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The Rumble Pak (Japanese: 振動パック, Hepburn: Shindō Pakku) is a removable device from Nintendo that provides force feedback while playing video games. Games that support the Rumble Pak cause it to vibrate in select situations, such as when firing a weapon or receiving damage, to immerse the player in the game.
Most of these came in black or white options (but at least one off brand included transparent shells like the Lite Memory Expansion Pak). Supercard Mini SD Rumble was a GBA cart sized combo-flashcart + Rumble Pak for the original DS (which had a clear atomic purple shell). [42] EZ-Flash 3in1/Ez-Flash V also had versions for the original DS as well.
The original Rumble Pak, designed for the Nintendo 64 controller, was released in April 1997 to coincide with the release of Star Fox 64 and requires two AAA batteries. It provides haptic feedback during gameplay, intending to make the gaming experience more engaging.
Rumble Pak spawned a spin-off publication featuring stories catered toward female readers called Sakura Pakk. In October 2005, eigoMANGA formed a joint-venture with Devil's Due Publishing to publish an ongoing series for Rumble Pak. Volume 2 of the Rumble Pak series was released to stores on April 6, 2006. [2]
The Tremor Pak is a third-party rumble expansion with its own expansion port, allowing for the use of another accessory simultaneously. [42] The Nyko Hyper Pak Plus contains internal memory and a rumble feature. [43] The Advanced Controller is a Mad Catz gamepad with the same form and controls as the standard Nintendo 64 controller, plus a ...
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One of the biggest experiments from the in-house event, Project Rumble Pak, syncs its namesake haptic feedback effects to key moments in videos -- you could feel every explosion and punch.
Star Fox 64 was the first Nintendo 64 game to feature support for the system's Rumble Pak peripheral, which initially came bundled with retail copies of the game. Since its release in 1997, the game has sold over 4 million copies, making it the best-selling game in the series and the ninth best-selling game on the system .