Wii MotionPlus shipping June 8, Wii Sports Resort following on July 26
by Jason Dobson 
{ Apr 14th 2009 at 8:53AM } 
Nintendo promises that "developers around the world" are working on titles to take advantage of MotionPlus. Purely by coincidence, wrists around the world have begun to cry out in fear.
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Jack_Jackington @ Apr 14th 2009 9:03AM
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Jack_Jackington @ Apr 14th 2009 9:06AM
please ignore that comment
and please uncheck "Remember me" on somebody else's computer
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Apr 14th 2009 9:08AM
Red X from Teen Titans!?!?!?
If only that show was still on....
guttertalk @ Apr 14th 2009 11:11AM
@Chris: My kids loved that show, and I even got into it, although I'm more of a Justice League/Legion of Superheroes guy. Unfortunately, several good shows bit the dust when KidsWB basically called it quits--The Batman, Legion, Spectacular Spider-Man.
bongoes @ Apr 14th 2009 3:32PM
Yeah Teen Titans was great.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Apr 14th 2009 9:06AM
Well I guess I wont be getting it until Wii Sports Resort is released....
Damn shame I am going to have to remove it everytime I want to charge my controllers in the Nyko dock tho. Hopefully they will just go ahead and release a controller later this year with it built in..
Efren @ Apr 14th 2009 9:09AM
Another $20 per controller? What a scam.
Mickey @ Apr 14th 2009 11:56AM
You're not being forced to buy it you know....
lazyboy @ Apr 14th 2009 9:06AM
hope none of my friends want to play
cost of a friend playing wii with me:
wii remote - $40
nunchuck - $20
wii motion+ - $20
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$80 just so i can have a virtual sword fight with a friend? i miss the days when consoles came with 2 controllers and truly encouraged playing with a friend.
Anwa123 @ Apr 14th 2009 9:13AM
Yeah, only Nintendo can get away with having just 1 controller priced that high.
Levi @ Apr 14th 2009 9:47AM
Yeah. It's highway robbery. Forget DLC that "should have come with the game" - these freaking $80 controllers should have initially come with the system. To be fair, though, I bet the controllers are the most expensive part of the package of we were to compare cost to profit. The accelerometers and what not. Still. STILL!!
D_Average @ Apr 14th 2009 10:07AM
You forgot to include sales tax, that makes it anywhere from $85 - $90 for most people.
NoughtSoClever @ Apr 14th 2009 10:25AM
The accelerometers the wiimotes use are cheap. In fact, that is the whole reason that motion plus is needed. So, to recap...the $40 half of a controller needs another $20 nunchuck to be a full controller, only this $60 combination was made with cheap accelerometers so you'll need to spend another $20 for a good one.
I only have 2 expectations / hopes. 1) it will be a worthwhile accessory that makes for a better game play experience and 2) they will build this new tech into a 'Wiimote Plus' for $10 more instead of $20 (for those of us that don't have 4 wiimotes already)
NoughtSoClever @ Apr 14th 2009 10:27AM
oh. and I forgot to mention. The nunchucks will still have shitty accelerometers, so any decent boxing game will require 2 wiimotes+ for each player.
Killjebus...PSN Killjebus @ Apr 14th 2009 12:19PM
And yet the mindless lemming of the world...especially the United States will lap it up like its the greatest thing ever.
And another thing, how can a game with terrible graphics, shallow gameplay, simple physics, and no depth take THIS LONG to complete?
Answer, the mini-games fest has been complete for months...Nintendo is just releasing it at the best time for maximum impact from the Lemmings. This is a practice that the Plumber has employed for many many years and yet they never get called out on it by the media.
Sony delays a game so that it can be BETTER and they get called Delaystation. Whats worse...delaying a game to make it BETTER or delaying a game because your marketing department thinks its wise to do so.
Nintendo is more arrogant than they have ever been, and thats saying something.
JCD @ Apr 14th 2009 1:01PM
Has everyone forgotten that Sony did more or less the same thing with the SIXAXIS/ Dualshock 3 debacle? Nintendo aren't the only ones who want to sell you controllers that should have come with the system over and over again.
