After Hours

Nintendo Revolution controller

By // July 18, 2006, 8:44 AM PST // billdetwiler

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  • The new Revolution controller sports a clean face that won't scare people away with a multitude of buttons.

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  • Take a look at the controller from six different angles. It has a transmitter on top and an expansion port on the bottom.

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  • You hold the controller like a remote, but you can wave it around to control the action on the screen.

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  • In addition to functioning as an analog stick, you can also use the analog controller expansion to defend your village from ninjas.

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  • The Revolution can have up to four different controllers connected at the same time.

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  • Nintendo president Satoru Iwata unveils the Revolution's new controller at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show.

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  • Nintendo president Satoru Iwata unveils the Revolution's new controller at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show.

    Click here for the complete story.

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The new Revolution controller sports a clean face that won't scare people away with a multitude of buttons.

Click here to read Gamespot's full hands-on report.

&copy Gamespot

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