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Wii MotionPlus: Out now, Grand Slam/Virtua Tennis/Tiger Woods impressions
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unless you have 4 controllers =/
Why should you have to buy 4 controllers and four motion plusses? I've never understood this. If I owned a console, I'd get 2 controllers and that's it. My friends always helped out by buying their own controllers, even for some systems they didn't own. Sometimes they'd get a USB adaptor too so that they could use the controller with PC games after the system went out of style / we moved on.
I have four controllers and two nunchuks; thank goodness for Wii Play, because by virtue of the game included it's eligible for the occasional "buy 2 get 1 game free" sales at Toys R Us, so I was able to buy two sets of Wii Play for $50 total and then sell the two extra copies of Wii Play for about $30.
I have 4 controllers and 4 nunchucks and no interest in new wii sports, so when I want to upgrade it'll be a pain. maybe no good 4 player games will require it hehe
Well, not hate, but I'd rather not have them on there. So I keep them off. They don't bother me that much though.
I'm still holding onto the remote possibility that the M+s can be removed from the jackets they ship in.
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If it's the latter, I could see that leading to... problems... with adoption by software distributors. A lot of FPS gamers will want the tight controls but will also need a nunchuck to play; ergo, problems. And that's just one example...
It's got a passthrough for the nunchuck.
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Thoroughly metal, I should have figured they'd have enough sense for that. Picking one up as soon as I can then.
There is a "release switch" on the side of the Motion Plus.
With the condom on, it covers up the switch.
Thus I don't think you could remove the MotionPlus while the condom is on. It follows that you put the condom on / remove it separately from the MotionPlus unit itself.
Basically, you click the MotionPlus on, then fit the jacket on. When you want to remove, you peel off the jacket, and click the slide release switch to take off the motion plus.
That's what it appears from Nintendo's photographs, anyway, so of course this is not confirmed.
Look at this photo and you'll see what I mean.
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I have 13 Wii games. Only 2 of them don't use the nunchuck at all. Of the remaining 11 games I own, the nunchuck is required for 5 of them, the remaining 6 games are optional. Except those optional games absolutely suck gameplay wise if you aren't using a nunchuck.
And a DualShock 3 on Amazon is $43 with free shipping.
I see what you did there.
it is
wait, you're talking about the wiimotion plus right?
Uhhhhh
The "gyroscope thingy" is the MotionPlus, and indeed, it is an attachment. It comes in a box with its own wii remote glove.
But it's not a new wii remote.
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I don't get this -- who would shell out for 4 remotes and 4 nunchucks and *not* be into WiiSports? What do those controllers get used for, then?
It retails for $55, though. I understand you can find a deal for it but that doesn't change the MSRP. I regularly find remotes at Goodwill (of all places) for $20. So, if you want to go that route, a remote with M+ is only $40. Now it's cheaper than a DS3 and works better :P
At any rate, I don't think there will be a ton of games that will require an M+. If I remember right, only 4 games required the N64 expansion pack while all other games could be played without it. The GBA-GC cable had ... 2 games, I think, for multiplayer use only.
There will be games that have the option of using them, for sure, but they'll also offer a mode without it.
EDIT: Looking at the current games that support the M+, ALL of them (except WSR) have modes to work without it. I guess we won't know if it's worth the price of an M+ and how much of a difference in gameplay it will be until it's released.
I want to pick up another one but I don't want to purchase something I won't be able to use with any new light gun games.
Does the Official Wii Zapper have room for the M+ attachment?
As has been stated several times, your Perfect Shot is already not useless if you own any games that support it.
In the future? It's quite likely it'll be just fine considering there are few logical uses for enhanced motion in games that simply require a pointer.
As Sporky mentioned, this won't likely affect any lightgun games, as lightgun games very likely won't ever support the M+, because it would be silly and impractical for an IR-focused game, and developers/publishers would be insane to divide the install base for something already so niche as lightgun shooters.
I'd be surprised if we ever see a lightgun shooter that supports the M+. And before you mention Extraction, they've already said they're not using it for that game, because it's unnecessary (iirc).
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So why is everyone bitching about the wiimote cover when you don't even have to take it out of the box if you don't want it?
It could just be miscommunication regarding new jackets to fit wiimote + motionplus, though. But for folks who don't like the jacket, it's still something to worry about.
Personally I've never used a jacket, but I've played a Wii that had one before and it wasn't a huge deal. So I honestly don't care. My Perfect Shot will still work fine for Overkill.
Exactly, namely, how the fuck could Nintendo put it in there in the first place if there's no hole or anything?
:winky:
Whereas the Wiimote combo is only 5$ more but lets me buy standard batteries instead of a shitty propietary one (good luck even buying the AA battery cradle, pretty sure that only comes with new consoles)
Slightly unrelated but is the Wiimote charger thing worthwhile? I only have two remotes and have been thinking about picking it up from BestBuy so I can stop screwing with batteries.
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What alien 360 controllers are you buying? They're $50 everywhere by me and accept AAs normally.
EDIT: Wait, new ones don't come with AA battery cradles? That doesn't make sense, unless they include the play and charge kit.
And I play my 360 the most. Sheesh.
Anyway, I'm still considering the new Tiger Woods M+. We could probably play multiplayer hot seat to make sure it's worth buying 3 others.
They come with normal play and charge batteries now
every single one i've seen someone buy had the battery stop holding a charge for more than 30 minutes about a month after buying it
My brother has it, it's pretty handy. Just put the remotes in when you're done, and they're always charged.
You might want to wait until after Motionplus gets going though.. I have a feeling that the addition of the M+ will make the contacts for the charges to the back of the battery case no longer meet.
Wow, that's heinous. Disregard the above. I have a bag of, like, 80 half-used AAs that I've been working through for months, and I'll be damned if I'm ever forced into using rechargeables for my bad boys.
I have one and I love it, very worth it.