The Nintendo Revolution controllers looks more like a TV remote than a traditional game controller and is intended to be held with one hand. Nintendo is turning heads with its break out of the mold creativity via 1UP (pictures):

The controller for Nintendo’s upcoming Revolution home console system is a cordless remote-control-like device designed to be used with only one hand. Two small sensors placed near the TV and a chip inside the controller track its position and orientation, allowing the player to manipulate the action on screen by physically moving the controller itself. For example, you could slash an in-game sword by actually swinging the controller from side to side, turn a race car just by twisting your wrist, or aim your gun in a shooter by pointing the controller where you want to fire.

Cool, I want to play it now! I still don’t think with this revolutionary controller, they will get back atop the console videogame market. They need third party gaming support and unless/until they get it, I would count their chances rising to the top again unlikely. With that said, I’ll be standing in line to get one of these systems on launch day in 2006.

The next year looks to be very exciting for console gamers hardware-wise. I sure hope the games take it to the next level as well. A lot of games for the current nextgen systems get boring too fast. Some of my favorite games ever were for older systems like the SNES.

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