Unquestionably, setting up Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus peripheral is the easiest part of owning a Wii. It’s a very small dongle with a very obvious output that fits quite nicely onto the bottom of the Wii Remote, home to a very obvious input. If you’ve made it up to this point -- connecting your composite/component cables to your television, threading the Sensor Bar’s wire behind your entertainment center, and syncing the Wii Remote to your console -- this is the least of your worries.
But Nintendo wants to make sure you don’t run into any problems, and has created one of the most mind-numbing, almost-insulting hardware setup tutorials you’re likely ever to see. Found on the disc for Electronic Arts’ Grand Slam Tennis (and presumably, other Wii MotionPlus-compatible games to follow), the three-minute video will walk you through the setup step-by-step. It’ll then show you how to take it off, and will even instruct you to use your fingers to pull back a small tab to insert the Nunchuk. You know, in case you were reaching for a pocket knife, flathead screwdriver, or phone to call Nintendo customer support.
What’s worse, when you watch this atrocity for the first time, there’s no way to exit out of it -- none of the Wii Remote’s buttons (including the “home” button) will function. You simply must view it through to the end. When I made the mistake of watching it in the hopes that it would show me how the peripheral works with Grand Slam Tennis, I was forced to sit through all three excruciating minutes.
So consider this a warning: Don’t click on the “Wii MotionPlus Instructional Video” unless you find everything about life confusing. If that’s the case, check out the video I captured of the tutorial after the jump; you might want to take notes.
This is totally a Japanese thing. They're always big on instructional videos. Yeah it's annoying but when you're dealing with the general public, you gotta make videos like this. I know I'm sure as hell not going to put the condom on my Wiimotes mainly because I use a recharging stand.
It's time consuming and a hassle though for someone who uses normal batteries. You gotta take the condom on and off and on and off again. Hopefully they'll fix this issue in the next iteration.
See, this is what happens when you have geniuses feeding credit cards into the Wii. God only knows what kind of application a less-informed being might find for the motion-plus.
I can't believe that they think that wii owners are so stupid that they need to include this instructional video. I mean,yeah,there was that one idiot who shoved a credit card into the wii but c'mon that was just an isolated Incident.
The first thing I did was rip the unit out of that damn glove. I hate that thing so much. You put it on the carpet and when you pick it up again, it looks like you rolled it around in cat hair.
This video is very, very necessary, since not everyone who buys a Wii is tech savvy, as evidenced by The Famous Credit Card Lady. Eventually, some new Wii owner will be exercising their right to overwaggle and put their or someone else's eye out with the Wiimote. This, I assure you.
You all realize that these videos are there for legal reasons right? It's to prevent liability in case some kid fucks up his hand or the Wiimote etc. No one can sue them for it.
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8:20 AM on 06.18.2009
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No, you can remove it easily.
Like Jon B, I feel dirty.
It's time consuming and a hassle though for someone who uses normal batteries. You gotta take the condom on and off and on and off again. Hopefully they'll fix this issue in the next iteration.
At work they have notes posted on light switches and on doors. That's right. People can't figure them out.