I was rethinking what I said this might be Nintendo`s last console if they fail, that`s why they added the NGC pad and download their retro games, remember the Virtual Boy ! all the fuss about taking the game to a new level of game play.
We're producing a classic-style expansion controller, based on traditional designs like the Gamecube controller. It's like a shell with a hole in the top into which you slot the freehand-style controller, and then you can play third-party ported games, and retro Nintendo games you've downloaded.
-Jim Merrick, Senior Director of Marketing for Nintendo Europe.-
http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=6516
I asked most of my friends and they hated it, all said its a TV/DVD remote.