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===Controls=== [[Directional pad|D-pad]] : In 1982, [[Nintendo]]'s [[Gunpei Yokoi]] elaborated on the idea of a circular pad, shrinking it and altering the points into the familiar modern "cross" design for control of on-screen characters in their ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' handheld game. It came to be known as the "D-pad".<ref name="IGN">{{Cite web| last = Buchanan| first = Levi| title = From Janitor to Superstar Gunpei Yokoi, inventor of the Game Boy, would have been 67 this week.| publisher = IGN| date = 2008-09-08| url = http://retro.ign.com/articles/908/908569p1.html| accessdate = 2008-12-28}}</ref> The design proved to be popular for subsequent ''[[Game & Watch]]'' titles. This particular design was patented. In 1984, the Japanese company Epoch created a handheld game system called the [[Epoch Game Pocket Computer]]. It featured a D-pad, but it was not popular for its time and soon faded. Initially intended to be a compact controller for the ''Game & Watch'' handheld games alongside the prior non-connected style pad, Nintendo realized that Gunpei's design would also be appropriate for regular consoles, and Nintendo made the D-pad the standard directional control for the hugely successful [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] under the name "+Control Pad". [[Wii Remote]] : Invented by [[Nintendo]] for the [[Wii]], the [[Wii Remote]] (often termed the ''Wiimote'') is the first [[Game controller|controller]] with [[Motion control|motion-sensing]] capability. It was a candidate for [[Wikipedia:Time (magazine)|''Time'']]'s Best Invention of 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Lev|last=Grossman|title=Best Inventions|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|year=2006|url=http://www.time.com/time/2006/techguide/bestinventions/inventions/youtube.html|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</ref>
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