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Nyko's Wiimote Alternative Has Motion Plus Inside

January 07, 2010 in News comments 14

Nyko's created its own Wii remote before, but its latest one is bound to turn some heads. Their Wand+ Wii remote has built-in Wii Motion Plus technology. Not only that, it will retail for $40, the cost of a single Wiimote without the Motion Plus add-on.

Nyko does what Ninten-didn't with the introduction of the Nyko Wand+, a Wii remote alternative with Motion Plus support built right in.

Debuting today at CES in Las Vegas, the Nyko Wand+ features Full Motion Technology, offering the same 1:1 movement tracking capability as the regular Nintendo remote with the Wii Motion Plus add-on attached. In the official announcement, Nyko takes a subtle swipe at Nintendo for not creating an all-in-one controller of its own.
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  • 5
    Smoke Jan 8, 10
    When a third party makes a better product than the first party, you have a major problem
    • 0
      love28 Jan 13, 10
      <a href="http://www.google.com/" rel="dofollow">nice</a>
  • 4
    Dio Jan 8, 10
    Nintendo should have created this from the start. Cheap *bleep*tards.
  • 0
    Dragoshi1 Jan 8, 10
    Its probably a piece of crap that doesn't work, like half the sensor bars on the market NOT made by nintendo.
    • 2
      BANDITO ATTACK Jan 8, 10
      not true. nyko actually makes good quality stuff.
      • 1
        Smoke Jan 8, 10
        I'll have to agree with Captain Bandito, I haven't had a problem at all with any of Nyko's stuff.

        As for other third party stuff, just do the research on it. If it gets bad reviews, don't buy it.
        • 0
          Ech0ez Jan 8, 10
          Indeed. Nyko produce some pretty damn good stuff for a third-party.
    • 1
      Absolute Jan 8, 10
      It's Madcatz that makes the pieces of shit, not Nyko.
      • 0
        Dragoshi1 Jan 8, 10
        OOOH. and Pelican. It was MAdcatz who makes crappy hardware.

        I hate having to find 4 Double A's every hour just to use the wii's sensor bar. Nintendo doesn't sell their sensor bars at stores here in florida anymore. Only 3rd party sensor bars that run on battery.
        • 0
          Hideo1 Jan 11, 10
          eeeeeeeeeeeebay.
  • 0
    Dark Dom Jan 8, 10
    LOOKS *bleep*ing shitty and cheap though, no matter how good it is...
    • 2
      Daweii Jan 8, 10
      Thats mainly because Nyko would have had to make all these design choices so it's not a complete design rip of the original Wiimote.
  • 0
    ProspeedCTR Jan 10, 10
    Why doesn't Nintendo just make a Motion Plus Wiimote along with an add-on for older Wiimotes? How hard could it be if a 3rd party developer could do it? Come on Nintendo!
  • 0
    Jesh Jan 11, 10
    I just bought my Nyko Wand now I want the Nyko+ I'll admit it doesn't look as good as the Regular Wii Mote, but if I'm saving $25, I'll get it.

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