Call it a Revolution:

Well the buzz on the intraweb is the new Revolution Controller for Nintendo. I don't know really what to say about this but it's certainly got my attention. A glorified remote it is, but one has to think about exactly how people will embrace this new technology, both on the consumer side and the developer side. If anything, this new controller will open the floodgates for quirky Japanese game developers to develop Super Bass Fishing Extreme as well with other alternative sport like games.

But as developers praise it for it's unqiue ability, I just wonder how willing they will be when it comes time to develop it. The thing is ultimately you are going to develop a game specifically for one system if you develop for the Revolution utilizing it's controller's fullest abilities. At that moment, risk has already risen because you can't exactly permeate the market as greatly as if you had the ability to port the game to the two other existing consoles.

Do companies really want to take that kind of risk? I guess we have to wait until the fans decide on that. One thing that seems to go well in their way is that now game specific periphials like Kongo Drums and Light Guns seem to be useless now when it comes to the Revolution controller since now developers could just program in the appropriate specific use.