The Nintendo announcement of the Wii-U today has got me thinking. It's essentially, a system that uses touch-screen controllers (think tablet with controls) that interface with a system that connects to the TV.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/07/t...ller-revealed/

This is a very interesting system as it allows for very cool interaction patterns, and some new multi-player styles of play. It basically adds a fully functional screen to the Dreamcast VMU controller of old, giving users private-eye views of the game and other such novelties.

Here's the interesting thing: with Google TV much of this play style could be replicated on Android devices -- albeit with inferior graphics. The basic elements are there, the touch screen devices with camera's and accelerometers, and the TV connected system. Neato.

Now I'm not suggesting that it's as easy as replicating the play-style to compete with Nintendo's latest, it's not. However it's neat to see how mobile devices are slowly advancing on traditional consoles.

The game Words for the iPad (and now for Android as well) introduced the ability to use handsets with a tablet for a new play system -- which is very similar. If developers embrace this concept, we may see many non-traditional titles spring forth.