Wii Remote Jackets
October 3, 2007 | 4 Comments
In response to continued complaints about idiotic damage resulting from misusing your wii-motes… Nintendo is now packaging a jacket with all new purchases. For anyone who purchased prior to this inclusion, Nintendo is offering to send jackets out similar to the strap replacement they did months ago.
Nintendo is now including the Wii Remote Jacket for the Wii Remotes in all new hardware being shipped. For Wii owners who purchased their systems prior to this addition, we are offering to send free Wii Remote Jackets for their existing Wii Remotes. If you would like to request a Wii Remote Jacket, please start by completing the information form below.
They look a bit fugly, but I just ordered mine…
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Wii Gun Attachment
April 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Joytech has announced a “Sharp Shooter” Nintendo Wii accessory. This plastic housing arranges the Wii-mote and Nunchuck in a gun-like manner to add additional realism to FPS type games. I think the arrangement of the two items is brilliant, basically forming a dual trigger.
Lock and load with the Sharp Shooter™ from JOYTECH. Fully compatible with all forms of TV’s and displays including plasma and LCD, the Sharp Shooter brings Wii™ shooting games to life with amazing realism. Connecting quickly and safely to the Wii™ Remote and Nunchuck, the Sharp Shooter™ is lightweight, simple to use and requires no batteries, no leads and no worries! Shoot to thrill!
The question I’m left with is what games will be or are optimized for this control scheme? Hopefully this will push Nintendo into releasing it’s own competitor piece of hardware.
Thanks to Sickr for the heads up on this.
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Nintendo Wii: Wrist Strap Replacement
December 15, 2006 | 1 Comment
Nintendo reacted to a growing number of complaints and concerns relating to the wrist straps on the controller for the Nintendo Wii by offering a free replacement of the strap with a newly improved, more rugged version. If you have a Wii that was purchased before early December, you may be affected and want to get your free replacement. You can request replacement straps on their site. Replacement straps will begin shipping around December 21st.
Thanks to Justin for the heads up on this.
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Wiimote Meets Computer
December 11, 2006 | 2 Comments
Jon sent me along an article about Darwiin Remote. This sweet little OSX application allows you to take advantage of the inherent Bluetooth that the Wii-motes use to wirelessly connect to the Nintendo Wii. I love standard technologies…
You launch the application, then make your Wii-mote Bluetooth discoverable by pushing (1) and (2) simultaneously. Once the app connects, you can use the IR ability to take over mouse control. The developer has also mapped the (A) button to be the left click and the D-pad to arrow keys.
The other mappings are all fairly specific for Frontrow, which is annoying for me (I have a G5 without Frontrow). Listed as a desired future feature is customizable key mappings which I look forward to.
At the moment the IR sensing mouse movement is a bit too twitchy. It would be nice if the sensitivity could be turned down. As it is now, double clicking is nearly impossible.
I think this application has great potential, especially considering it is only version 0.3. Check out the developer’s blog or the Sourceforge Project. I’m hoping this matures to the point where I can regularly use my Wii controller to control video and music. This would be convenient as my Mac is currently attached to my receiver and 42″ Samsung DLP TV.
With a bit more complication, you can use the Wii-mote in Windows as well. This “how to” is written by LiquidIce, who is playing with all kinds of potential Wii hacks. There is also an interesting project that is focused on attempting to port Linux to the Wii, WiiLi.org. All kinds of fun is likely to come out of this exploration.
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