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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.
So when's the WiiSuit going to be announced? Stick accelerometers and IR sensors all over a bodysuit and track entire body movement.
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!
Actually it's a buck and a quarter quarterstaff, but I'm not telling him that.
The problem with the Wiimote is that it track motion but there is no way of tracking orientation ... It is likely that the WiiNubin tracks orientation.
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GAAAHHH!!!! Bob found a way onto the web. Run!!!!
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"What will be interesting is what happens with actual swordfighting. If you complete a sword swing, but your opponent blocks it, the game will have to resolve the situation by... what? It's not an impossible problem, but it'll still be something new to get used to."
If it's the new Lightsaber game then maybe it'll use force feedback. HAHAHA get it "force feedback" You know, like the force. Lightsabers are from the movie series "Star Wars" where they used a magical power called the force, and controllers that simulate resistance are called "force feedback controllers," and the only way to get that feed back in a free form controller such as the one the wii uses would be through a magical effect such as "the force." It's funny mainly because I took this much time to explain it or not.
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No, that would be clippy. Bob would have a big picture of some stationery that says "SIGNATURE".
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Aparently not.
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I don't want to know where THAT WIImote goes...
Use some of your electrical knowledge and get to work.
I did use some of my electrical knowledge, but I got kicked out of Toys R' Us when I zapped a guy with my homemade stun gun and jumped the counter.
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wow, that means the wii will have SIX AXIS ov motion?! That would make the wii the first next gen console to have SIX AXIS motion control! Revolutionary.
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Still? Really, joking about the name got old in a hurry.
I think you mean Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Metroid Prime Hunters was a terrible attempt at a DS game, and made me want to kill kittens.
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Reconciling over this should be easy - too many people let petty stuff get in the way of a good relationship.
Peter! You didn't tell him about... THE RUMBLE PACK?
Simple. Controller explodes, forcing the physical human to assume a new stance. Then he buys another controller and starts all over again. That'll teach that pesky human.