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Wiimote EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Red Steel devs claim to have 'beaten the waggle' 25 According to Ubisoft, the days of waving a Wiimote randomly around and hoping to win are over, with the Red Steel 2 development team confidently claiming to have "beaten the waggle." Bi... Wii Remotes help you feel holograms 29 Holograms have always disappointed me. This is mostly because they're nothing like what they are in science fiction. Where's the hologram that can go horribly wrong and trap me in gangster era Am... The real reason we can't have nice things 21 I thought we had left all these plastic add-ons for Wii Sports in the past. Consumers had smartened up and we weren't supposed to see them as much anymore. But it seems the opposite is true; cons... E3 09: Does the Wii MotionPlus live up to its promises? 22 Quite by accident, I ended up playing more Wii MotionPlus-controlled games on the E3 showfloor than any other Destructoid editor. Spending time with the UbiSoft developed Red Steel 2, Grand Slam ... Red Steel 2 will be a MotionPlus exclusive 23 We already knew that Ubisoft's Red Steel 2 would boast integration with the Wii's new MotionPlus accessory, but it has since come to light that the extra control will not be an option -- it's man... EA Sports Wii titles being bundled with Wii MotionPlus 7 Electronic Arts has announced that it will be bundling some of its upcoming titles with Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus peripheral. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, which hits stores on June 16 in North A... Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort confirmed for June/July 28 It's been a long time since Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort were announced, with the belief being that we'd see both these items last year. Now Nintendo has finally confirmed a solid release... More things to do with your Wiimote: control a lawnmower 21 The Wiimote has been used for many a purpose other than what it was intended for, which is pretty cool in the general scheme of things. The latest use has been found by researchers at the Univers... EA says Wii MotionPlus has too much Plus 20 We can get all up in arms about how the Wii should have had one-to-one motion controls since the launch of the system, and how Nintendo will be making a killing over yet another add-on for their ... Strangest use for the Wiimote: programming robots? 10 We know that the Wiimote sometimes gets used for things other than waggle -- hell, it's even been helpful to the disabled. Its newest foray outside the world of games has to do with a research pr... de Blob's producer warns that Wii MotionPlus could make control too complex 14 I was a little underwhelmed at this year's E3 when Nintendo whipped out the MotionPlus attachment for the Wiimote, not because the idea isn't cool, but it seemed to me that the Wiimote should hav... Nintendo releasing colored straps in Japan, world wishes they could get in on it 11 Siliconera is reporting that Nintendo is prepped to release a plethora of colored straps for the Wii remote this September. Unfortunately, the giant publisher has decided that it will only push t... Ubisoft CEO finds pleasure in Nintendo peripherals 5 Ubisoft Montreal’s CEO Yannis Mallet is certainly one of those guys that really likes videogames. In an interview with Gamasutra, Mallet gets wistful when talking about Nintendo’s int... Dead Rising controls slightly revealed 17 It’s great when controls translate perfectly how you picture them. According to MyWii, Capcom has detailed some of the more action-oriented controls in Dead Rising: Chop 'Til you Drop. The ... Gosen calls out 'gimmicky controllers,' but loves Lips 7 Yesterday, European Xbox Vice President of Strategy and Marketing David Gosen proudly declared that Microsoft was “investing to win” in Europe, as well stated that physical media was ... Let your gynecologist practice with a Wii 21 There’s something inherently scary about a surgeon earning his wings with a Wii remote, but apparently it works. Kotaku recently dug up an interview that Austin Channel 8 News did with a gy... Hey Nintendo, secrecy isn't always such a great thing 17 I suppose president Satoru Iwata already did his best to apologize to jaded gamers over Nintendo's less than impressive showing at E3, but it appears that he may want to extend those apologies e... Wii remote blood pressure monitor patent filed 10 Ever sit around playing WiiSports and get the sudden inclination to make sure your body is running phenomenally? Apparently the thought has crossed Kent Hsu’s mind a time or two. Today, Spo... Sex game utilizes the Wii remote 17 Ever get tired of the “normal” stuff with your partner? Or perhaps, get exceptionally lonely? The guys at the IT University of Copenhagen may have just designed the game of the future... E3 08: More Wii MotionPlus info, but why doesn't the Wiimote already do this? 44 [video]95412:60[/video]It seemed inevitable that Nintendo would capitalize on their motion technology, considering the rampant success of the Wii itself and the reaction to WiiFit and the balance... Is Darwin going to shift the balance of power away from Nintendo? 