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Nintendo Unveils Wii MotionPlus

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the out-to-spoil-someone's-day dept.

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.

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  1. Next... by Adriax · · Score: 5, Funny

    So when's the WiiSuit going to be announced? Stick accelerometers and IR sensors all over a bodysuit and track entire body movement.

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    1. Re:Next... by fructose · · Score: 5, Funny

      You might end up with a few not so family-oriented games with a suit like that.

      Hell, I can think of one right now: Wii-sure Suit Larry.

    2. Re:Next... by PlatyPaul · · Score: 4, Funny

      Taking rumble to the next level....

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    3. Re:Next... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...track entire body movement.

      Great, all the fat geek man boobs will animate Lara Croft on screen.

    4. Re:Next... by billcopc · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wouldn't that be the WiiFuck ?

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  2. Quarterstaff by jayhawk88 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually it's a buck and a quarter quarterstaff, but I'm not telling him that.

  3. Re:Accessory? by lpangelrob · · Score: 4, Funny

    It looks like you're trying to sign your post. I think you'll have to go to http://www.slashdot.org/Special:Preferences and set a signature first...

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  4. Re:Accessory? by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks like you're trying to sign your post.

    GAAAHHH!!!! Bob found a way onto the web. Run!!!!

  5. Re:Yep, This Is Nothing More Than A Hardware Patch by Programmer_In_Traini · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sony CEO Howard Stringer, is that you ?

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  6. Re:A good add-on by ArsonSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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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  7. Re:Whats the point? by Ihmhi · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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