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Wii MotionPlus Brings More Accurate Motion-Sensing to the Wii

Nintendo just announced the Wii MotionPlus, a small peripheral that plugs on to the bottom of the Wiimote to give greatly improved motion sensing, allowing for games to truly use your motion on screen for, say, a lightsaber game.

Wii MotionPlus Brings More Accurate Motion-Sensing to the Wii

Nintendo just announced the Wii MotionPlus, a small peripheral that plugs on to the bottom of the Wiimote to give greatly improved motion sensing, allowing for games to truly use your motion on screen for, say, a lightsaber game.

MotionPlus brings 1-1 Controls to the Wii

Nintendo revealed a new accessory for their Wii console: the Wii MotionPlus. The MotionPlus essentially brings 1:1 controls to the Wii Remote controller. "The Wii MotionPlus accessory attaches to the end of the Wii Remote and, combined with the accelerometer and the sensor bar, allows for more comprehensive tracking of a player s arm position and orientation, providing players with an unmatched level of precision and immersion. Every slight movement players make with their wrist or arm is rendered identically in real time on the screen, providing a true 1:1 response in their game play."

Nintendo Wii Sports Resort and Wii Music

Here at the E3 2008 games expo, I got the chance to spend some quality time with early builds of Nintendo's latest 'Wii Series' games: Wii Sports Resort (a sequel to Wii Sports) and Wii Music (once planned as a Wii console launch title). The early verdict: Both deliver the irreverent fun you'd expect, coupled with some crafty control methods that you perhaps wouldn't. Both are sure to be popular – even Wii Music – though I'm still not 100 percent sold on it.

Look Ma! I can play like Wii without the Wii

We have seen different versions of motion sensing controllers trying to mimick Wii style gaming. But Ultimotion from Jakks Pacific not only enables play like Wii but has also got its own version of Wii Sport. Unlike Wii, this is not a console but is something like ‘plug n play’ which fires up the games as soon as it is attached to the TV. Included games are bowling, golf, tennis, baseball and football each included with an accessory of its own for more realistic feeling.

Nintendo Unveils Wii MotionPlus

Tim MacDonald writes "In a pre-conference announcement at E3, Nintendo has unveiled the newest accessory for the Nintendo Wii — the Wii MotionPlus. The Wii MotionPlus combines with the Wiimote's accelerometers and the Sensor Bar to give true, almost 1:1 matching of motion. More to come during Tuesday's conference." If all these battery mods and add-ons to the Wiimote continue my controller is going to start looking less like a controller and more like a quarterstaff. Looks like the wrist strap is going to have to go through another round of beefing up.

Wii MotionPlus: Making it easier to control your Wii

Feeling too wobbly during Wario Ware: Smooth Moves? Nintendo has unveiled a new Wii remote accessory that could make controlling your Wii games a whole lot easier. The Wii MotionPlus sticks to the bottom of your Wiimote and combines with the accelerometer and sensor bar to improve tracking of your movements.

21 upcoming Wii games to drool over

It has come to our attention that certain parties on the Internet want you to believe that there are no decent games coming out on the Wii. These people are malicious liars, and you should not believe them. The Wii has so many great games coming out for it in 2008 and 2009 that we had a hard time narrowing it down just to this list of 21 best, most promising titles.
Are they the same hot games coming out for the PC, 360 and PS3? No, but they shouldn't be. The Wii is all about unique hardware giving gamers unique experiences, and you'll find over 75% of the titles on this list are either console exclusives or loaded with Wii-specific features. So settle back and educate yourself about the 21 greatest games Wii owners — and in many cases only Wii owners — get to look forward to.

Wii Motion Plus Delivers Better Motion Feedback, At A Cost

Both Engadget and Gizmodo have had some hands on experience with the new MotionPlus accessory for the Wii remote that claims to deliver 1:1 motion tracking. Opinion seems to be divided, with Engadget taking the view that the new accessory doesn't add much that the original remote couldn't already do. Gizmodo are wholly more positive in their first impressions, claiming it finally delivers the kind of motion response that was expected when the Wii first launched. Both sites express concern about the added cost, as well as the fact that a lot of new games are going to make this a required purchase.

With new Wii Sports, Wii Music, the Wii's future is casual

Nintendo's press conference held few surprises, but a new Animal Crossing, Wii Sports, and the announcement of Wii Music show that Nintendo is more dedicated to the casual market than ever. Ars reports from Nintendo's E3 press conference.

Comcast Makes Wii Give Away Promotion Official - Starting today for triple-play customers...

Some additional information on the free Wii promotion that insiders leaked last week now comes via more official channels: From today until August 17, 2008, new customers who sign up for Comcast Preferred Plus or Premier Triple Play package will receive a complimentary Wii system. A Comcast insider also tells me that potential Wii warriors will need to pass a certain credit screening threshold "to be determined by market"; if they don't pass, they will be required to pay the $250 Wii deposit to sign up for the Nintendo Wii offer.

