"“Well, now I'm definitely not gonna tell ya, 'cause it's been built up too much”, said Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction. She was seemingly aware that if one builds something up too much, when it is revealed, its impact might be somewhat lessened.

And it would seem that this is a factor taken into account by Nintendo as it counts down to revealing its Big Secret – what the Revolution controller actually is.

Shigeru Miyamoto has made some comments in a recent interview with GameSpy which perhaps give one of the biggest hints as to what we can expect. “Graphic chips are one thing. Those are hard to imitate”, he said. “But if we showed our controller, we'd be revealing way too much. It's very easy to copy. We really want to present our interface, the controller, with software as a package."

So what does this all mean? Unconfirmed reports suggest that the actual traditional controller aspect of the Revolution is little more than a WaveBird spin-off, though this remains to be seen. Does Miyamoto hint that the control mechanism for Revolution will comprise two separate elements? His 'We really want to present our interface, the controller, with software as a package' comment would lend weight to this theory."