Wii MotionPlus on June 8th

Nintendo is getting ready to release their long awaited and MUCH needed InvenSense multi-axis gyro based wii remote attachment named Wii MotionPlus. It will be work with the upcoming title releases of the Wii Sports sequel, Wii Sports Resort, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, Grand Slam Tennis, Red Steel 2 - (MotionPlus with swords!) and Virtua Tennis 2009. All coming to the store on June 8th!

Why is the MotionPlus important for the Wii game sytem?
When Nintendo first released their Wii system at the bargain price of $249.99, that was their price point that they had to meet. In order to make it, they had to make a sacrifice on the number of gyroscopes - the little weighted electronic components that determine which way you are moving your remote and how fast (accelerometers). If you have noticed playing different games such as the very competitive challenge games on Mario Party, the games have a hard time of determining exactly what you are doing when you move the remote (flip the chimp!). The additional ingredients in the MotionPlus, which plugs into the bottom of your Wii Remote, is merely what they didn't include in their original design. It allows true 1:1 movement between your hand movements and the movement on the screen.

Ok, so why again is that important?
A lot of people have expressed frustration at the quality of titles released for the Wii gaming system that take advantage of what the Wii is meant to offer - True interactivity. We want to use the remote like a lightsaber in Star Wars or a sword while fighting as a ninja or samurai. It just doesn't work with the stock remote. The sensor can't tell most of the time when you raise your sword up above your head, how fast and what direction you swing it or how exactly it's being held. I can imagine right now the looks of consternation of the faces of the people at LucasArts when they released their game Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels. I bet they would have held off releasing the game until this summer if they had known Nintendo was going to release this! Perhaps there will be a sequel...

So now, with the release of this attachment, the hope of all Wii action gamers hangs in the balance. We are hoping that with this release, the big powerhouses will release the type of action games we have been waiting for. PLEASE!