Wii MotionPlus

Posted by: Saint of Swords on: July 14, 2008

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Well it wouldnt feel like E3 if Nintendo didn’t think up some crazy gadget to hook into the back of the wii remote, would it? and sure enough, here it is.

this news apparently came from the Nintendo offices of Japan, which is odd since Nintendo likes to keep everything secretive:

Nintendo’s upcoming Wii™ MotionPlus accessory for the revolutionary Wii Remote™ controller again redefines game control, by more quickly and accurately reflecting motions in a 3-D space. 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. The Wii MotionPlus accessory reconfirms Nintendo’s commitment to making games intuitive and accessible for everyone. Nintendo will reveal more details about the Wii MotionPlus accessory and other topics Tuesday morning at its E3 media briefing.

since this plugs into the port that the nunchuk controller plugs into, it causes some problems for games that would utilize both. however this next bit tells us a bit more:

What we don’t know, however, is how exactly MotionPlus will work with nunchuk controls, as the peripheral would need some sort of pass-through in order to give 1:1 motion to titles requiring analog control. The first shot above shows a small plug in the bottom of the attachment, which looks to be covering just such port, but we’ll wait on Nintendo to give the final confirmation. Will we see first-person shooters that can make use of this technology? Will LucasArts find a way to adapt the upcoming Clone Wars game to include true 1:1 lightsaber technology, or could Nintendo beat them to it with a pack-in Link’s Sword Fighting game (or news of a new Zelda Wii) to showcase MotionPlus? Will some sort of future “Wii-mote 2.0″ automatically include MotionPlus, removing the need for an additional add-on peripheral? We’ll have to wait and see how exactly the new technology works, and all signs point to Nintendo’s keynote just 24 hours from now.

So to sum it all up, this new attachment with inhance the Wii Remotes capabilitys, allowing game play to move just as you do. should make for some interesting games .

–Saint of Swords

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