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Video: MotionPlus Adds Precision to the Wii
Original at AOL Video
• Sat, May 23
AP's weekly Video Game Video looks at how the Nintendo Wii is getting more precise. The Wii MotionPlus add-on coming June 8 juices those motion ... video.aol.com
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Original at Megatokyo News
• 14 hours ago
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Balance Board/MotionPlus combo can lead to games that are better than ones on other platforms, says Ubisoft
Original at Go Nintendo
• Wed, Nov 4
By RawmeatCowboy “(the Balance Board and MotionPlus can provide) a great experience and sometimes better than on other consoles.” - Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot This topic of conversation came up with Mr. Guillemot was discussing what Natal and the PS3 motion controller can offer over the Wii, and whether o...
NEWS: The Legend of Zelda Wii to Use MotionPlus
Original at Nintendo World Report
• Wed, Nov 4
• 6 related articles
By Pedro Hernandez The latest game in the Zelda series will use MotionPlus for swordplay and targeting.
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First details on MotionPlus usage for next console Zelda
Original at Vooks
• Tue, Nov 3
• 6 related articles
The accessory will obviously be used for swordfighting, but surprisingly itll also replace IR functionality for aiming Last E3, Shigeru Miyamoto shared that hed like for the next Zelda game on Wii to be MotionPlus-exclusive, and it seems that it might just be the case from what he explai...
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Miyamoto: Next Zelda will use MotionPlus for more realistic swordplay
Original at Joystiq
• Tue, Nov 3
• 6 related articles
By Randy Nelson Nintendo's resident legend, Shigeru Miyamoto, has revealed that the next installment in the Legend of Zelda series on Wii will make use of Wii MotionPlus for more realistic sword combat and targeting. "In this (installment of the series), we're using MotionPlus to make you feel much mor...
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Wii Zelda: MotionPlus improves swordplay
Original at WASAlive ! wii games
• Tue, Nov 3
• 6 related articles
Miyamoto details use of MotionPlus in secret Zelda project. Little-to-nothing is known about the Zelda game Shigeru Miyamoto and his team are working on, except for the fact that it’ll use the Wii MotionPlus peripheral. Click here to read the full article Related Stories Britain’s first...
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Wii Zelda: MotionPlus improves swordplay
Original at CVG Online
• Tue, Nov 3
• 6 related articles
Miyamoto details use of MotionPlus in secret Zelda project. Little-to-nothing is known about the Zelda game Shigeru Miyamoto and his team are working on, except for the fact that it'll use the Wii MotionPlus peripheral. Click here to read the full article
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The Future of Epic Mickey
Original at The Wiire
• Sun, Nov 1
By Andrew Clark When you think of a game like Epic Mickey, from the little we know about it, of the choices between the Balance Board, Wii MotionPlus, and the Vitality Sensor, which Nintendo peripheral do you think Epic Mickey would most likely use? Well, it isn't Wii MotionPlus (in the first game anyway)...
Opinion: Epic Mickey - more screens and art, game was originally for 360/PS3, no MotionPlus support, and more
Original at Go Nintendo
• Wed, Oct 28
By The News Team “The reality is that we started Wii development in 2008, but before that we were a PC, PS3, and 360 title. It’s burned in my brain - Graham Hopper [Disney Interactive boss] pulled me into my office one day and said ‘What does it take to deliver on the goals we have for this product? And I said, wel...
Move Along [Note]
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Oct 16
By Brian Crecente Zombie Apocalypse Micro-Review: Paint the Town Red A Fully-Functioning MotionPlus Wii Remote Mass Effect 2 Dated For January, Preorder Bonuses Abound Axel & Pixel Micro-Review: A Puzzling Combination Castlevania's Igarashi Involved In WiiWare Rebirth, Secret Stuff
Wii Sports Resort Review (Wii)
Original at EL33TONLINE
• Thu, Oct 15
Wii Sports Resort had a lot riding on its shoulders, not only was it the follow-up to the best selling game of all time Wii Sports, but it was the first of Nintendo’s titles to showcase the highly anticipated Wii MotionPlus accessory. Having seen the incredible precision introduced in firs...
Nintendo Wii: Wii Sports Resort To Be Bundled With Wii
Original at Sickr
• Sat, Oct 3
Posted in Nintendo, Wii Tagged: bundles, gamestation, wii bundles, wii sports resort Boxart images from UK gaming emporium GameStation confirm Wii consoles will be bundled in Europe with Wii MotionPlus and a copy of the fantastic Wii Sports Resort. Source Posted in Nintendo, Wii Tagge...
New Wii Sports Resort Bundle Announced
Original at WiiNintendo
• Thu, Sep 24
By TonyMiller Nintendo News: Limited-Edition Wii Sports Resort Bundle Features Two Wii MotionPlus Accessories REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Wii Sports Resort™ is all about getting multiple people involved in friendly sporting competitions. Starting Oct. 12, consumers will have even more ince...
