I'm thinking one of the advantages of using the cartridges was to reduce loading times compared to using CDs. They were about £60 here when new :o

Here is the E3 video showing how the controller will be used to play zelda, for anyone who is interested:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=10452&type=wmv

 

Still looks fun to me.

This board is ignorant. Oh wait, I'm not on GameFAQs, huh?

 

Okay, so what's up with all the Nintendo hate on this board? All I'm seeing is "Nintendo needs to die" and the age-old "lol rev contorller=vibrater M I RITE?" joke, if you could call it a joke.

 

The DS has been selling like hotcakes worldwide, with the PSP relatively far behind. This is because Nintendo isn't trying to go the same route as their competitors, who simply target males age 10-35, which is the target market for gaming. Nintendo is aiming to get everyone into gaming. They've done this with games like Nintendogs and Brain Age, as well as keeping us real gamers happy with titles such as Metroid Prime: Hunters, Animal Crossing, and so on. The Nintendo DS has significantly less power than the PSP, but is selling because of the wide variety of games on the platform, instead of watered down ports of home console games.

 

Nintendo seems to be going along with this strategy for the Wii as well. Let's face it, more of the same thing (Better graphics and sound each generation) wasn't getting Nintendo anywhere. The N64 and GameCube were far behind the Playstation, Playstation 2, and Xbox. This is one of the main reasons why Nintendo is using a strategy dubbed the "Blue Ocean Strategy". This means that while their competitors are fighting a fierce battle in the shrinking, blood-filled "red ocean", Nintendo will be going where no one has gone before, into the "blue ocean" (BTW, I'm not making this up. Iwata and Reggie have mentioned this strategy numerous times in press conferences).

 

The new controller embodies Nintendo's take on the Blue Ocean Strategy. This controller will be able to sense yaw, pitch, and roll, as well as distance from the television. The biggest names in the industry (Hideo Kojima [director and producer of the Metal Gear Solid series], the producer of the earlier Final Fantasies, etc.), video game journalists (go to any mainstream gaming news site such as IGN or GameSpot and read hands-on articles about the Wii), and many others say that the controller is very intuitive and a blast to play with. This intuitiveness is what will captivate new gamers, Nintendo says.

 

So please, Nintendo haters, educate yourselves or STFU. In fact, if you for any reason hate a gaming company, educate yourself or STFU. Please.