At first, I admit, I was like...what the heck???

But as I thought about it, this could be really cool. Especially when you think about the tilt functionality too (you could use a sword or gun hand really easily with this while moving your body with the analog stick).

http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm? ... em&id=6514

News Article: Official Release on Revolution Controller
News Date: 09/15/2005
Source: Nintendo

NINTENDO REVEALS 'REVOLUTION'-ARY CONTROLLER IN KEYNOTE SPEECH

Innovation Key to Broadening Games Audience

TOKYO, Sept. 16, 2005 – Every gamer who plays. Every one who used to play. Even those who have yet to play, Nintendo is your bet.

As the cornerstone of his speech today at the Tokyo Game Show's annual event, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata elaborated on the theme of the company's aim and proven ability to broaden the population of video game players. Two shining examples highlighted in his keynote include the smash-hit sales of the highly innovative Nintendogs™ game for the portable Nintendo DS™ system, and the new controller that will be central to the company's upcoming console system, code-named Revolution.

Nintendo breaks with more than 20 years of video game history by abandoning the traditional controller held with two hands and introducing an all-new freehand-style unit held with one hand.

The intuitive, pioneering interface allows players to run, jump, spin, slide, shoot, steer, accelerate, bank, dive, kick, throw and score in a way never experienced in the history of gaming.

"The feeling is so natural and real, as soon as players use the controller, their minds will spin with the possibilities of how this will change gaming as we know it today," explains Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president. "This is an extremely exciting innovation – one that will thrill current players and entice new ones."

When picked up and pointed at the screen, the controller gives a lightning-quick element of interaction, sensing motion, depth, positioning and targeting dictated by movement of the controller itself.

The controller also allows for a variety of expansions, including a "nunchuk" style analog unit offering the enhanced game-play control hard-core gamers demand.

The response from all major publishers worldwide has been extremely positive. Beyond its other innovations, the new controller gives third parties flexibility, allowing them the option to use as many or as few of the controller features as they desire. In addition, incorporated technology will easily allow games from the NES®, SNES®, N64® and Nintendo GameCube™ generations to be controlled in familiar fashion.

Nintendogs for the DS, a virtual and sophisticated dogfest, has taken the gaming world by storm, already selling more than 1.5 million units in Japan and North America combined. The game, just as Iwata believes the Revolution controller will do, is exciting current game players and attracting hordes of new consumers into the playing world.

Reported by: Daniel Bloodworth

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I CAN'T WAIT TO DO A FPS GAME WITH THIS THING! I hope they do have some first-person-samuri games with this new controller, i can't wait to try it out. The revolution also looks pretty spiffy. The first thing i'm going to do as soon as i get one is download the rare Dragon Warrior 2, 3, and 4 games, it is an awsome series.

Does anybody know when the new system comes out? Also what type of games are going to be on it?

Looks like it might be good for FPS but worry how it will be for other games. Those a and b buttons look ahrd to use.

For those who prefer to have a normal controller there will be an shell to put on it. I wouldn't be surprised if Revolution supports the wavebird out of the box as well. I personally can't wait to be able to try the controller out. Definitely lots of possiblilities, but I agree that FPS will rock on this system. Be pretty cool to do some sword fighting or saber fighting, maybe dual swords. Mwahahaha!

Oooh, dual swords...

I would love to play as a Samurai with both Katana and Wakazashi!

Or maybe Knights of the Old republic or another Jedi game with two lightsabers... MMMMMMmmmmm!!!