Oh! Gizmo

By Evan Ackerman

As if having to wave your arms around while playing Nintendo Wii games wasn’t hard enough, those Riiflex Wii weights that we heard about nearly a year ago are finally up for sale. Each weight adds two pounds to the already hefty burdens of the Wiimote and nunchuk, which last time I checked, was a lot for someone who’s used to stationary gaming and looks forward to games that don’t require any movement at all.

The Riiflex cases are ergonomic and are made of soft rubber (which sadly doesn’t make them any lighter), and you can get a set on Amazon in that ugly green color for $30.

[ Riiflex ] VIA [ Gizmodo ]

By Jonathan Kimak

The Wii-mote is pretty sweet already, but it will get even better with this add-on from Nintendo. The Wii MotionPlus snaps onto the bottom of the Wii-mote and enhances the motion capture to a 1:1 response ratio. Meaning that if you move your hand 1 inch up, your character on screen moves his hand 1 inch up.

Nintendo is planning on releasing more details at their E3 media presentation later today.

Now if Nintendo can just hurry up and give us some games that truly use this precision to its fullest(Like say, some precision lightsaber dueling) they will be on top of gaming for many more years.

[ Nintendo Wii MotionPlus ] VIA [ Engadget ]