Nintendo Announces Wii MotionPlus
Nintendo just revealed the Wii MotionPlus, a little block you plug into the bottom of your Wii Remote to give it more refined and sensitive motion detection. From Nintendo’s Website:
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.
This is a step in the right direction for Nintendo and the Wii, if you ask me. The motion detection is groundbreaking, if a little sloppy. Hopefully this will sort that problem out because the Wii is a great system for you and your family and friends. Perhaps they’ll just build this add-on straight into the Wiimote one day…
