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Wii MotionPlus an Integral, Inexpensive Piece of Nintendo’s Strategy?

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

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Wii MotionPlus an Integral, Inexpensive Piece of Nintendo’s Strategy?

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explained that the company’s love affair with expensive add-on peripherals may be coming to an end — but you may want to consider at least one of their recent endeavors in that field. Yesterday, Iwata provided hope that the Wii MotionPlus will [...]

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E3 2008: Wii MotionPlus / Wii Sports Resort Impressions

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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E3 2008: Wii MotionPlus / Wii Sports Resort Impressions

GameCyte had its fair share of game demos this morning, but I personally saw nothing quite as intriguing as the Wii MotionPlus, the tiny gyroscope-based attachment that will ship with Wii Sports Resort this Spring. I’d long been dissatisfied with the Wiimote control scheme, due to the glaring disconnect between player input and on-screen action, [...]

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Hands-Off Preview: CamSpace

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

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Hands-Off Preview: CamSpace

Wii-like 3D motion control using only a webcam: too good to be true? GameCyte investigates.

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