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Wii-Motes To Have Built In MotionPlus?

Posted by Stephen Johnson - Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:05 AM

One of the big announcements from Nintendo at this year's E3 was the roll-out of WiiMotion Plus, a Wiimote add-on that makes your stick read motion one-to-one, which leads to the kind of accuracy we'd need for, say, a decent light-sabre game.

But Nintendo has yet to decide if the new tech from the device will be built-in to future Wiimotes.

"As to looking at whether or not it will be an attachment or built in - we're always looking at how hardware should evolve and where we should take it," Nintendo's Katsuya Eguchi. "Unfortunately I don't have a definite direction to give you today, but it's something we'll be looking at."




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Posted by Thundercracker - Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:25 AM

first post!!! And most likely, Last post!!! slow news day.....

Posted by Al_Coholic - Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:34 AM

If they make it built it then they will have to come out with new versions of the Wii wheel, and Wii zapper, and other attachments that use the Wii mote. So I am sure it will just stay and an add on.

Posted by h0m3star - Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:57 AM

^...No, they wouldn't, it would be the same shape....

Posted by Kev0n05 - Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:03 AM

ladies! ladies!...IT DOESN'T MATTER! Wait and see!

Posted by thatboytitz - Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:13 AM

hmmm i wonder what they would do
take our money or not
this is staying an add on

Posted by Peter_Gozinya - Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:29 AM

plus with a glo sword add-on like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/pro duct/B0018A2Z22/ref=vg_flx_pre order
to play that light-sabre game.

Posted by Peter_Gozinya - Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:31 AM

a glo sword add-on like this would also be cool to have with it:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/pro duct/B0018A2Z22/ref=vg_flx_pre order

Posted by ShaeSyco - Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:34 AM

commence the daily bitching about nintendo

Posted by sinister6972 - Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:42 AM

Man Nintendo, I hope you guys come through. I wasn't all that pleased with your E3. Just hopefully you guys come through...

Posted by santjnthn - Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:14 AM

I found this MOTION PLUS to be a joke from Nintendo. My mother has the Wii and one thing that bugged me so much is how the Wii-mote responded to the games. The Wii Boxing is horrible, the Wii baseball was kinda delayed a little, the Bowling worked really well, and The Tennis is delayed a little too.

Now what I thought was funny is how Nintendo tried to make is seem like this was advancement instead of saying "We are fixing a problem for the Wii-mote". Of course they would be releasing a Wii-Mote plus, because they have to discontinue the bad responsive Wii-motes.

So now if people want a better responsive Wii-mote, you will have to shell out money and buy this plus thing instead of them saying, here... This fixes the problem, here you go, it’s free, like the Wii-mote condom they released for fee... Not good Nintendo. Not good..

Posted by little_eddy - Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:32 AM

@ santhnthn

that just must of been your will. i didn't get any of the delays that you speak of. it's smooth when i play.

Posted by youenjoymyself - Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:50 AM

@ santhnthn...yeah that is not supposed to happen. plus, this is not a fix, it is going to be a completely different controller. i for one am excited about it.

Posted by mercisan - Friday, July 18, 2008 3:40 AM

Cool! I welcome improvement.

santhnthn is just a hater. Take a chill pill dude!

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