Saw this on IGN
Quote:
December 23, 2004 - Earlier this week, the respected Japanese business magazine Shuukan Diamond reported in its 2005 Preview Edition that the Nintendo Revolution Controller will not feature a directional pad or A and B buttons.
If the news turns out to be true, Revolution would be the first Nintendo console to not feature a D-Pad and the A/B button combo. Nintendo has long said that it seeks to innovate with new control mechanisms, as evidenced by the inclusion of a touch screen on the Nintendo DS.
Given the focus of setting the A and B buttons on the GameCube controller apart from the now industry standard four-button layout, it will be interesting to see what new setup Nintendo is planning to bring to the table.
According to Shuukan Diamond, the wait will not be long. The magazine reports that Nintendo will debut GameCube's successor at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, May 2005.
None of the magazine's claims were substantiated by Nintendo, but given the publication's track record of accurate business reporting since 1913, we'd be surprised if Diamond's claims turned out to be false.
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http://cube.ign.com/articles/575/575714p1.html
I hope Nintendo doesn't get to "wacky" with the next console/controller. It will be nice to have something different then the standard "A,B,X,Y, D pad, etc.." and hopefully it can conform to work for nearly all games. The downside for the 'cube controller was that it wasn't the greatest for fighting games (except SSB:M, it was perfect). And hopefully developers will actually take advantage of whatever funky thing Nintendo tries this time
instead of little gimmicky games.