David, it looks like we were on the same wavelength - I just posted an identical thread!
I'll move it to this one.
I have to say, I am not surprised. What actually surprises me is how many people got it wrong. They were predicting all sorts of "programmable" controllers with LED touch-screens...
Remember in the "old days", when new gamers would play Super Mario Bros. and their whole bodies would twist and their arm would tilt the controller when jumping over a pit? So what if that instinctive movement actually DID something?
Nintendo is not really part of the "Big Three" any longer- it seems they're going after a completely different market now. With Sony and Xbox cornering the market on traditional games -- shooters, drivers, traditional next-gen games of all genres -- it is refreshing to have a company that tries to do something different. (i.e.: gimme some apples with those oranges, please).