heh, i guess this can be called the grandfather of the WII controller? ;)

you can say many things about nintendo, but they are willing to go into the unknown with technologys more often then many other consoll-makers.

hmm, now that i think about it, nintendo and sega (sad realy) was allway much more interested in trying new stuff then sony and microsoft seems to be.

just look at VRboy, powerglove and now the WII controller from nintendo. or that memory module with mini-games that sega had for its dreamcast console.