Nintendo Revolution Controller

No worries Fusion. I think I can muster up enough strength to talk about the biggest thing that came out of the Tokyo Game Show. Nintendo revealed the controller for their next-gen console "Revolution" and the buzz is deafening. You know something big has happened in the industry when all of your tech and gaming headlines in My Yahoo! are talking about the same thing. Here's the hands-on report from Gamespot. But because I'm such a Yahoo fan-boy, you can also read about it here.

Nintendo has definitely raised the bar for odd controllers but the whole thing has a certain classic NES gamepad look to it, which I find appealing. When I first saw pics of it, I couldn't help but think, "How does one play a FPS with that?" After reading about the Metroid Prime 2 demo, I must say I'm very intrigued by this device. I'd really like to see that in action. The thought of aiming the device in the direction you want to look is way cool. I'm not sure that Nintendo will achieve the goal that they're after though. When I look at the controller and read about how there will be all these different accessories to go with it, I'm thinking this isn't going to appeal to the traditional non-gaming audience that Nintendo is gunning for. I'm sure the Asian markets will eat it up, but I'm not so sure about the rest of us. Of course, the proof is in the pudding and we'll just have to wait and see.