Wii MotionPlus!

[jumpman17]

Is this going to become a required device for some future games?

 

[Bob Loblaw]

wow so the nintendo wii controller price is going to be even higher if you want everything.
wiimote + nunchuk+ this new BS + classic controller = nintendo wii is now the most expensive system to date because of controllers!

 

[Rock Raiyu]

Is this going to become a required device for some future games?

Most likely not. Its just an attachment for better motion sensitivity.

 

[avatarx]

can you use a nunchuck with this? will it improve nunchuck sensitivity too? I think the nunchuck motion detection sucks ass.

 

[Monkey01]

Is this going to become a required device for some future games?

Most likely not. Its just an attachment for better motion sensitivity.

I assume it will be, games may require that better sensitivity and not work without it.

I think it'll be free like the new straps and the condom..err... jacket.

I don't think so. Straps and condoms don't cost that much compared to motion sensing electronic device thingies. I expect it to be 20 dollars or 30 dollars bundled with Link's Sword training.

QUOTE(avatarx @ Jul 14 2008, 08:20 PM)

can you use a nunchuck with this? will it improve nunchuck sensitivity too? I think the nunchuck motion detection sucks ass.

I believe the bottom of it has a thingy you can remove so it will have another nunchuck/classic controller connector. It probably won't improve the nunchucks motion detection though as that would need to be attached to a nunchuck cause it can't detect the motion from another object.

 

[Lily]

Little excessive on the font size there!

Erm, I don't have a problem with making the Wii Remote better. Those that compare it to Sony's situation are off-base - it was the lawsuit with Immersion that prevented the rumble being included in the new controller. Nothing more and nothing less. Once the lawsuit was cleared up, the way was paved to once again offer the rumble. They weren't trying to cash in on the consumer, they were simply making available an option that they were not legally allowed to make available previously.

I'm all for better accuracy with the Wii Remote, because with some games, it's just brutal. If it's backwards compatible (i.e. improves the response in games I already have) then it's an instant buy. Games like Resident Evil 4 could really benefit from some extra motion tracking. If the post above me is true, and there's no passthrough for the Nunchuck, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I can't imagine Nintendo would do that..but then they did remove the headphone jack on the GBA SP, so I suppose anything is possible.

 

[Master Mo]

First Nintendo wanted us to buy a piece of plastic for about 20 bucks (LCBT is not a game: finished that piece of... in about 20 minutes-->yes, looking at you zapper) and now I should pay for an attachment, that is probably used in future games...

More than 5 bucks, as I stated before, and I won`t accept that...

 

[Hitto]

Now, they couldn't take advantage of the normal wiimote; Which has more than enough potential to make a LOT of things VERY different, any of you who have fucked around with GlovePIE (the programmer is a sleazy antisemite asshole but he does know how to code) can understand.

WHY would they wanna make yet another peripheral, I dunno... But, oh, well. Good-bye, wiimote-plus-nunchuck.

 

[shadow1w2]

I.... I.... I can see the future!

I kinda like it, but then I don't wanna pay twenty bucks for it.

Also I think it will be required for some games as if it simply improved the motion reading alone then it would be severly limited to what is already read.
They said the Wiimote could be read in 3D space but they kinda didn't finish it it seems.
It would be nice to see what we were promised would show up on the wii in the first place.

I can't wait to see GlovePIE support this.

Though I hope it wont be hard to get like the WiiFit board.
I guess We'll find out what Nintendo will do with it soon enough.

After all the other crud, I think I could deal with it at ten bucks with a sword swinging minigame.
Twenty is a tad much for a device patch.
I bet they'll just package one with every compatable game.

It better not be just a sensitivity enhancement though.
That would suck on so many levels.

 

[satel]

this is great news.

 

[night_chrono]

this is completely unnecessary. The team behind force unleashed for Wii said they experimented with 1:1 and found it to be "possible" but decided against it so that it would be easier to play.

I will try to dig up the article give me a few min.

 

[doyama]

The one game that really could benefit from this is Dragon Quest Swords. The swinging on that was pretty fussy. And the chain system made it so that this fussiness was detrimental to game play.

 

[Monster On Strin]

They'll probaly release a game a bundle this or something

 

[Relys]

Spoiler

its gonna be zelda of course

Oh God, I hope not. Well, not using this thing anyway.

I mean using small swings for TP was OK, but 1:1 would be too much.

I was expecting TP to be 1:1 in the first place... I was really disappointed.

 

[imgod22222]

They'd need a new animation for "controller being wielded by a fat lazy guy who played the game for two hours"

Link: "Ugh... Sword's too heavy. Fuck this."

or simple wrist motions could suffice =]

 

[Social0]

Nintendo always said we could expect a lot of attachments and I don't mind spending 39 euro's on something like this that makes my gameplay a lot smoother.

 

[JPH]

Neat.
Hopefully it won't add much weight to the Wiimote!

 

[pesaroso]

Why is everyone so upset about these, that they should be cheap and/or free? The wiimote is good enough as it is, if they're launching these as an extra, there will probably be games that'll suport'em, just like any other 3rd party extras.

Hopefully they were watching the videos on YouTube, where the guy showed all of us the potential of the wiimote..

Anyway, you can use the wiimote like it is now, or you could buy that thing for future games, I know I will buy one, no matter how "expensive" it is

Good job Nintendo, hope they're worth it

 

[dinofan01]

Why is everyone so upset about these, that they should be cheap and/or free? The wiimote is good enough as it is, if they're launching these as an extra, there will probably be games that'll suport'em, just like any other 3rd party extras.

My only concern is that you can't plug your nunchuck in the wiimote with this thing, or am I wrong?

Anyway, you can use the wiimote like it is now, or you could buy that thing for future games, I know I will buy one, no matter how "expensive" it is

Good job Nintendo, hope they're worth it

Agreed I can wait for tomorrow I expect Regie to say "You though the Sixaxis was bad before..."

 

[Bob Loblaw]

FINALLY I CAN PLAY NINJA BREAD MAN WITH 1:1 MOTION SENSING!!