I already talked about it in the "Nintendo adressing the family market with NX according to Ubisoft"-Thread,
but I think that statement, together with the gameplay footage from zelda more or less confirms that NX will habe a regular controller, or at least one without a screen:
There are many actions & elements in Zelda BotW that were obviously designed for use with the Gamepad, most prominently of all the Shiekah Slate.
BUT!
All of these actions are done on the TV, without the gamepad! People have confirmed that the Gamepad screen was only used to show the controls!
Aonuma also confirmed that the entire game can be played with the Wii U Pro Controller!
Why design stuff for the Gamepad and not use it?
Because the other Console the Game will be released on does not feature a gampad or a similar controller!
The controller could still be special, this is Nintendo we are talking about after all, but I'm confident it will be much less excentric than the gamepad!
The new guy.
Sorry for possible mistakes, not a native speaker!