Wii Sqweeze Gives You the Upper Body Strength Of An Olympic Cyclist

This Wii Sqweeze demo by InterAction Labs supposedly does for your upper body what Wii Fit does for the lower body of the 10 people who actually managed to find one. The thing is essentially two squeezable grips (exactly like the kind you can get at sports stores now) that correspond to claws and bows and other activities on screen. It's not a real Wii game now, but just a PC demo running off a Wiimote tied via USB to a Wii. Could it be a real Wii game? Sure, but unless it's got Nintendo's name and advertising attached to it, we don't think it's going to do that well. [Exergamelab]

NSFW Video: Topless Wii Fit Lets You Exercise In Front Of Your Computer

Remember Topless Wii and Topless Wii: The Revengening? Well this is different. This is Topless Wii Fit, as inspired by that one underpants video of the Wii Fit girl gyrating around. Like we said, different. Zoo Today has a really NSFW video and a slightly NSFW video. The slightly NSFW video after the jump. Head over to Zoo to see the jiggly jubblies. If you can play Wii Fit looking like this, let us know.

E3: Nintendo's new, more accurate Wii Remote

Nintendo has announced Wii MotionPlus - a new, more accurate game controller add-on for its Wii console, prior to the company's official E3 press conference in Los Angeles tomorrow morning.

Wii MotionPlus Will Be "Very Affordable"

The best news on the Wii front since the imminent arrival of the Wii MotionPlus add-on for the Wii's remote is today's revelation that Nintendo is going to keep the cost of the MotionPlus down.

Exclusive In Depth News Feature: Wii developers talk Wii MotionPlus

So Nintendo has revealed its Wii Motion Plus, a small, roughly cubic add-on that fits onto the bottom end of the Wiimote and brings about a new level of precision as far as motion-detection is concerned. But how does it work, and what exactly are the implications for both gamers and developers?

Wii Pack Generator Builds Custom Wii Homebrew Installers Via Web

Acting as a one-stop repository for all things Wii homebrew, the Wii Pack Generator brought to you by the WiiBrew folks is a handy aggregator for all of the various homebrew apps scattered around the Web. Just click the checkboxes next to the software you want (including getting things started with the Homebrew Channel via the Twilight Princess hack) and download it to an EXE or ZIP file that's set to load on an SD card. It definitely beats trolling dank homebrew forums for the latest updates. [Wii Pack Generator, Thanks tipsters]

Wii Homebrew Can Now Read Burned DVDs, Play PSP Games?

Couple of news tidbits from the shadowy Wii homebrew scene today. First is what is supposedly the first custom Wii firmware that its author, Waninkoko, claims will allow the Wii to read burned DVDs without any hardware modification. And from the "just for the hell of it" department is a separate announcement of a PSP emulator running successfully on the Wii—albeit at a blazingly unplayable four to eight frames per second. The PSP emulator smells a bit more of fish than the DVD-R enabling firmware, but neither have been tested officially. [Waninkoko, DCEmu via Slashdot]

Weight Loss and Fitness Information Site iNutrition.com Gives Away Third Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit

HOUSTON and OTTAWA, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iNutrition, a weight loss, fat loss, fitness tips, and information portal, announced today the third winner of the "Summer of Fit" sweepstakes, featuring a free Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit system. The Winner of the third drawing is Ron Miller of Fair Haven, Michigan. iNutrition sweepstakes winner Ron Miller said, "Did I really? My son is going to be so excited." He then told his son who responded with, "Are you serious?! And a Wii Fit! That's awesome!"

Weight Loss and Fitness Information Site iNutrition.com Gives Away Third Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit

HOUSTON and OTTAWA, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iNutrition, a weight loss, fat loss, fitness tips, and information portal, announced today the third winner of the "Summer of Fit" sweepstakes, featuring a free Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit system. The Winner of the third drawing is Ron Miller of Fair Haven, Michigan. iNutrition sweepstakes winner Ron Miller said, "Did I really? My son is going to be so excited." He then told his son who responded with, "Are you serious?! And a Wii Fit! That's awesome!"

Nintendo Partners Ramping Up for Wii MotionPlus

One of the highlights of the E3 Nintendo conference was clearly the company’s new Wii Remote attachment, the Wii MotionPlus - particularly as featured in Wii Sports Resort. Today, two key Nintendo partners came out of the woodwork.

Nintendo Reveals Details of Wii MotionPlus at E3; Compatible Games

At E3 EXPO currently taking place in California, Nintendo has revealed further details about its new MotionPlus accessory, as well as new games that will be compatible with its features. The Wii MotionPlus is a small doo-hickey that attaches to the end of the Wii Remote (much like the Nunchuk) and provides 3D-like motion simulation whereby the on-screen character responds to real-time wrist or arm movements.

Ubisoft: Red Steel 2 will use Wii Motion Plus

Ubisoft's Alain Corre has explained that, just as Red Steel was one of the first games out to take advantage of the Nintendo Wii (for better or worse), the sequel to that game will be one of the first games to take advantage of the new Wii hardware - the Wii Motion Plus.

New Wii Disc Dumper Copies Games to SD Cards

The first Wii Disc Dumper required a PC and 50 hours of backup time. The latest v1.2 by nitrotux requires only a Wii loaded with an SD card to make backups of single and dual layer Wii titles as well as GameCube games. The only catch is that the Wii needs to be rebooted during the process quite a few times (3 for SL DVD, 6 for DL DVD and 1 for a GameCube disc). So while the process won't take 50 hours, it's not exactly an instantaneous, one-step backup, either. [El Otralado via Maxconsole]

Lucasarts furious over Nintendo Wii MotionPlus

Wii MotionPlusNintendo’s Wii MotionPlus makes 3D actions a dream, opening up the possibility of proper sword fighting and accurate dueling. No surprise then that Lucasarts is furious Nintendo didn’t give advance warning to anyone making, oh, say, a lightsaber-based game.

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