I've been playing the gyroscope shooting controls of Wii Play Motion these last days and they work fine. They are easier to use for inexperienced users, but they didn't feel as twitch based as the IR was, though with practice you can only get getter. It's easier (and faster) to turn, since you don't hold the pointer off centered - it turns as you swing your arm.

Playing this game confirmed that the future tablet will be an interesting control to use, but a combination of gyro and IR is best, IR accuracy for your front TV view and gyro for the offscreen aiming.

I am waiting what gerbox has to offer with Aliens : Colonial Marines, especially if they adapt the gameplay to the controller (motion tracker FTW).

When I see From Dust, I am more than skeptical about Ubi's ability to produce a good game.

Which is the same thing as not turning at all. :)

Ubisoft: Wii U makes shovelware and quick cash-in ports easier to develop.

This sounds 'pretty cool' and everything but i think it'll just be another overhyped gimmick. There's no way I'm gonna stand on the spot and spinning around all over the place.

It's not as intuitive as you think, because when you actually turn IRL, your head gets to its destination before the direction of your body does, and thus you still have a lot of compensation to do in this Wii U scenario. Not to mention the underutilization of your fancy $1000 LED tv.

This could go both ways, I gotta see if Ubisoft is going to give us that Red Steel fiasco again. Got the right direction on the first try, but bad execution. then by the time they got it right, us gamers won't even bother with it anymore...

I agree with people here about the lack of a a pointer being a gross deficiency in the design of the Wii U controller, BUT I think a lot of you are neglecting the fact that the pop genres are changing right now, and have been ever since Gears of War.

The FPS is oversaturated, the TPS is growing much much stronger, so with that in context, the Wii U controller is infinitely more user friendly.

Scenario -
Keep it on your lap, control stick movement with one hand, while the other hand controls weapons/item selection and tap screen shooting. This idea that it would be difficult to remember button placement, and consequently force neck strain, is ridiculous.

If you wanna try out that control scheme get RAGE for iphone or ipad. It's pretty much the same thing...