Opinion: New Wii Sports Resort Limited Edition bundle includes two Wii MotionPlus accessories for $10 savings
Original at Gaming Bits
• Thu, Sep 24
Nintendo has announced a new bundle for Wii Sports Resort. A new limited edition Wii Sports Resort bundle will include two Wii MotionPlus accessories. Wii Sports Resort is currently available for $49.99 with one Wii MotionPlus accessory. In this new bundle, available starting October 12t...
Wii Sports Resort producer discusses MotionPlus
Original at Vooks
• Sun, Sep 13
Katsuya Eguchi talks about recalibration, the next Zelda on Wii, and his future plans for MotionPlus-enabled games Producer of Wii Sports Resort, Animal Crossing: Lets Go to the City and Wii Music, Katsuya Eguchi, recently talked to GamePro about Wii Sports Resort and the MotionPlus. O...
Wii MotionPlus Review
Original at Gizmodo
• Thu, Jul 30
By Jason Chen The hardware is a big step forward, but it's not the end of the road. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say this was 80% of the way there to delivering true 1:1 motion detection in the hardware. Unless Nintendo releases a Wii MotionPlusPlus, I don't expect that it will get all that much better in th...
Wii Sports Resort
Original at The Wiire
• Thu, Jul 30
By Andrew Clark Just as Wii Sports served as an introduction to the Wii, Wii Sports Resort serves as an introduction to Wii MotionPlus. Nintendo constructed a game full of several sport-themed mini games, all aimed at teaching and showing off what Nintendo’s newest peripheral can do. Wii MotionPlus is a p...
Opinion: Q&A: Nintendo’s Kaigler on Slowing Wii Sales, Hardcore Games
Original at Wired
• Mon, Jul 27
By Tracey John NEW YORK — “Any number of factors” could contribute to the slowing sales of Wii, said a Nintendo executive on Thursday. The company is hoping that the launch of the Wii MotionPlus controller will energize the market. Review: Wii Sports Resort, Master of the MinigameVirtual Consolation Pr...
Review: Wii Sports Resort, Master of the Minigame
Original at Wired
• Fri, Jul 24
By Chris Kohler Wii Sports, packed in with Wii, is the best-selling videogame of all time. Wii Sports Resort is its sequel, packaged with and requiring the use of Wii MotionPlus, a small adapter that plugs into the Wii controller and adds the ability to detect linear motion, not just rotation. 50, Nintendo
Opinion: The Daily Roundup: here's what you might've missed
Original at Engadget
• Thu, Jul 23
By Ross Miller Even from the earliest days of leaked hardware shots and blurry demo videos of its UI, smartphone fans seemed to agree that the company had finally achieved what has been missing in the world of Android. Sure, EA and Sega already have MotionPlus offerings on the market, but everyone knows t...
Nintendo won't make Wii MotionPlus a new standard
Original at Joystiq
• Thu, Jul 23
By Andrew Yoon Nintendo converted Times Square into a tropical island getaway for a day to celebrate this coming Sunday's launch of Wii Sports Resort, the first sequel to Nintendo's flagship Wii title. We had a chance to chat with Bill Trinen, product marketing manager for Nintendo of America, while ov...
Wii Sports Resort - review
Original at Go Nintendo
• Tue, Jul 21
By RawmeatCowboy Full review here (thanks Thom!) A portion of an ArsTechnica review… The Good * Many of the games show off what the MotionPlus can do * Strong sense of play and exploration of the island shows the new controls * Fun when played with others, many events allow one controller to be [...]
Article: Wii Sports Resort vs. Wii MotionPlus
Original at Eurogamer
• Mon, Jul 20
Editor's Grovelling Introduction: With Wii Sports Resort due out this coming Friday, many of you have made it clear that you felt our review should have spent more time describing the specific way that the Wii MotionPlus is put to use. Our reviewer, Christian Donlan, did what I asked him to...
Wii Sports Resort: the review
Original at Wii Wii
• Thu, Jul 9
By Chris Schilling Wii Sports Resort represents a difficult balancing act - it’s a game which has to sell MotionPlus to the masses, convince the core gamer of both its value as a peripheral in its own right and its potential for future titles - especially in the wake of Natal and Sony’s new motion wand - and to he...
Wii Sports Resort launch event: Midnight in Melbourne
Original at WASAlive ! wii games
• Tue, Jul 7
The Nintendo Experience store at EB Games Swanston street are putting on a party for the July 22nd launch of the much-anticipated MotionPlus enabled sports compilation
Opinion: Nintendo Voice Chat: Episode 51
Original at WiiNintendo
• Tue, Jun 30
By hey_suburbia Bozon and Matt would recommend Tiger Woods MotionPlus bundle over Wii Sports Resort, but if you’re not a golf fan you should buy Wii Sports Resort Predictions for The Conduit for the end of the year – 250K – 300K for Bozon, Matt agreed with it – Matt optimistically HOPING for above 500K – Prob...
