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Nintendo unveils revolutionary controller
In case you missed it, Nintendo rolled out the controllers for its upcoming Revolution console and its design is, well, revolutionary.
Mario’s bosses showed off the new, motion-sensitive, one-handed controller to crowds at the Tokyo Game Show. Since it can detect how it’s moved, you can use it like a sword, bat or conductor’s baton.
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata said the resemblence to a TV remote control was no coincidence:
“Its intuitive form allows both experienced and new gamers to stand on the same starting line,” he said during his keynote address at the show.
So if you’re intimidated by game controllers — a concept I would’ve laughed off a few years ago, but understand more and more with each passing generation of console — it’s like seeing a familiar friend.
For those of us who can’t imagine a controller without a stick on it, you can relax … there’s an adapter that plugs into the base of the main controller:
The Revolution will be released some time in 2006.
Microsoft will release the Xbox 360, the first “next generation” console, on Nov. 22.
No date has been set for Sony’s Playstation 3.
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