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light and easy to use
The Wii Remote Controller is shaped like a standard TV remove, and has motion sensing ability. You wave it around, and your on-screen character waves their wand!
This isn't an add-on controller - this is the actual, standard controller that most if not all games on the Nintendo Wii use as their primary control unit. There is also a "nunchuck" that can be used...
it controlls your wii
it doesn't work as a rolling pin and you can't control your husband with it but it does control your wii and if you want to play 2 people games you have to buy it which is a bit wierd as the wii is sold as the PSP for the waltons so you would think it would come with 2 controllers particularly as it comes with games for two people
The Wii Remote Controller is shaped like a standard TV remove, and has motion sensing ability. You wave it around, and your on-screen character waves their wand!
This isn't an add-on controller - this is the actual, standard controller that most if not all games on the Nintendo Wii use as their primary control unit. There is also a "nunchuck" that can be used in your off hand, but many games don't use the nunchuck.
The aim of the Wii was to make gaming as simple and intuitive as possible for the casual non gamer. Pretty much every person with a TV is comfortable using a TV remote. You point, you click. The Wii Remote Controller works in the same fashion. The motion sensors know what you are doing with the remote. If you're playing a baseball game, you swing at the ball. If you're playing a bowling game, you bring your arm back and swing it forward. Everything "makes sense". A sword swing? A light saber battle? Just move your arm and the character does the same thing.
There are only two buttons that really matter. There's an A button on the front that you push for most operations. There's also a trigger underneath that is the B button. Depending on the game, they will have you use one or the other button. There are also a few other buttons for more complex gaming. There's a D-pad. A "home" button lets you go instantly back to the main Wii menu if you're tired of playing. There's a plus and minus button, a 1 and 2 button. There's even a power button. You don't have to walk over to your Wii any more to turn it on or off. Just hit the power button on the remote and you're all set.
The remote runs on two AA batteries, so there's no USB plugging in or charging up, as with the other systems' remotes. You do get a wrist strap, though, so the Wii remote doesn't fly out of your hands while you're doing a super powerful golf swing.
There's even a speaker in the remote! This is great if you're playing a game against another player. Say I'm boxing my boyfriend and I am the winner. *My* remote says that I triumphed, to me. Neat!
I definitely love the Wii remote controller. It's light, it's super easy to use, it's intuitive and I can just pop batteries into it when it runs out, instead of having to wait for a recharge. Highly recommended. Just note that if you want to play a game that needs a nunchuck as well, that you have to buy that separately.
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You only get one wiimote in the standard kit wii console and while this is a fantastic controller hence why I have given it 5 stars for fun I think it is over priced as unlike other consoles there is no 'after market' 3rd part alternatives that are cheaper.
I would welcome a reduction in the price by nintendo to make the additional wiimotes more accessible for more people. Your looking at the best part of £150 to get 3 more wiimotes and nunchucks required for 4 player mode. I have got 4 and it really does make play more fun and allow more people to join in.
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This is a "must have" for the Wii owner who wants to play against friends / neighbours / family etc. You will need a nunchuck as well if you want to play boxing (Wii Sports) etc. If you are buying a Wii now, you might as well get the controller now as well - you will end up being frustrated waiting for it to arrive seperately otherwise!
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I'm not going to go into detail about the Wii or the games, because thats not what this is about. The controller is simply what makes the Nintento Wii the console that it is. The motion sensitive controls have proved popular even with my grandma who found it perfectly easy to use and ended up bowling a couple of strikes.
For the most part this controller works excellently, however, If there are alot of 2.4ghz wireless connections around you the one on the Wiimote will cut out occasionally, this isn't normally a problem as most software seems to cut down the rumble or speaker signal, and keep the motion sensitive and pointer signals. However, other do not do so (such as red steel, which loses the pointing capability occasionally). This is not Nintendo's fault however and so you can make do by turning off the speaker and rumble features and you're playing quite happily after that.
A little pointer to the one of the other reviewers, the motion sensing has nothing to do with the Wii-mote 'seeing' the sensor bar, as you put it, that is only used as a light source for the pointer to orient itself.