36 At first glance, it would seem as if Motus Games is looking to cash in on the Wii craze with its introduction of the Darwin controller, but as Galagabug highlights in his community blog, nothing ... Introducing the Wiibrator, or, how to diddle yourself with a Wiimote 58 If I find I have, ahem, "needs", I can honestly say that the last thing I consider doing is satisfying them with a Wiimote, but you know, different strokes for different folks. It seems... Samba de Amigo maracas confirmed 15 Confirmation is pretty easy to get if you have the rumored equipment in your hand, while standing next to a spokesman at an official event. It wasn’t me with the maracas, but Gamekyo’... Wiimote allows creativity for the disabled with Digital Wheel Art 23 I will admit that the Wiimote is not my controller of choice, but seeing it used in new and creative ways does give me the kind of warm fuzzies that only good deeds can. The image you see above w... Hama Reemote controller offers the ebony alternative 21 Once you go black ... well, you know the rest. For those of you fed up with the Wii's virginal color scheme, now there's something a little edgier coming down the pipeline. Pics of Hama's "R... Apple goes the way of the Wiimote: new gaming controller being developed 34 I know what you are thinking: but Apple doesn't have a console for the controller to work with. They do have Apple TV, though, and the patent they recently filed reveals that they are doing resea... Label yourself a permadork for life: Wii cufflinks 31 Per the words of our own resident tipster Jonathan Ross, these Wii cufflinks hover somewhere between awesome and ridiculous. Awesome because if you're a raving Wii fan, you can show it off mack d... 360 "Wiimote" has a codename: Newton! 80 A few days ago, our own Dale North gave us the skinny on the Microsoft version of the famed Wiimote, as lazy gamers groaned and liberally applied their palms to their faces. It seems the craze to... First details on Xbox 360's Wiimote-ish motion sensing controller 100 Motion sensing controllers: Nintendo did it up right, Sony tried to do something like it, and now Microsoft is busy working on their version.  MTV News gives us the first details on Microsof... Wiiitis backed by MRI, but we still think it's avoidable 26 Back in June of last year, word about Wiimote aficionados injuring themselves during the course of overly intense bouts of play caught our attention. The affliction was featured on WebMD, and eve... A Wii tragedy: no lightsaber peripherals? 41 Proving once again that protecting us from ourselves is a greater cause than fulfilling our geekish needs comes word that Nintendo isn't all that keen on introducing full-sized lightsaber attachm... Nintendo: if your Wii Remote has been bad, give it a spanking 37 Is your game console in need of some serious discipline? Here's a tip from Nintendo on how to fix a "frozen" Wii Remote.GeekDad got the kids a Wii for Christmas. While playing with thei... The Wii Shark Gun 48 DealExtreme has a new Wiimote cradle called the Pega Shark Gun. It runs for $10.86 and is shaped like one of the greatest creature of the seas. The Shark Gun is basically just like any of the oth... Nintendo Wii Light Sword sighted in Canada 32 It seems that the Wii lightsaber has hit store shelves, at least in Canada (previously, only the UK had seen these bad boys for sale.) Thanks to a covert photographer, Go Nintendo posted a few pi... Weekend Destructainment: The Wiimote can do anything! 42 <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/8020a47e1b" mce_href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/8020a47e1b">Backlash&... Wiimote dispenses fun, exercise, and candy 27 Our friends at CandyAddict know that we love candy. So we jump with joy at the rare chance that we get to talk about candy in relations to videogames. Brian recently went to the All Candy Expo an... Wii Remote hack: make your own digital whiteboard 33 Perhaps you've seen Johnny Lee's Minority Report-ish Wii Remote hack. Being able to track fingers in mid air is pretty impressive, but his newest Wii Remote hack could actually save someone thou... Oneechanbara R perfects the art of Engrish 22 Oneechanbara R is going to let you do some really cool interactive moves with your Wiimote, but honestly that's not the reason I wanted to write about this upcoming title. The game itself is a zo... Soul Calibur Legends footage: can we dress Taki as a cod? 21 That clip up there is some newly released footage for Namco-Bandai's Soul Calibur Legends, the adventure game offshoot of their very successful weapons-based fighting series. I don't think anyo... N'Gai Croal proposes a better Wiimote 39 One of my only major complaints about BioShock was that for a first time FPS player, I would have preferred the sensitivity of playing with a mouse over