The Wii U controller has all of the gyroscopic

The Wii U controller has all of the gyroscopic and accelerometer capabilities of the Wii Remote, nevertheless Nintendo has abandoned the one-handed design that helped make Wii such a success. The new controller has a large 6.2-inch resistive touchscreen on it, front and rear cameras, a microphone, speakers, and vibration. Those features may be cool to casual gamers, yet hardcore gamers will be happy that the Wii U controller is as well very similar to the PS3 and Xbox controllers. It has two shoulder buttons, two trigger buttons, a directional pad, two control sticks, four face buttons, a power button, a home menu button, and start/select. If you're wondering why it has so many buttons, Nintendo has made it clear: it wants hardcore game series like Assassin's Creed and Bioshock on its system right alongside Wii Sports and Super Mario Bros.

Other new ways to combine the screen of the controller with the TV were shown nevertheless not demonstrated. These include using it as a gun sight, setting the controller on a table and using it as a multiplayer board game, and setting the touchscreen on the ground and using it as a virtual tee and ball for a game of golf. You can even make video calls with it, says Nintendo. The demos were highly impressive, yet we on the whole have a lot of questions.

One Wii U controller, many Wii RemotesSatoru Iwata has confirmed our early guess that the Wii U only supports one touchscreen controller, nevertheless he has not elaborated as to why this is the case, instead hinting that the high cost of the controller or limits to its streaming research could be to blame. However it be, the Wii U will come with a single controller and Nintendo currently has no plans to sell extra controllers separately. Having said that, the Wii U is not a game system for the lonely. It is fully compatible with Wii controllers and the Wii Balance Board, supporting as many as four Wii Remotes should the contingency arise to the Wii U controller. That makes Wii U the first system that can technically support five players at a time.