A new Wii remote for Nintendo’s sleek console and a Wii MotionPlus dongle will usually cost around $60 combined. Both items are sold separately, so if you do want to play a MotionPlus-compatible game (such as Wii Sports Resort ) with friends, you’ll be paying big bucks.
Until now, that is. Using the powers of SCIENCE , peripheral manufacturer Nyko has developed the Nyko Wand+, a third-party Wii remote with MotionPlus support built in. It was shown off today at CES in Las Vegas, and will ship in March for $39.99. That’s a real bargain, considering Nyko’s controller will feature the exact same 1:1 movement tracking capability as Nintendo’s official remote.
The salient question is: will Nintendo now follow suit, and develop a controller with MotionPlus capabilities? It could happen. Previously, greedy ol’ Nintendo has been able to relax as it sells more and more $25 MotionPlus dongles.
With Nyko’s all-in-one controller in the market from March, and with the right publicity behind it, we might see Ninty revise its own controller – something I can’t ever recall happening on a Nintendo home console.
[Via press release]
