Me want just one big button, and me want to play game like TV with no use dumb brain.

Nintendo breaks with more than 20 years of video game history by abandoning the traditional controller held with two hands and introducing an all-new freehand-style unit held with one hand.

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Seriously, once you get past the fact that this no longer looks like a game, and just looks like a Swedish TV remote, or the controller for your toilet, I think it has some merit. I'm assuming that if Nintendo is banking the company on this, they've done quite a bit of play testing and know what fun feels like. I remember before using my beloved Microsoft Natural Keyboard, I thought it was stupid too.

Nate points out that the design of the "thumb stick dongle" seems a bit weak, and I'd have to agree. My assumption is that if that was wireless as well (perhaps bluetooth) you'd never know who's is which unless your controllers were all different colors (like in the above photo). Plus that extra bit has to be solely for backward compatibility, and won't be used on the majority of games.

Update: Hot, hot, hot. No doubt, this is a must by.