There is always some company making rip-off products of some kind of gaming console or handheld, and the Wii has got plenty off them that just seem to fail. Nintendo Everything shows us the top 5.

There's the Vii that started the whole rip-off a balooza and even games shaped like a Wii-remote.

The one you might find the most funny though is the game inside a Wii-remote. It has tilting involved, but it sucks, and even without the motion sensoring(tilting) involved, it still sucks. It makes it as the fifth spot on the top five, and a video review is done on it by a guy called ashens on Youtube.



The other four are at the source.

5. “Tilt” Games

Right off the bat, it’s clear that the Tilt Games Wiimote clone has some problems. The screen is much too small for any type of a real gaming experience and the screen doesn’t even have a backlight. Just imagine trying to play Zelda on a small piece of plastic. Yeah, not an engrossing experience. I want to know, how can anyone even see that thing? And haven’t we moved past the absent backlight age for items like these? Nonetheless, in spite of these obvious issues, the Tilt game manages to copy the Wii controller very well and even has the ability to turn on motion controls (then again, it’s not as if this thing is any good.) It’s worth mentioning that the Tilt gadgets come in a variety of flavors, of which include baseball and racing. The sad thing about this whole product however, is that I would not be surprised if a grandmother went into Walmart and bought this instead of a Wii controller, thinking that it was the real deal.

Retail price: $6.88, though honestly, I don’t think it’s worth even $.50.

4. 3D iJoy

Does slightly modifying an already established controller make something different? No, not really. The 3D IJoy was conspicuously attempting to mimic the Nintendo Wii, from the game controller to the games available on the product. Another slap in the face - and to round out iJoy’s parallelisms - is the iJoy’s wrist strap. Yes, a wrist strap. The copycat controller was bad enough, but by adding a wrist strap to the controller, it makes the rip-off much too explicit. Sure, I can understand that the company wouldn’t want people to damage their home appliances. However, is it truly necessary considering .01% of the population will actually be getting their game on this thing?

Retail price: unknown
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  • 0
    InnerDemon May 1, 08
    The video made me laugh. Those clearly all look like rip-offs that I myself wouldn't even bother to look at.
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    StarJet May 1, 08
    Vii 2 FTW.

    I've even seen those "Brick game" thingys that look like WiiMotes. Urgh!
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    Donnelly May 1, 08
    Don't get the Vii!

    You might not get your lanyard!
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    Rinkydink May 1, 08
    Haha, I remember seeing a video review of the Vii on youtube which was hilarious. It really boggles the mind that these rip-offs are even released, and I sure do feel sorry for the people who get them.
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    R1DDL3S May 2, 08
      I saw the Vii in a magazine once, I think it was N*Gamer or something...it's weird that people actually take the time to make such failing products
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    Spazerman May 2, 08
    Wow thats messed I hope they get sued
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      R1DDL3S May 3, 08
        It wouldn't even be worthing suing them for, they really didn't get much profit and it happens with any big thing, the day the I-phone came out another one was out in China
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    joshuam May 3, 08
    lmao i like the vid mite see if there is any more

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