Eurogamer re-reviewing Grand Slam Tennis due to major differences in debug/retail versions, yanking Virtua Tennis 2009 review as well
Original at Go Nintendo
• Fri, Jun 19
By RawmeatCowboy This morning we received a tip-off from our colleagues at Eurogamer.de that they had encountered substantial differences in Wii MotionPlus performance on their Wii debug review kit and their retail Wii console. Obviously this set off alarm bells - Kristan Reed had reviewed Grand Slam Te...
Why Our Wii MotionPlus Review Can Wait
Original at Gizmodo
• Mon, Jun 15
By Mark Wilson Even though it's been officially released with Tiger Woods 2010, the platform is simply too young to fairly adjudicate. Matt Buchanan performed quite a bit of testing at E3 if you'd like to read his impressions. But in reality, it's just not the time to make any sort of worthwhile verdict on t...
Grand Slam Tennis/MotionPlus - review
Original at Go Nintendo
• Mon, Jun 8
By RawmeatCowboy Full review here A portion of an IGN review… Grand Slam Tennis is an impressive package on Wii, and one of the best tennis games I’ve ever played. This opening year of Wii MotionPlus support – and the fact that it’s the first time out the gate for this series – leaves a few odd experiences to be ha...
Opinion: Nintendo Wii MotionPlus Hands On: One Year, Three Games Later
Original at Gizmodo
• Fri, Jun 5
By matt buchanan Last year, Mark said the thrill of 1:1 motion it delivered was "greater than maybe any experience I've had on the Wii aside from Super Mario Galaxy." Wii Sports Resort No surprise, Nintendo's own software is where it shines, where the value of MotionPlus comes through the most.
Hands-on: Wii Sports Resort's archery and canoeing
Original at Joystiq
• Thu, Jun 4
By JC Fletcher Last year, Nintendo only had three playable games from Wii Sports Resort: Disc Dog, Power Cruising, and Swordplay, all of which were used to show the precision of the Wii MotionPlus device. This time, twelve games are available for play, and we were able to get our hands on two of those, whic...
Opinion: IGN Updates
Original at Go Nintendo
• Tue, May 19
By RawmeatCowboy Wii MotionPlus Hardware Videos News EA Throws a Party With Boom Blox Bash Party for Wii WiiWare Drawing 2D Platformer EA Sports active Review A Glamorous Makeover Hits the Nintendo DS with I Love Beauty: Hollywood Makeover Features Screens MySims Racing Majora’s Mask Previews Reviews
Patch: Wii Motion Plus will not work on older Wii games
Original at vg247.com
• Wed, Apr 15
Nintendo has told GameDaily that Wii MotionPlus will not work on older games, nor will a patch be released for WMP to work with Wii Fit. “The Wii MotionPlus accessory is only for games that are designed to make use of its abilities,” said Nintendo in a statement. The site originally theorized...
Deca Sports 2 - latest screenshots
Original at WiiDS.co.uk
• Mon, Apr 13
By JungleTramp Unfortunately, there’s no support for MotionPlus or the Wii Balance Board. As well as main events, there will be various mini-games to keep everyone happy. A varied sports collection for the whole family to enjoy, Deca Sports 2 is scheduled for a UK release later this year.
Opinion: Nintendo Voice Chat podcast summary
Original at WiiNintendo
• Tue, Feb 3
By hey_suburbia Matt thinks the game will be great Only thing they’re still lacking is online multiplayer mode (which is a debatable inclusion) Ton of WiiConnect24 support New physics Coming out in Spring Not doing Wii MotionPlus Tenchu Nintendo Minute C.O.R.E. Summary via Nintendo Everything]
Opinion: The Best Gadgets to Come in 2009
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Dec 31
By Mark Wilson When I tested the Wii MotionPlus attachment at E3, I felt that Nintendo had fulfilled the promise of the Wii, finally offering a motion controller as accurate and responsive as we'd all hoped the Wiimote to be originally. If Nintendo can coax developers to support Wii Motion Plus, we can ex...
Nintendo Wii: Wii MotionPlus Will Be Cheap For Wii
Original at Sickr
• Tue, Aug 5
Source Satoru Iwata has revealed to the Wall Street Journal that the Wii MotionPlus attachment will be extremely affordable. Iwata claimed that the manufacturing costs for the external device were “not that much” meaning Nintendo can make the device “very affordable” for avid gamers. S...
Nintendo Wants To Make Wii MotionPlus As Cheap As Possible
Original at Gizmodo
• Sun, Aug 3
By Jason Chen Nintendo's President Iwata, the man who wants US customers to believe that there will be a Wii shortage this Christmas not caused by Nintendo themselves, has just said that they want the Wii MotionPlus to be as cheap as possible because it doesn't cost too much to manufacture. How cheap? Th...