My first initial thought upon seeing the controller: WTF NINTENDO SCREWED. But after reading the 1up article about the demos and thinking about it for a little, it's ok. One thing is for certain, is that there's no way I'm getting just a Revolution, but I never really thought I would anyway. Hopefully the system ends up being $199. The big thing is, is that it's like the N64 controller in the sense that it's totally designed for a specific thing, and some genres are screwed. There's no way to play Street Fighter on this pad, but it could be the best FPS controller ever.
I think that like the DS, developers will really have to just come up with entirely new concepts for games. New genres even. No one would have ever thought about Kirby Canvas Curse for a console, but it got made on the DS, and it was awesome. Hopefully much the same happens on the Revolution (not official name anymore?). I think there could be some incredibly awesome games for this, but like the DS, I think western 3rd parties are not going to "get" it. Nintendo may have completely locked themselves out of North America, but I have a feeling that like the DS, this could be big in Japan.
Also, will this be the lightgun fan's dream console?
I think that like the DS, developers will really have to just come up with entirely new concepts for games. New genres even. No one would have ever thought about Kirby Canvas Curse for a console, but it got made on the DS, and it was awesome. Hopefully much the same happens on the Revolution (not official name anymore?). I think there could be some incredibly awesome games for this, but like the DS, I think western 3rd parties are not going to "get" it. Nintendo may have completely locked themselves out of North America, but I have a feeling that like the DS, this could be big in Japan.
Also, will this be the lightgun fan's dream console?