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Use the Force with a Wii Light Sword photo

While Nintendo is going out of their way to make the Nintendo Wii peripherals safer and less damaging, others are fashioning them to look like a light saber. Great.

UK Web store Play.com has this Wii Light Sword (£14.99), which is an attachment that makes the Wii Remote several times longer than it needs to be. Forget ceiling fans, televisions, and faces -- one of these in an eight-year-old Star Wars fan's hands could bring a destructive Force to be reckoned with. 

In all seriousness, if Star Wars: The Force Unleashed plays like we all hope it does, then this Wii Light Sword would be a great fit. For now, there's Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, but that probably won't cut the mustard for most Star Wars fans wanting the true light sabering experience.


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wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 11/21/2007 09:49
You have no idea how much I NEED that in my life right now. They had better do red ones.
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loquax at 11/21/2007 09:57
It needs a force-feedback motor in the tip of the blade. The leverage would give a huge kick to the controller itself, simulating what it would be like to strike something in-game.
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galagabug at 11/21/2007 10:05
all glass items on my coffee table tremor in fear before that thing.
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RICHARD BLOCKER at 11/21/2007 10:12
With Mario galaxy and this, I might have to consider buying a wii.
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Cheeburga at 11/21/2007 10:14
If only I had a wii.
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king3vbo at 11/21/2007 10:20
DO WANT
nicojay's Avatar
nicojay at 11/21/2007 10:39
Oh no. I've started making wooshing noises as I move my mouse.
Turtule Soup's Avatar
Turtule Soup at 11/21/2007 11:06
No woosh.... no buy.
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jerrt at 11/21/2007 11:16
i just heard millions of video game/ star wars fans make a mess in their pants. needless to say, it was a sound i could have lived with out hearing.
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jerrt at 11/21/2007 11:18
wait a minute. i just saw the caption on the picture. why would it not make wooshing noises? i mean the controller has a speaker in it. it would be crazy if it didn't make wooshing noises.
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Harknett at 11/21/2007 11:28
Don't let ANYONE near me with a camera when I'm using that.
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The-Excel at 11/21/2007 11:30
Looks like I don't have to go Christmas shopping for my older brother anymore.
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Professor Pew at 11/21/2007 11:42
WAAAAANT!
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sirpalee at 11/21/2007 11:52
purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple

I want a purple one :) . Just like in the 2 and 3 movie, after I've seen it in the hands of Samuel L. Jackson, I played every SW game with purple lightsaber :) .
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Extreme_Drunk at 11/21/2007 12:14
Ignore that, it's just the sound of my jaw hitting the floor.
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flynsk at 11/21/2007 12:15
The ladies love lavender.

Is the wiimote IR or RF?
Don't want to send everyone's boner straight to hell, but looks like it might mess with the signal :o
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comradetrotskii at 11/21/2007 12:29
Flynsk: It uses Bluetooth for waggle and IR (the sensor bar and 'camera' on top of the remote) for pointing. So you would be able (technically) to play Wii Sports with this but not Metroid Prime.

I don't think we are supposed to use it for playing games though. It's just a (very fucking cool) novelty item.
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deiga-the-semivaliant at 11/21/2007 13:11
I think this looks fucking stupid and useless.
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flaming burrito at 11/21/2007 13:23
cue the next generation of star wars kids
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Rainbowblack at 11/21/2007 13:40
EVERYTHING IN WII GAMES IS DONe BY WAGGLING THE DAMN THING LEFT TO RIGHT
WAGGLE!
WAGGLE!
WAGGLE!

sorry but that does not sound like fun to me.

lets face it guys, all the wiimote really is is just waggle. the star wars game will not mimic your swings. this prepherial suck as will the game
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NihonTiger90 at 11/21/2007 13:44
I might be tempted to buy one,just because this is the stupid kind of crap I collect.
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comradetrotskii at 11/21/2007 13:49
Rainbowblack: You are a tosser. That is all.
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timmet at 11/21/2007 13:55
Actually think what it would be like to use this. It would be TERRIBLE.
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Necros at 11/21/2007 16:38
I'm still hesitant about Force Unleashed on Wii. I'd much rather see a Wii-exclusive Star Wars game made, rather than forcing the Wii controls on an already in-development game.
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Necros at 11/21/2007 16:38
I'm still hesitant about Force Unleashed on Wii. I'd much rather see a Wii-exclusive Star Wars game made, rather than forcing the Wii controls on an already in-development game.
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Im OK at 11/21/2007 17:32
Does this thing do something to enhance or improve actual games somehow, or is it entirely for show? If it's the latter, then I see no point in it and have negative desire for it, myself. If anything, this looks like it would be more of a hindrance to games than not. If I want a toy lightsaber, I'll just buy a toy lightsaber. One that does have whooshing sounds included.

@Rainbowblack

EVERYTHING IN WII GAMES IS DONe BY WAGGLING THE DAMN THING LEFT TO RIGHT

Seriously. Have you ever actually touched a Wii controller yourself? At least while the Wii was turned on and had an actual game inside of it? If you had, I would hope that you would realize just how utterly asinine your comment really is. Then again, I kind of get the feeling that you probably wouldn't, and so would still continue to make retarded posts like this. *shrug*
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Batthink at 11/22/2007 15:55
Dammit, yes! I want! :oD

Btw, I don't think it should be supplied with the Star Wars sound effect. You can make your own sounds.
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ROBOZINHO at 12/27/2007 10:25
Well, if the thing does nothing other than add bulk, it's just an accessory of +10 Wankerness.

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ROBOZINHO at 12/27/2007 10:26
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