Final Fantasy XI Gets its Own Special One-Handed Controller
FFXI operation getting out of hand
Sanwa Denshi, manufacturers of the PlayOnline brand, has today issued details of a USB controller designed specifically for use with Final Fantasy XI. Dispensing with standard joypad buttons and features rendered obsolete by FFXI’s apparently simplistic controls, the new joypad will be a minimalist one-handed affair.
Retaining only a D-pad and 4 buttons wrapped around the diminutive peripheral, gamers will be able to game away with one-hand free to do other stuff with. There’s clearly no need to make any suggestions as to what could be done with the other hand, but if you’re stuck for ideas: you could, for example, tear unwanted hair from a nostril. Or perhaps you might wish to play FFXI concurrently on two separate machines. The choice is, quite literally, yours.
The FFXI one-handed controller is due for release in Japan on September 13th, and will be compatible with all games don’t need those extra controller features. 2D shooters, 2D platformers, Track and Field type games and special adult titles from Japan would all fit that bill rather nicely.
More news on bandit-friendly peripherals may be forthcoming in the future. Alternatively, it may not.
Retaining only a D-pad and 4 buttons wrapped around the diminutive peripheral, gamers will be able to game away with one-hand free to do other stuff with. There’s clearly no need to make any suggestions as to what could be done with the other hand, but if you’re stuck for ideas: you could, for example, tear unwanted hair from a nostril. Or perhaps you might wish to play FFXI concurrently on two separate machines. The choice is, quite literally, yours.
The FFXI one-handed controller is due for release in Japan on September 13th, and will be compatible with all games don’t need those extra controller features. 2D shooters, 2D platformers, Track and Field type games and special adult titles from Japan would all fit that bill rather nicely.
More news on bandit-friendly peripherals may be forthcoming in the future. Alternatively, it may not.
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Comments
Joji 8 Sep 2004 12:14
1/8
Also a pad the can be used in either hand, an often over looked part of gaming.
This would be cool, I sometimes feel the PS2 has too many buttons on it's pad, so this would be a godsend.
This would be cool, I sometimes feel the PS2 has too many buttons on it's pad, so this would be a godsend.
Funky 8 Sep 2004 12:53
2/8
Okay who wants to do a masturbation joke?
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Kaxxx 8 Sep 2004 12:57
3/8
Pure nonsense if you ask me, theyre just cashing in on a gimmick pad if you ask me. What is wrong with the standard pad which peole are used to.
No doubt they will sell a few in Japan and the rest of the world will never see it.
No doubt they will sell a few in Japan and the rest of the world will never see it.
YenRug 8 Sep 2004 13:04
4/8
Would this be usable on the PC too? Could be useful on there, when tied in with a mouse, for more than just FFXI.
Kaxxx 8 Sep 2004 13:09
5/8
Handy if you have just entered a battle and at the same time you have just dunked your kit kat into your brew.
Funky 8 Sep 2004 14:19
6/8
Who the hell puts Kit Kat in tea?
Kaxxx 8 Sep 2004 14:28
7/8
Ah man, anything chocolatey and even remotely biscuity gets dunked in my brew!
Pandaman 8 Sep 2004 20:41
8/8
It never ceases to amaze me just how incredibly lazy people are getting with each passing year.