Do you remember when you first heard of the Revolution (the code name name for Wii) way back when, and how it would use motion controls? And do you remember thinking that this would be the most awesome thing in the history of the world, and how awesome games like Red Steel and Zelda would be, with perfect swordplay controls?
Well that didn’t really happen, since the Wii Remote wasn’t as good as we originally thought it was. But with Wii MotionPlus, those dreams might come true as this little device effectively “fixes” the Wii Remote.
Nintendo just now unveiled the release date, which is June 8 in the US for $19.99. The peripheral will debut in Europe on June 12 (no price details). No words as for Australia, but it seems Nintendo aims to give this to the world at approximately the same time so don’t fear, kangaroo-lovers!
As a side note, Wii Sports Resort, which was going to launch alongside WiiMotionPlus, will launch about a month later – in July. This means that games such as Sega’s Virtua Tennis and EA’s Tiger Woods will be the first to utilize Nintendo’s latest invention.
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April 15th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
That's good news =D
April 15th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I am Australian and I find that ‘kangaroo-lovers’ remark very offensive.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Wow, that's good news. =]
April 15th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
It'll only cost 20$? That's some good news =P
April 15th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
I agree with ryan though I am not australian I would find that offensive if I were.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Sweetness. Though I never found it too difficult in Zelda. Just Super Monkey Ball
And don't react too much to the 'kangaroo-lovers' thing. You could always call us Americans 'McDonald's-lovers'.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Too true. It's just one of those stereotypes. If it doesn't apply to you then whatever, just ignore it.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Yeah, he's just kidding.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
It's not meant offensively, but I know how you feel – any time a person mentions tea in relation to someone from England I just to throttle them !!! =S
Why is Wii Sports Resort being released a month later ????? Hmmm……
April 16th, 2009 at 12:05 am
And I'm the same way about references to sombreros and donkeys (burros) because I'm Mexican… but I'm sure it wasn't meant offensively, hopefully.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:22 am
A pseudo-racist comment is expected from shoddy news reporting.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Ah come on, Hombre didn't mean anything by it. He was just kidding.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:13 am
He wasn't trying to be racist
April 16th, 2009 at 4:02 am
Yeah, if it bothers people that much, they can call Hombre what Erimgard calls him. Homo de Shoehorn :3
April 16th, 2009 at 4:09 am
There's nothing offensive about it in the first place, it's a term of endearment – to be honest, it sounds like he's just being offended for the sake of it. I hate it when people do that.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:24 am
I’m Australian and I’m the one who approved the post in the first place – it’s really quite a stupid thing to be so politically correct about.
Hombre is Swedish, so if you want you can refer to the Swedish as “Vikings”.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:22 am
wow, this has gone from a topic about a 'revelution' to wii's motion control, with should verry well fix it's problems for the future, to a topic about rasisim, geezz he ment know harm.
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:44 am
Chick-fil-A > McDonalds!
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:45 am
many typos have you.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Back to the topic… YEAH, better Wii motion! Now only if I had some money for it…
May 12th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Crikey, no one gives a bloomin' fuck about Australia. Too bad for you that biodiversity isn't a currency, otherwise you might have a say in this world. For now though, shut up and be a good American joke.
July 18th, 2009 at 7:00 am
wow shut up that wasnt offensive at all thats all people do these days is assume someone is out to get you. shut up and get over it.
July 1st, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Tiger just hasn’t been the same since his return to the fairway.