Nintendo reveal the next REVOLUTION of Gaming!!!

This is going to change the way we play and enjoy games.. FOREVER!

This is it. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed the Revolution controller at the Tokyo Games Show. Pictures inside.

The controller has been revealed. On first glance it looks like a television remote, but one with a big "A" button, a "B" trigger underneath (reminescent of the N64 z-trigger), a D-pad, 2 normal A and B buttons (also labelled "X" and "Y" in some pictures), plus buttons for Start, Select and Home. At the top is a power button that can shut down the console and at the very bottom are four lights that designate the numbering among multiple players (currently allowing for up to four.) The sleek, rectangular remote-like controller comes in various colours as well (including white, black, silver, gray, red and lime green). Most visible in the pictures is certainly the glossy white design, which matches the Revolution console's new iPod-inspired look.

The ergonomically shaped controller is held in one hand, while attachments will be held in the other. Attachments connect to the bottom port of the controller. One of these is an analog stick attachment that also features two trigger buttons - named Z1 and Z2 - on the underside.

Now here is the Revolutionary bit: the controller acts like a mouse in real 3D-space.

Gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto was called upon to demonstrate the new technology - where small sensors placed near the TV and a chip inside the controller track its position and orientation, allowing the player to intuitively 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.

Sensors understand up, down, left, right, forward and backward, while the pad is also tilt sensitive. The controller can be rotated or rolled from side-to-side. For more traditonal style games however, like a freshly downloaded NES classic, turned on it's side the Revolution controller has the same button configuration as the classic NES controller! The expansion port can be used with many different types of controller peripherals apart from the control stick, more of which are sure to be revealed later.

The controller will of course be wireless, though there are currently no definitive measurements on the max distance, source or power. Nintendo has said that the controllers are already tested to be fine from 10-15 feet, and that the battery life should at least mimic that of the Wavebird (they are still undecided if it will utilize traditional batteries or rechargeables.) Finally, rumble will be included as a standard in all the controllers.