Nintendo basically innovated/popularised (depending on your historical perspective) everything that is currently used on modern controllers, they're not doing anyone else's controller, they're just taking logical design and utilising it... the placement of the A, B, X, Y buttons is fucking stupid, though.
Has anyone heard any confirmation on if they're doing Achievements/Trophies yet? I heard something about coins, but it doesn't seem to be confirmed if they are just in Wii-U currency or actual achievement based stuff.
There's certainly been some speculation about an achievement system, and this screenshot from yesterday's Wii U conference has led some to believe that it's now even more likely to be implemented. If you look closely, you'll notice a gold bar that says, "Cleared in under 100 seconds," with a picture of a player's Mii avatar underneath. I know it's now exactly an iron clad guarantee, but it would make sense given that we already know the Miiverse set-up is a feature attached at system level to every console.
Then again, it could just be a mini-game challenge in the game it's taken from, which is apparently the upcoming Wii U version of New Super Mario Bros.