Recreation Boy Pocket Sonar (1998)
Initially, I used to be going to have a catch-all entry for the totally different fishing controllers. The Nintendo 64, Swap, and Dreamcast all had their very own particular controllers for fishing video games. Nevertheless, the Recreation Boy Pocket Sonar was totally different and extra outlandish as a result of as a substitute of serving to you discover digital fish, it was a device that will help you observe down precise fish in actual life with an precise sonar attachment.
Launched solely in Japan by Bandai, the Pocket Sonar was a device that will help you out throughout fishing journeys. It additionally had a fish encyclopedia in-built and a fishing sport in case you, for some purpose, needed to make use of your Recreation Boy to play video video games. Such a loopy use for the Recreation Boy. Simply makes me wish to sit again and fish with my Recreation Boy whereas watching TV off my Recreation Gear.
Metal Battalion Controller (2002)
First launched for the unique Xbox, Metal Battalion was, on the floor, a gritty mech pilot simulator. What units it aside from different video games of that kind is that you simply had to make use of a really particular controller made particularly for the sport with the intention to correctly play it. By controller, I imply a large dashboard with two joysticks, 35 buttons, and three pedals. Capcom merely didn’t have to go this difficult, however by God, they went nuts with this one. They actually needed to be as immersive as potential.
For some players, taking part in this sport is a white whale. Not solely is it laborious to get your fingers on this large, badass-looking gimmick gadget, but it surely additionally means getting your fingers on an authentic Xbox. There is no such thing as a backward functionality with the Xbox 360. As an alternative, the Xbox 360 gave us a sequel referred to as Metal Battalion: Heavy Armor, however that was a Kinect sport, so you’ll be able to think about what sort of letdown it was.
Wii Cooking Mom Package (2004)
Peripheral designers beloved to insert the Wii controller into numerous objects within the hopes of creating video games extra immersive. As an illustration, as a substitute of the Wii’s Guitar Hero guitar peripheral being a standalone controller like on different consoles, it featured a slot designed for the bottom Wii controller and labored by means of that. Even the Wii Mario Kart sport had a steering wheel accent that performed with the console’s movement controls in a satisfying approach.
Then there’s the Wii Cooking Mom Package for these taking part in Cooking Mama. It’s a giant, plastic Swiss military knife for cooking that you simply connect to your Wii distant to presumably make the gameplay extra enjoyable. It has a frying pan, knife, fork, and spatula. Many on-line evaluations aren’t too form to it, calling it cumbersome and somewhat pointless, however they get factors for attempting.
