Nintendo Revolution: new details revealed!

According to a German gaming site,
GameFront, Nintendo has revealed that its next-gen console, the Revoultion, will have a controller that does not feature standard buttons or house a digital D-pad.  No D-pad?  Maybe this whole touchpad fetish is getting out of hand.  Oh well, we'll have to wait until next year's E3 to see- er, "feel" for ourselves...