Well it's out and its been announced. And just what does this remote control do? Well we were all expecting a surprise from Nintendo, but maybe we got a little more than we bargained for. It looks a lot like a remote control/NES controller but this little baby has a lot more inside the case. The idea is that its all wireless. Part of it works like a light fun where you can just point to the screen and controlled a cursor. It also has built in tilt sensitivity. For instance you can tilt the controller forward and the player on the screen will move forward. Oh and don't worry FPS fans, you can attatch an analog stick held in your other hand, via the port at the bottom. Its a very simple very sleek design, but it is definitely and unprecedented undertaking especially for this generation. Its battery powered, and you can use it to turn the console on and off. Hopefully it will work fine for games and will not lead to Nintendo demise but rather gamers will see them as the clear innovator among the three system manufacturers. Only problem I can think of right now is how they are going to display the thing at a store.P.S. There is a great article at IGN that goes more indepth.
P.P.S Sorry there will be no technorati tags in the next few posts, Im still trying to get greasemonkey to work with Firefox 1.5