely no purpose.

The track pad is barely used for anything other than a button. They labelled it as this innovative thing, but it gets relegated to a simple button press most of the time.

[Ck1x]

Why do people continue to paint gimmicks as something extremely negative? VR is a gimmick, kinect is a gimmick, Wii remote, PS move, light bars, touchpads, touch screens, nfc are all gimmicks! They are things not needed to play games the way you always have in the past, but manufacturers are including them to enhance the way you play.

You don't need a backup camera,power windows/door locks, Bluetooth, push button start, keyless entry or parking sensors in your car either to drive. But when you go to buy one new, all of this technology is seen and sold as a perk or premium. No one ever says take that gimmicky stuff out of my car. (Unless they are trying to get the price down of course)

So why with video games are new ways to play viewed as a negative? People get immediately defensive as if Nintendo will never give players the option to use just a plain controller. When in fact the WiiU supported more control methods than any console in history before it...

[PurpHerbison]

Because those consoles don't RELY on said gimmicks like Nintendo does. Sure, I could get a WiiU and a traditional controller for it, but I still paid for that clunky big leap frog looking device that comes with it that will never see a day of use. If it was a positive thing I think we would of seen A LOT of 3rd party support for the WiiU, no?

[PurpHerbison]

That defense was incredibly weak. Sure, Sony and Microsoft have gimmicks but they aren't forced gimmicks.

[gangsta_red]

Amazing how many people freaked out and said it was real and was all set to write Nintendo off.

The design was seriously impractical for game playing. Not to mention it was taken from the very first patent that Nintendo filed with absolutely no changes at all.

Like I said before, Nintendo may be going with that type of design but I think it will look way different from what was first shown in the patent.

[Neonridr]

Wow, imagine that. It was the whole "Confidential Property" sticker that gave it away for me. The people using the actual NX controller knows that it's confidential. They don't need a sticker there reminding them.

[rainslacker]

There is usually stuff like this on early dev kit release stuff. Once a system releases, or is announced(when finalized dev kits come) they usually have serial numbers, but the confidential(or other such wording) is included elsewhere in NDA agreements.

I've never seen one be so simplistic though, and typically they reside on the back or bottom of the device, not on the side like that with no other identifying marks(serial number for instance).

[Rebel_Scum]

Yeah man it was pretty obvious. In that other article people were going banana's on this and tearing you a new one for no reason other than they saw it on the interwebs so it must be true lol.

[Ck1x]

Crazy thing was, it wasn't like you were for it or against it just because. Most people who had a rationale and sound mind said well before I cast judgment, let me see what Nintendo might have planned for something like this.

On NeoGaf I literally saw people who couldn't stand it and immediately doomed Nintendo to fail because of it. Then some creative members over there photo-shopped images and animated layouts on the screen and many did 180's to say "oh now that's cool, I would buy that!"

Thing is if you're the type of person who doesn't have any creativity whatsoever. These types of people should be the very last to cast judgment or claim what's a good idea or not.

[Neonridr]

Where's Overload.. this guy was going off saying it was 100% real and these were his reasons, blah blah blah..

[Rebel_Scum]

Yep, the dude's a bonafide clown.

[Azfargh]

Really...? Anybody thought that this is real...?

They didn't ditched buttons on WiiU, they won't do that on any future controller soon.

[jonivtec]

Fiou....my hope for the big N return was starting to fall lol

[DillyDilly]

Pay attention Nintendo this guy is doing you a favor

[Germany7]

He should go to jail for that!
Jk.

[XanderZane]

Yeah, I didn't believe Nintendo would be this stupid to release a controller like this. Almost everyone thought this was completely fake. There were a few Ninty fanboys who were defending it though.

[Apex13]

It's funny how many people are eating humble pie right now. When the controller was thought to be real, there was 250 plus comments and in 21hrs there are only 70 odd comments. Hmmmm
https://youtu.be/NRGEged-hZ...