E3 2008: Wii Remote Gets More Motion
Nintendo will reveal the MotionPlus accessory at this year's show.
by Craig Harris and Mark Bozon

July 14, 2008 - Players wondering if we'd ever see a true 1:1
experience on Wii need to wonder no more, as Nintendo announced today
a new plug-in peripheral for the Wii remote, currently called Wii
MotionPlus. Details are sparse so far, but Nintendo revealed the first
snippets of information in a press release this morning. The following
statement is -- in its entirety -- Nintendo's announcement of
MotionPlus for Wii:

"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."

What we don't know, however, is how exactly MotionPlus will work with
nunchuk controls, as the peripheral would need some sort of pass-
through in order to give 1:1 motion to titles requiring analog
control. The first shot above shows a small plug in the bottom of the
attachment, which looks to be covering just such port, but we'll wait
on Nintendo to give the final confirmation. Will we see first-person
shooters that can make use of this technology? Will LucasArts find a
way to adapt the upcoming Clone Wars game to include true 1:1
lightsaber technology, or could Nintendo beat them to it with a pack-
in Link's Sword Fighting game (or news of a new Zelda Wii) to showcase
MotionPlus? Will some sort of future "Wii-mote 2.0" automatically
include MotionPlus, removing the need for an additional add-on
peripheral? We'll have to wait and see how exactly the new technology
works, and all signs point to Nintendo's keynote just 24 hours from
now.

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