EA not waiting on Nintendo, will release MotionPlus-compat games on time

by David Hinkle on Feb 27th 2009 1:30PM

EA is determined to release its new crop of sports game, whether or not Nintendo has released the Wii MotionPlus peripheral or not. As you may recall, EA revealed the next Tiger Woods game would feature MotionPlus support, as well as a new tennis game the company is developing, and both will ship to retail on June 16, 2009. EA Sports' PR chief, David Tinson, said that both games "will be compatible, but not dependent, on WMP. They will ship with the functionality, regardless of when WMP comes to market."

The peripheral is a tie-in with Wii Sports Resort, a game that was woefully absent from Nintendo's big release list yesterday. Will MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort be on store shelves by June 16? Nintendo has yet to comment on an exact release for the Wii Sports successor, but we'll be sure to update you as soon as we hear.

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Tags: ea, ea-sports, motionplus, peripherals, sports, tennis, tiger-woods, wii-motionplus

Reader Comments (3)

WMP BETTER be ready by then. That's the whole reason I was getting excited for Punch-out!!!

id personally rather play punch out with a controller instead of flailing around.

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8bit stop being such a conservative. Not all motion controls are bad, and many of them are fun. Open your mind and enjoy games HOW THEY ARE not how your narrow mind thinks games SHOULD BE.

I don't see what Nintendo is doing holding up Wii Sports resort. Why ?? Unless they are adding online or some really cool features whats the deal-o.

I'm glad EA is going is supporting WMP with a passion. It will help make games more fun and engrossing on Wii.

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