Craptacular attachments for Wiimote
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Jan 16th 2007 at 2:15AM }
We mused about the subject a few months back, and now PEGA's delivering with a set of cheap plastic Wiimote attachments. For ¥2,780 (about $23), suckers can preorder the set, which includes a mock golf club, baseball bat, and tennis racket (all measuring approximately 16 inches in length). At that length (and without much weight), the attachments won't add much to the sense of realism; though they will increase the risk of actually striking someone or something while playing Wii Sports. No thanks.See also: Wii-eel attachment looks rather un-wii-ldy
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
alexanderwales @ Jan 16th 2007 2:44AM
Is it just me, or does that baseball attachment look like a dildo? I mean, more like a dildo than the normal controller does.
Banners @ Jan 16th 2007 3:01AM
Aren't you supposed to use the side of the remote for golf, which would make the club attachment point the wrong way?
elmer92413 @ Jan 16th 2007 3:08AM
Looks like the attachments are interchangeable to a main slip on...
I sure hope the are firmly attached...
Would hate to see someone swinging one of those and it flies off... ;)
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Gavin @ Jan 16th 2007 3:16AM
Anyone dumb enough to pay five bucks for Urban Champion is dumb enough to buy this crap.
Sol @ Jan 16th 2007 3:34AM
These things were given to me as a Christmas present. They are awful. Once the Wii Remote is inserted the IR light is blocked, making navigation in Wii Sports impossible. This means the Wii Remote has to be constantly taken in and out of the attachments, sometimes within games. This would not be a big deal if it was easy to eject the Wii Remote from the attachment but it barely fits in there. In short, crap.
Jezreel @ Jan 16th 2007 5:08AM
I'm hazarding a guess that the bat attachment is on the top for aesthetic purposes --I doubt the additional weight helps much-- but I think a much more practical attachment would have been a grip extension on the bottom. It's unfortunate that it doesn't seem possible to do that with this product.
Justin @ Jan 16th 2007 4:04AM
@ alexanderwales
It gives new meaning to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfxvksHMlZw
dormido @ Jan 16th 2007 4:13AM
@ Sol
You can navigate all of the Wii Sports menus with the D-pad.
Gavin @ Jan 16th 2007 4:55AM
Yeah, you can use the D-pad, but that negates the entire point of having the interface the entire system is built around.
kris @ Jan 16th 2007 6:37AM
Is anyone else praying that some one at lucas arts has taken a look at these and though "you know we could make a light sabre that the wii remote could fit in".
Now that would be a system seller!!!
M-dawg @ Jan 16th 2007 4:17PM
how do I get in contact with a joystiq editor, i gots some awsome pics of about 100 ps3's in the warehouse of the best buy i work at. the manager of the store told us to do anything to sell them because we dont have room for anymore to sit in the back. so yea how do i send these pics in
Josh @ Jan 19th 2007 8:29PM
That's weird these have been out here in Aus since the wii launch, as well as Wii Play and the DS lite launched here before stateside. I'm not complaining, I mean I like Nintendo's new found love of Aussies, but why?
Killer Instinct @ Jan 16th 2007 6:39PM
i thought they were a need idea, not that I'd get them, im sure someone will come up with even better ideas than these though
Zaphod Beeblebrox @ Jan 18th 2007 12:47AM
What was that youtube video you linked to, Justin? It's been deleted.