The only real problems with this controller are that it's not quite sensitive enough for little movements (i.e. putting in Wii Golf), and it absolutely eats batteries. You have a choice, either buy duracell Alkaline's for £[...] a week, or buy some 2400MaH Ni-Mh batteries with a charger for around £[...], which should only need charging once every 3-4 days (with constant use).
The truth of this controller is that it is just plain fun, it is the ultimate party controller and one that allows you to interact with your games on a whole other level, and in some cases, streamlines the way you've played games before now. Enough talk now, go try one yourself and make your own mind up.
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This really is a great controller. It gives you a sense of freedom and accuracy pretty much unmatched elsewhere. I would heartily recommend it, though i do have two pieces of advice first: 1) It uses alot of batteries, so you'll save a heck of a lot of money in the long run by buying a charger for it. 2) If you don't own 'Wii play', i'd advise buying that, as you get a controller free with it, which makes it quite a bargain.
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The Wii Remote is extremely fun and easy to use and despite there being some people a little sketchy about the control I've had no problems at all. But there are a few things to take into consideration.
1. Make sure you sensor bar is right is not blocked by anything. yes the controller is wireless but you can't expect miracles to happen and just bung the sensor bar behind something. The simple matter is the controller does have to have a clear signal but once it's on top of your TV then there's nothing more to worry about at all.
2. People are complaining because when you swing hard and let go, the Wii remote band can snap and ether break your TV or injure yourself. If you have an obsessive urge to swing your remote at arms length across your living room then you should make sure your holding it tight. If you where to do the same to a PS2 controller or an X-Box controller then they would probably fly out of your hand too.
Personally I've had a lot of friends swinging this controller left right and centre and not one of them has had it slip from there hands. Especially over Christmas where boxing was played 20 or so times.
The Wii remote is not perfect I do agree, but this technology can only be improved, and no doubt it will be seen as how Nintendo have a habit of improving things.
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I recently tried this out at the Nintendo Pre-Launch Roadshow, at Meadowhall. It is bloody fantastic. It's light, it's comfortable, it fits into your hand very comfortably. I ended up playing for about half an hour in total, and my arm/arms were definately not tired. For a game such as Wii Sports, with tennis, it really immerses you in the action. Shooting games also work really well; even the Duck Hunt style games I played was very accurate. It is an amazing innovation, with 3-axis tilt sensors, accellerometers and pixel precion pointing. I have never played such a fun game.
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The Wii controller is the best thing to happen to video games in years.
My mum had trouble at first but she is a 68 year old hardcore gamer and was looking for more buttons.
So if you are an old school gamer it might annoy you but everyone else will have a big grin on their face.
Despite what another review has said the sensor bar is irrelevant in boxing and driving games they work on the motion sensors alone. I have controlled both of these from another room where I can't even see the telly and I have controlled the pointer by pointing the Wimote at a spotlight.
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This is GREAT! I can just point it at the screen and the cursor appears there (or a bit below, but that doesn't matter)! Then there's the motion sensors which are also outstanding (e.g. when you`re playing tennis, you can just pretend to be holding a racket and swing your remote and your on-screen charecter (or mii) whacks the ball! There's also a speaker in the remote which makes it better (e.g on Wii play when you are playing "shooting range" when you shoot it makes a noise like a gun). There's also vibration (e.g when you're playing monster 4x4 WC when you get hit by a barrel the controller vibrates). Vibraition and the speaker can both be turned off to stop the batteries running out quite so fast. Talking about batteries, that leads us to the only bad bit: it eats batteries quite quickly.
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...a controller that gets the wife interested in joining in, this is sheer genuis from Nintendo.
After resisting for 4 days she finally relented and had a go at Wii Sports, bowling was the game of choice.
After banishing her initial embarassment induced awkwardness (I left the room for a second!) the real fun began.
The natural movement to get bowling had her hooked, especially after the first strike.
Won't even mention the garbled phone call to her mate when she tried the boxing - suffice to say that there was no need for expensive gym membership now was mentioned.
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