Next-generation consoles on display at Tokyo show

Nintendo thinks it has the answer for people scared off by all the complex switches and buttons on home video-game controllers – a simpler device that looks like a TV remote control and can be waved like a wand or a baseball bat.

Nintendo showed off the controller at the Tokyo Game Show, which opened today and is turning into a showcase for the intensifying three-way battle among Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo Co. Ltd. In next-generation video-game consoles.