I am quite content with just the simple controller with buttons and joysticks, but sometimes, that is not enough. Pressing a button doesn't really simulate real life jumping, and moving the joystick definitely does not feel like actual walking. This simulation of real movement is not necessary, but if done correctly, can really enhance the gaming experience. Of course, doing this incorrectly makes the experience just as bad as it would be good. I feel that games that come packaged with a peripheral should be experienced in that way. A light gun for a gun game? That makes sense. Using a Roll 'n Rocker to play a platforming game? Almost impossible. Things like the Roll 'n Rocker, a rocking surface for your feet that basically replaces the d-pad, never enhanced the gaming experience, and didn't really have a reason to exist, other than to challenge the player in a unique, but kind of unfair, way.
Duck Hunt with the NES Zapper completes the experience. Even if you could somehow play the game with the normal d-pad, it just wouldn't be as enjoyable. The light gun, although an existing technology since the 1930s, still manages to impress nearly 50 years later when it came out for the NES. Duck Hunt is the standard for what a gaming peripheral should do: bring the player to the game's world, and does a great job at that. It's all but unfortunate that the NES Zapper doesn't work with modern televisions.
If the Nintendo NX would have anything, I would like it to have this feature: a plastic cartridge receiver that is USB powered directly from the console, that also has controller ports for the game it was made for.. There could be different models for each system, such as one that allowed to play NES games, and another for N64 games. This would really bring in the retro crowd, as it would allow them to play their original games on the brand new system without having to look for the original console and all of the limitations it may have.
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