Nintendo Wii Fanboy writes: "Nintendo kept the Wii MotionPlus a secret from everybody for as long as possible, a move that resulted in grumbling from certain third-party developers.
That hasn't diminshed enthusiasm for the tiny add-on, however. During an interview, Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat couldn't praise the MotionPlus enough (even though he admitted having some doubts at first), enthusing about how the peripheral would make gaming feel "seamless," and arguing that it could only lead to a more immersive experience. "It's one thing to have your brain interpolating what you're doing," gushed Mallat, "[but ] it's another thing to not need that interpolation work."
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
Stark contrast from LucasArts reaction to MotionPlus
I hope it isn't overpriced.
plus a motion plus version of every other wii mini game collection
expect carnival games motion plus, red steel2 to use it/need it, wii play motion plus etc etc and then expect them to sell a wiimote with the motion plus already inside.
I dont care how cheap the Wii is.. The crap you have to buy to play "Wii style games" Nychunks, Wii plus, Wheels, extra batties for controllers is just stupid.. I bet hardcore Wii owners have spent more than I did on my PS3..
Sorry a lil off topic.. but all these "extras" you have to buy to play games drives me crazy.. Thats why I never will by a Wii
At $250+ dollars for Wii, you better be getting a free upgrade to this. Throw in a few free games and you might have a pretty good value.