Here’s what the new (?) Nintendo console looks like:

And here’s the controller:

To me, it just seems like Nintendo stuffed everything they could possibly think of on that controller, and up-rezzed the Wii graphics to HD to bring the system up to date. I’m sort of surprised that Nintendo didn’t show any actual game footage demonstrating the usefulness of the Wii U, which makes me wonder: Does Nintendo even understand their new system yet?