Nintendo meets smartphone: Samsung designer has a crazy idea
Nowadays, modern smartphones are often suitable as an adequate Gameboy replacement. However, real gamers are not completely happy yet, because there is a lack of innovative game controls. However, Nintendo is very knowledgeable about this. This inspired a talented Samsung designer to come up with a brilliant idea.
If you think of Nintendo , unusual operating concepts come to mind in recent years. The Wii has been a huge success for years and the current Switch is also inspiring gamers around the world – both mobile and stationary. And smartphones? The first choice for "casual gamers" because you always have it with you. However, the control is not innovative. The touchscreen is well known and motion sensors have not been a specialty since the first iPhone. There has to be more, right?
Samsung designers create Nintendo-style game controllers
The South Korean Juan Lee probably also had this thought and designed a really sharp part. Lee is not just any "hobby designer", but has been working directly at Samsung as a product designer for two years. But outside of his job, there are always new projects that are not directly related to Samsung. His design: The "ICON" game controller. It is reminiscent of its Nintendo counterparts in form, shape and function.
The basic and above all modular structure is as follows: In a box, which also functions as a smartphone holder, there are two controllers - one for the left and one for the right hand. They can be kept free, each reminding a little of the "Nunchuk" of the Nintendo Wii. The special thing is the flexible approach. The controllers take on a number of different gamepads that can be freely selected and combined .
Mobile and stationary use: Greetings from the Switch
But that's not all, the attachments of the ICON also work independently of the controllers. These can be applied directly to the smartphone's touchscreen and used as a gamepad.
The idea is almost banal, but nevertheless ingenious . In stationary use, the controllers are used, as with the switch. On mobile, you simply leave them out and use the adhesive gamepads directly.
Well, that's how it all started... still brilliant today:
Actually, it would be unfortunate if the idea remained in draft status. But maybe Juan Lee's current employer will still like it. It would certainly be an asset for Samsung and could bring some momentum to the smartphone sales, which have been dwindling lately. What's still missing are of course the brilliant games from Nintendo, but there has been a bit of a rethink in the past.
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