Nintendo shows off new videogame controller

NINTENDO stole Microsoft’s thunder yesterday when they unveiled their new, user-friendly videogame controller 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 yesterday and is turning into a showcase for the intensifying three-way battle among Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo Co Ltd in next-generation videogame consoles.

“We thought about how everyone in the family uses the TV remote, but some people don’t want to even touch the game controller,” Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said. “We want to set a new interface standard for games.”