Nintendo Wii Motion Plus: What Is It, Release Date, and What Games Will it Work With?

The Nintendo Wii Motion Plus is an add on for your existing Nintendo Wii remote (wiimote) that makes it better and even more advanced. According to the official E3 release from Nintendo:

Nintendo's upcoming Wii MotionPlus accessory for the revolutionary Wii Remote controller again redefines game control, by more quickly and accurately reflecting motions in a 3-D space. The Wii MotionPlus accessory attaches to the end of the Wii Remote and, combined with the accelerometer and the sensor bar, allows for more comprehensive tracking of a player’s arm position and orientation, providing players with an unmatched level of precision and immersion. Every slight movement players make with their wrist or arm is rendered identically in real time on the screen, providing a true 1:1 response in their game play. The Wii MotionPlus accessory reconfirms Nintendo’s commitment to making games intuitive and accessible for everyone. Nintendo will reveal more details about the Wii MotionPlus accessory and other topics Tuesday morning at its E3 media briefing.

(Source: Nintendo)

This improvement to the Wiimote will supposedly add fine control to your Wiimote - one of the only things lacking from this awesome input device. The Wii Motion Plus uses a multi-axis gyroscope along with a built-in accelerometer (and the already existing external sensor bar) for extremely accurate motion sensing.The Wii Motion Plus attaches to the end of your existing Wii remote, though future versions will most likely be all-in-one.

The Wii Motion Plus was released on June 19, 2009 and is available for $19.99 on Amazon.com. Since the E3 demo looked pretty good already, one can only hope there have been several enhancements to the add on that will make it even more fun and exciting to use.

Eventually, everything. This is the future of the Wii remote, and eventually all Wii remotes will come with Wii Motion Plus as a standard feature.The E3 demo showed the (gaming inept) designers using it in something called Wii Sports Resort.

1. The first mini-game showed a woman throwing a frisbee to a pet dog in some of of competitive dog training game.
2. The second mini-game showed another designer using it in a water sports/jet ski type game (along with the nunchuk) that actually looked pretty dull.
3. The third mini-game showed off some impressive sword fighting mechanics. Geeks like me immediately started thinking of insane jedi duels and an even better Zelda game.