Wii U Controller Aims To Attract Hardcore Gamers

Despite its unconventional shape, the new Wii U controller was actually designed to resemble traditional gamepads, hoping to attract core gamers back to Nintendo's consoles.

The console's HD capabilities were also meant to attract the same audience, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed.

The – not so surprising – revelation was made during an investors briefing in Japan where Iwata admitted that a lot of hardcore gamers were turned off by the WiiMote.

During the same investors briefing Iwata bragged that he was told by third party Japanese developers that they couldn't replicate Wii U's Zelda HD demo visual effects on current gen consoles. The demo was put together in "a relatively short amount of time," Iwata boasted.