the right stick on a 360 controller. Since... TGS 2007: No More Heroes hands-on 34 On a game console where pixls, toadstools, and bobble headed caricatures rule, it seems like it's becoming more difficult to find some good, clean action and fighting. We did not find that in Mar... Tomb Raider: Anniversary for the Wii looks good, the flashlight not so much 10 If you were to go by the above video on its own merits, you might be tempted to squeeze out a few laughs at Nintendo's expense regarding Tomb Raider: Anniversary's port from the PlayStation 2 to... We've all been missing out: Carnival Games hits best seller lists 46 Global Star's fairground fun Wii title Carnival Games has been making major showings on sales charts, including coming in at number eight on Amazon.com's Bestsellers (video games) list -- and her... Nurse, Wii-scalpel, STAT! Trauma Center: New Blood trailer 17 Couch surgeons, scrub in and switch on your forehead lights, as the trailer for the upcoming Wii title Trauma Center: New Blood hits the 'net. Another bloody blend of anime art and medical techno... Familiar design: how the Wiimote could've turned out 21 If you somehow overlooked this article by our resident machine-gun poster (can this dude crank out great articles like an assembly line, or what?) Dale North, then you missed out on Logitech's an... Logitech to one-up the Wii Remote? 23 Peripherals company Logitech looks to put more wiggle in your wiggle wands.While interviewing UK and Ireland country manager Chris Spearing, GamesIndustry.biz learned that Logitech looks "to... PS2 gets its own wiggle wand 16 It seems like gaming companies are slowly taking away our right to sit still and motionless while playing our games. The Wii already has us doing every type of silly motion humanly possible, and ... Shameless Wiimote rip-off for the Walmart win 28 Took them long enough, didn't it? After months of waiting, we finally have some cheap, terrible Wiimote knock-off on the shelves of Walmart, in the form of four LCD sports 'games' in an inconveni... Wiimote hack measures vehicle acceleration 13 There is a lot of technology in the Wii Remotes that we regularly wiggle around. While we were busy aiming for headshots and curveballs, one clever auto enthusiast figured out a way to use the Wi... Soften the blow with NERF Wii Remote Sleeves 19 The third-party accessory makers have been pitching mostly unnecessary add-ons for our game consoles and related devices for a some time now. This is the first controller accessory that we've see... Wii shotgun blows the competition away 64 I talked about my immense dissatisfaction with the Wiizapper at E3 time, and despite the passionate argument of Dyson Grigsby, my mind remains unchanged. A lot of my disappointment stemmed from m... Dragon Quest Swords TV ad; why is there no Sexy Slime? 12 Siliconera -- a site originally founded by William Randolph Hearst to track Kick The Can futures -- brings us the above video, the Japanese TV ad for Dragon Quest Swords . We've been looki... Harvest Moon: Magical Melody coming to Wii; milking the cow just got WAY hot 16 In a surprisingly lazy move Marvelous Interactive's European wing, Rising Star Games, has posted information on its page detailing their plans to Ctrl-C, then Ctrl-V the GameCube iteration o... Destructoid review: Resident Evil 4, Wii Edition 79 Did you know that Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition came out this week? Evidently, it's like the Gamecube and PS2 versions that preceded it, except -- get this -- you can aim with the Wii remote.... Fake game Friday: The Manicurist 7 This week's fake game comes from forumite Adamska. It's called The Manicurist, and it looks to revolutionize the way gamers virtually clip their nails. Always dreamed of clipping nails a... Wiimote upgrade: it beams money! 22 Here's an unofficial update from Nintendo. It appears that, sadly, the Wii no longer prints money. However, don't let that ruin your day, because they've already upgraded their techno... Ubisoft proves how versatile the Wii is with myriad games about ponies, kitties 15 Any time you end the title of your game with a completely unnecessary 'z', you're treading a fine line between "was awesome in 1991" and "dude, you asked your four-year... Wiimote MXPlay plugin 7 Do you sway in your car seat when a cool tune is on the radio? Me too, those damn songs are embarrassingly catchy. Ever since I saw the WiiJ video I've wanted an easy way to control my music... Revisited: Is the Wiimote overpriced? 46 Remember the buzz surrounding Nintendo's wiimote, and how the sum of its parts seemed a bit pricey, when  compared to what the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were offering?Well it appears th... Dewy's Adventure for the Wii: so saccharine it will give you a cavity 26 Is it possible that something can be too cute? In the case of a puppy, the answer is obviously no. But regarding this new trailer for Dewy’s Adventure, the conclusion is not so obvious. 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