Over at the Nintendo booth, contained within a glass case adjacent to the classic shell (revealed earlier by IGN) is a prototype for the "Zapper Style" attachment for the Wii remote. Note that you get a joystick for your thumb and a standard gun-style trigger. Not much to say, but the prototype looks promising. We wouldn't be surprised if this ended up being really close to the final product.

Joystiq

May 10, 2006 - Publisher Capcom today announced that it is underway with a new Resident Evil game developed exclusively for Nintendo's Wii console. The game will take advantage of the system's unique controller for a new take on the atmospheric franchise.

"The next-generation console Wii is garnering much attention with its groundbreaking new controller. The new Resident Evil game for the console will combine the series' intense gaming experience and atmosphere with the revolutionary control system of the Wii," Capcom said in an official statement.

No further details about the title have been revealed. Even so, this s fantastic new for Wii fans around the world.

Revolution.IGN

Looks like Wii's controller shell has been revealed, even via Nintendo's website (see url). Wiigamer writes: "Our sources have confirmed to us that this is definitely real, however several questions still remain - why is there a cable, and does the remote simply click onto the bottom of the unit? Or is it now a stand alone unit?"

Nintendo made no mention of the controller shell at today's media briefing, but hopefully we'll learn more when the E3 show floor opens tomorrow.

Joystiq

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Old school goodness reeks of it.

To everyone else, it's just another expo, to us gamers, this is our first Chrismas of the year.

This year's E3 is going to be spectacular on all fronts. PS3 and Wiivolution debut this week along with a handful of tech demos and popular titles.

Daevel is doing some local reporting from the event this year, as he did last year. You can ask him questions of what he sees in the floor and his impressions on the new "next-gen" phase of gaming (or ask him for phat loot ).

As usual, I, as well as other fellow news posters will (hopefully) post gaming news here from the big companies.

Check out the Offical E3 Thread over in Current Affairs or click here.

You can read Daevel's impressions of last year's events here.

Good luck, and good night.