No, it's not a remote control; the picture on the left is the Nintendo Revolution's game controller. Yowza - breaking free from the PlayStation benchmark or what?!
IGN has in-depth coverage of their time with the new-style games controller, including photos and a video. If you want to know anything and everything about the newfangled device which is
* 3D Pointing. Sensors understand up, down, left, right, forward and backward.
* Tilt Sensitive. Controller can be rotated or rolled from side-to-side.
* Buttons Included. Has a trigger on its backside, face buttons, and a D-Pad.
* Multifunctional. Has an expansion port which can be used with different types of controller peripherals. Analog stick with two trigger buttons planned for left hand.
* Wireless. Totally wire-free. Currently there are no details on the max distance, source or power, or otherwise.
* Rumble Built-in. Included as a standard in all the controllers.
...including hands-on tests with game demos, I recommend you head over there. More coverage is here. You can see it all from the proverbial horse's mouth here, the webcast of Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's keynote speech from the Tokyo Game Show.
Leave it to Nintendo to do something truly creative with their hardware. 3D pointing?! Dear sweer Jehosephat. Now THAT is a revolution. As the tag on their controller press release says, "Innovation Key To Broadening Games Audience".
