A typical gaming area these days can be cluttered with a multitude of controllers, whether it’s Dualshocks, Move sticks, Navi controllers, 360 pads, Wii Remotes with MotionPlus attachments or even all of them, it’s not hard for things to get out of hand.
Thanks to a listing on the Gamestop website, Nintendo may just be about to make your controller mountain a teensy bit more manageable. The listing shows a pre-order for FlingSmash a Nintendo published title with a bundled controller. The controller is called a Wii Remote Plus and seems to integrate the MotionPlus features into a the standard Wii Remote, hence the rather clever Wii Remote Plus title, can you see what they’ve done there?
A Nintendo spokesperson confirmed to Eurogamer that Wii Remote Plus “is real” but added, “We have nothing to announce on this at the moment.”
FlingSmash is due to ship in the States on 7th November so it doesn’t leave Nintendo too much longer to announce something, but it’s worth noting at this stage that the European release of FlingSmash doesn’t appear to bundle the new controller and makes specific mention to the current MotionPlus attachment. We’ll bring you news as soon as we have it and until then you can check out the new integrated controller below.
Source: Kotaku.
3shirts
I’m actually surprised a Wiimote with motion plus integrated has taken this long. Seems a sensible move
BalramRules
i agree, nintendo just want da money in my opinion, not all businesses are about da money by the way, some are for service just in case one random person comez and sez sumthin silly lik dat.
Ryan1991
Most of deez new cumpniez r init 4 da shitz and gigglez, init brah
nemesisND1derboy
Wowz dis guy iz gettin lotz ov shit 4 iz grammarz…
Ryan1991
datz coz itz fckin anoyin.
The thing is, he can actually type like a normal person but choose to annoy people with that crap.
exellentgamer
theres is only singular purposed unlike my favorite ps3 move/dildo for the win
bigwhiteyeti
I remember this popping up as a patent filing by nintendo earlier this year… Around E3, actually. I’m not surprised that they’re timing it to line up with the release of competitors’ motion controllers.
Soild_Nat
A sensible move to extract more cash from people for something that should have been put together in the first place! I hope the Move and Kinetic don’t go down this route!
ghost5
I can’t see how kinect is going to be able to sell extra stuff to us, unless they start selling Microsoft branded limbs!!!
TSBonyman
I can understand why they had the motion plus attachment for existing Wii owners but it’s strange they haven’t made the all-in-one solution available sooner. I expect they’re stepping their game up a little now Move is on the market.
Mikiyaru
Sensible Move?
Or is Move more Sensible?
Am I asking too many questions?
Is this the end of the world? Yes.
jayjay119
True, to be honest I’m surprised Nintendo haven’t released an updated remote and sensor bar to offer something closer to what the move is offering to stop some Wii owners moving up to it’s ‘big brother’. I know the wii is smashing everything else in terms of sales, but I imagine that is going to stall sooner or later, and considering move is now available, I’d say sooner!
cc_star
They don’t want to split their install base between haves & have-nots, keeping it as an optional extra for enhanced accuracy, rather than what could be seen as a whole new platform on the Wii
YOURMUMANDME
I agree, a phased upgrade and before you know it you’ve spent the best part of £150 on two controllers.
Not that Move is much different though, it all adds up too.
aerobes
While they obviously could’ve done this quite some time ago. It’s wise of them to keep things fresh as soon as Sony release Move onto the market.