So Nintendo has officially unveiled the controller for their new Revolution. Our friends at Gamespot have posted some large photos of it:
http://tinyurl.com/78m5s
and a hands-on report featuring some of the demos:
http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-15143-2567-x-x-x
I have to admit I’m intrigued by the very direct interface. Unlike a mouse or a joystick, there’s no indirect spatial relationship. You’re not moving a device to control a pointer on the screen, you’re pointing directly with the controller at the screen to make stuff move.
I guess the proof of course will be in the games–how will this controller really operate with a Metroid game or something like Mario Tennis? I fear it might be tiring, because with a traditional controller you just need your thumb to move around whereas this controller you move with your whole arm.