Good God. Its just like I told a friend of mine who is raving about Wii U...I just want to play Nintendo games with a normal controller.

Well no, not big AAA titles, but Peggle? I'm thinking about this in terms of Nintendo trying to outcompete Apple. And those games are all two things: cheap and downloadable.

Nintendo is not interested in giving you that, so stop being interested in Nintendo. I pretty much have.

They tried that with Gamecube. How did that turn out?

Agreed, I have.

That looks awkwardly uncomfortable.

Can't wait to buy this for the sole purpose of playing Nintendo franchises. Third party games on it? GTFO...

Exactly. I appreciate that they want to innovate, but really. Nintendo + HD + traditional ergonomic controller = Win. It's not that hard of a concept to grasp.

You would think 5 years of the hardcore crowd shunning their last controller would have taught them something.

I should try holding my iPad like a controller to give me an idea of what this is going to be like.

So with that set up, how would you be able to use that new controller and a Wiimote at the same time? Or is that not possible?

Psssst. They don't care. Hardcore gamers are not where the big money is.

Don't worry, they'll release their new WiiRemote2WiiU Peripheral at launch.

no change for the Wii games played on Wii U... ie, not upconverted.

That would be pretty huge.

Really nintendo? Instead of a controller we get a tablet? It's going to be fun getting extra controllers that with a screen that size will probably be what? 200 dollar each?

Yes guys, the controllers look expensive.

Oh, they learned something alright...how to make crazy amounts of money

One nice thing about the size of that controller is that entering text will be easy -- just turn the touch screen into a keyboard.

yeah, because all those casual gamers totally play games like the COD series, Gears of War, Uncharted, etc..

casual gamers buy systems, but they don't continue to buy games. that's why you need to have a mix of casual/hardcore to be considerably successful.

I can get over the size, but the rectangular shape will get old fast unless there's something on the backside to make it easier to hold. Also, putting the right analog stick directly above the XYAB buttons is a horrible design choice. First of all, we're used to moving our thumb up to the buttons. Second, the buttons are directly fucking below the stick. Controllers typically offset them so that they fall along the same point of your thumb as you move it from one to the other. This thing looks like it'll be uncomfortable as hell to play for any extended period of time.

Now they have no reason to get rid of friend codes

I saw a stylus, which means it's not capacitive (which is deeply hilarious in 2011, but let's leave that aside), which means it's not going to be THAT expensive. But certainly more expensive than your standard controller.

Definitely after March 31st.

I hope that they redesign it before launch, taking into account what you have said.