A few days ago we told you that Nyko has a new Wii remote in the works. Not to call anyone out, but some were quick to write it off as a poor knockoff when we ran the story. Days later, this device won CNET's "Best of CES" award for Hottest Video Game Product of 2009. To get the lowdown, Nyko had us over to check it out.
Guess what? It's pretty slick. We didn't conduct a full-blown test, but we did get to check it out and play a bit of Wii Sports. We instantly noticed an improved hand feel over the standard Wii Remote when we got our hands on it. The underside "B" button is rubberized for an improved grip and feel. And the buttons, although square, are easier to hit and feel responsive.
The Trans-Port technology we reported on earlier promises to be pretty neat, too. We managed to get our hands on a protoype gun controller (shown in our gallery). It looks like Nyko's Perfect Shot, but upgraded for the Wand. Of course, using the Trans-Port technology, the triggers were changed from mechanical to digital, improving the feel and response time of the gun. This makes any previous mechanical-based Wii gun tech look and feel clunky in comparison.
We'd want to play with the Wand a bit more to make a full judgement, but we like what we've seen so far. Our impressions are that this is a much better controller than the standard Wii Remote.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
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Awesome, the hammer is the A Button, that means it would be compatible with RE4, well, as long as it still has the slot at the bottom to attach the nunchuck. I might go back and play that again, it was too difficult with the other "light gun" attachments because you'd always have to press A on the top of the Wii mote while trying to hold the gun and control movement with the nunchuck.
I think this looks fantastic, Honestly the main reason i see for owning a wii at this moment in time are rail shooters, house of the dead 2 & 3 and ghost squad are fantastic, House of the Dead over kill are coming out and rumors of a Time Crisis made for wii <3 this device looks like a God of wii remotes to me.
Nintendo used to have square buttons on earlier builds of their Famicom. They later changed the controller to have round buttons because the square buttons would stick sometimes. With the gun this device looks like it has plenty of potential though. If the price is 10 less than Nintendo's controller I would give this one a shot.
it was too difficult with the other "light gun" attachments because you'd always have to press A on the top of the Wii mote while trying to hold the gun and control movement with the nunchuck.
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