Vidikron @ Apr 14th 2009 3:35PM
"Has everyone forgotten that Sony did more or less the same thing with the SIXAXIS/ Dualshock 3 debacle? "
No, no one has forgotten. But it's not really the same thing. The WM+ actually adds functionality to the game and some games won't work as well (at all?) without it. The rumble adds some feedback, but as far as I know there are no games that require it nor does it directly impact playability. Plus, anyone buying a PS3 recently gets DS3s anyway. The need to purchase the WM+ applies to literally every Wii owner... both current and future. And if you need a new controller you still pretty much have to buy the Wiimote + Nunchuck + WM Plus to have a "complete" controller. A PS3 owner just needs to buy a single DS3.
So, yeah, it sucked those of use early adopters that had SIXAXIS. But I figured that we would see a DS3 at some point, so I had only purchased one extra SIXAXIS by the time it actually launched. The only way to avoid purchasing the WM+ is to not buy any games that require it.
Ethan @ Apr 14th 2009 9:11AM
New wiimotes should come with it.
Markez @ Apr 14th 2009 12:43PM
I don't agree at all with the people who come out of the woodwork to say how this should've been included in the first place when the Wii released. It wasn't available back then, and if it were never to have come out nobody would have realized they were even missing a chance to moan and complain about it.
But you sir, I agree with 100%. From here on out, it should be included in new Wiimotes.
samfish @ Apr 14th 2009 9:24AM
I guess I'm going to hold out until Wii Sports Resort comes out in July.
PSN: Erdie (Now equipped with Wii!) @ Apr 14th 2009 11:45PM
Yeah, that seems like the best option to me too.
Note: holy crap there's a lot of Wii-o-phobes in here.
Hardy @ Apr 14th 2009 9:30AM
There must be a reason they're releasing motion+ earlier then their game.
There must be another game that using it coming out before that? Probably those EA games.
Mr Khan @ Apr 14th 2009 9:37AM
Exactly. They didn't want to leave EA in the lurch, like "hey, buy this game for its awesome motion plus!*"
*(motion plus not available until 1.5 months after you buy the product)
no one important @ Apr 14th 2009 5:33PM
Also the Sega tennis game.
Kaoz @ Apr 14th 2009 9:31AM
Thinking I might pass on sports resort ... wii sports was fun but this one doesnt look like as much fun (sword fighting seems cool tho).
Maybe if the bundle was 30 or 40 ... just not sure wii sports alone is worth the 30$
To each his own.
NoughtSoClever @ Apr 14th 2009 10:29AM
I had expected the Motion Plus to come bundled with Resort much like the Wii Play package. Resort is only like what 5 mini games?
Markez @ Apr 14th 2009 12:45PM
Yeah, I'm with you. I'll likely pass on this. I'd love to try it, but I have enough other games to throw in when I have people over that I don't really see my need to get this.
Meloche @ Apr 14th 2009 1:45PM
IIRC, it's 9 or 10 (mini-)games.
Rob @ Apr 14th 2009 9:38AM
You know, at least the thing is absorbed into the price of the game, unlike Wii Fit or other peripheral games. $50 dollars doesn't looks so bad compared to $80+ some other games charge.
Mr Khan @ Apr 14th 2009 9:39AM
Seems a bit too much on its own, but then again so is the Nunchuk
Well priced with Resort, though, since Resort apparently is going to have quite a bit of game in it (at least compared to the original).
I'm surprised they're letting Motion Plus out the door early just for the sake of 3rd parties, though. Really doesn't seem like the Nintendo we all know and love
Vidikron @ Apr 14th 2009 10:25AM
It does seem a bit odd. You would think Nintendo would want their own game to debut with the new hardware. I suppose it's a good sign though that they were willing to let EA take the lead. Nintendo probably figures that Wii Sports Resort is going to sell through the roof either way and don't have anything to lose.
