player said:
You must bear in mind that it will take some time to become acustomed to the controller. I'm quite sure you could master the use of it after a few hours gaming.
Very true - the same is true for all new control systems though
I suspect most games will take that into account, in the same way they do at the moment with things like Zelda and Metroid gradually making you use more controls to do different things on conventional pads.
No game is really "pick up and play" unless it's really simple, however I suspect the Wii controller will be the easiest one for "new" gamers to get used to - my mum can barely use a mouse, but can use the DS touch screen as it's more natural to her than a mouse, the Wii controller will hopefully take that to a new level.
Things like the tennis demo give an idea of that ease of use, anyone who has ever seen a tennis game would instinctively have an idea how to use the wiimote, and that is the first hurdle in getting new people to play (as opposed to having to get used to holding a controller the right way, hitting the right button at the right time to hit the ball etc).
Those of use who are used to the limitations of normal controllers are possibly going to have a harder time of adapting to the system, as we'll no doubt be subconsiously ruling out control options because you couldn't do them on a traditional pad
(rather like in Another Code on the DS some puzzles involved actions that whilst totally natural in the real world were new to games).