Nintendo Unveils Wii MotionPlus 299
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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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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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.
Quarterstaff (Score:5, Funny)
Actually it's a buck and a quarter quarterstaff, but I'm not telling him that.
Re:How does it work? (Score:3, Funny)
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Thats when I will buy a Wii.
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Great, all the fat geek man boobs will animate Lara Croft on screen.
Re:Accessory? (Score:5, 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 [slashdot.org] and set a signature first...
Re:Accessory? (Score:5, Funny)
GAAAHHH!!!! Bob found a way onto the web. Run!!!!
Re:Yep, This Is Nothing More Than A Hardware Patch (Score:5, Funny)
Sony CEO Howard Stringer, is that you ?
Re:A good add-on (Score:5, 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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Wouldn't that be the WiiFuck ?
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Re:Quarterstaff (Score:1, Funny)
Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin!
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... and come in a XXXL version for the Slashdot crowd.
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What next? Temperature sensing? (Score:4, Funny)
I don't want to know where THAT WIImote goes...
Re:Whats the point? (Score:5, 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.
Re:"true" 1:1? (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Finally (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A good add-on (Score:1, Funny)
Reconciling over this should be easy - too many people let petty stuff get in the way of a good relationship.
test pilot just spilled his guts about Star Fox 64 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A good add-on (Score:2, Funny)
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.
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