Levi @ Apr 14th 2009 9:53AM
Well, Wii Sports is still some of the most fun I've had with my Wii (...gigitty...) so if Resort turns out to be as good, I might end up being suckered into getting it.
GoonieGooGoo @ Apr 14th 2009 9:58AM
So let me get this right.....they are releasing the Wii Motion Plus.....with no game support.
Let me rush out and buy one immediately.
samfish @ Apr 14th 2009 10:28AM
EA's Tiger Woods and Tennis games are coming out around then and use Motion+.
WRE @ Apr 14th 2009 10:13AM
My Wii is sensitive enough...
Markez @ Apr 14th 2009 12:47PM
I disagree, hang on a minute while I jam this thingy onto the end. It'll help when you're sword fighting.
Bowser Rogozhin @ Apr 14th 2009 10:14AM
Amazon has this priced at £40! I hope that's simply a placeholder price, I really do.
nickux @ Apr 14th 2009 10:14AM
In my opinion, $20 seems jjust high enough to split the audience so developers will not want to make a game with WMP for fear nobody will have it.
SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Apr 14th 2009 10:16AM
:(
About $10 too expensive. Especially when I was considering buying 4 of them. Very dissapointing. I had hoped that Nintendo would throw us a bone on this one, especially since their production costs have dropped considerably on Wii consoles and yet their prices haven't, and we all know that those things were profitable to begin with (especially when compared to the other two current console manufacturers). Lame.
SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Apr 14th 2009 10:19AM
*disappointing
Wow, I really butchered that word good and proper.
DaveMcRae the Haiku Artist @ Apr 14th 2009 10:31AM
The Wii Sports Resort
Now with even more waggling
I don't fucking care
buckyboy28 @ Apr 14th 2009 10:36AM
I know they won't do anything, but I really hope Nintendo realizes that nobody is going to pay another $20 so they can play one game. Nintendo's peripherals are novelty items and they almost never get any third party support, so I will be passing on this one.
Mr Khan @ Apr 14th 2009 12:05PM
This one seems to be getting some hefty 3rd party support. Might want to re-think that.
Feba @ Apr 14th 2009 10:38AM
I'm kind of split. On one hand, I was expecting it to be cheaper, and I'd still rather pick up a Wii Remote Plus. On the other hand, this could be that Nintendo doesn't expect the motion plus to be widely used outside of games where it can really do some good (sports games, sword fighting)-- basically, intentionally gimping Motion+'s popularity so that developers don't toss a requirement on it for stupid shit, thereby requiring people to buy a Motion+ for games that don't really need it.
Or in other words, it could be part of a diabolical plot to make you not need to buy it. I am probably not sane.
Anyway, Nintendo, while you're making Wiimote+, add in a separate power switch for the remote itself
Markez @ Apr 14th 2009 12:51PM
Wait wut, when did they announce they'd build the + into the Wiimote? How'd I miss that?
HappyFunBall @ Apr 14th 2009 10:55AM
I agree that it's about $10 too much. Nintendo is gonna oversaturate the market for controller "add ons". People will get tired of having to plug/unplug stuff from their remotes.
Steve @ Apr 14th 2009 11:20AM
I'm going to wait for Wii MotionPlusPlus
Adolph @ Apr 14th 2009 11:35AM
My prediction if Supply is kept fine.
Wiisports resort 2009 total sales: 15 million in US alone, Wordwide 40 million.
Everything else will be CRUSHED. It's going to be almost rioting when that game release. Mark my words.
kinneas123 @ Apr 14th 2009 11:41AM
Agreed. Look at how much Wii Play and Wii Fit sold with their pack in peripherals/controllers. People will buy this whether we like it or not.
As for my prediction... I'm thinking that, when the stock market crashes, Wii MotionPluses will be the only stable form of currency left in the economy.
baby sea tuna @ Apr 14th 2009 11:58AM
I *may* get the one that comes with the game (Wii Sports is pretty much the only game anyone ever wants to play on my Wii) but there's no way in hell I'll spend another $60 to bring the rest of my controllers up to date.
Should have sold the damn thing when it was still fetching premium aftermarket prices.