Editor's note: Erik argues that the Wii Remote's less-than-1:1 accuracy is the reason for its mainstream success, and a necessary stepping stone on the way to Sony's Move and Microsoft's Natal.

The Nintendo Wii remote is iconic in its simplicity. It’s designed in a way that manages to successfully blend motion controls with more conventional buttons. Thanks to how approachable Nintendo made ...

Leaked internal emails from Nintendo have been published showing mockup images of the controller for the original Wii. Kotaku earlier reported on the leak. The emails are from around 2005, the year ...

Ever since Jonathan first laid his eyes on level 1-1 in Super Mario Bros., he has been hooked on all things video games. A self-proclaimed Nintendo nerd, Jonathan has owned every single Nintendo ...

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If you’ve been playing with your Wii you probably have had to switch batteries… at least once. The remote is great, but it eats batteries like they were free. Some savvy gamers probably picked up NiMH ...

The Nintendo "gigaleak" from 2020 is apparently the gift that keeps on giving, and now early prototypes and renders for the Wii Remote have emerged online. The designs were tweeted by game developer ...

From the images provided, we can see that the early prototype model looks almost identical to that of the officially released Nintendo Wii Remote. Most interestingly though, the early prototype model ...

Nintendo is bundling Flingsmash with a Wii Remote Plus in Japan too, but their package is a little different from ours. First, the game’s name is something like Clap ‘n Spring Super Span Smasher Ball ...

The Wii Remote MotionPlus was an adapter that later became its own controller. A Wii Remote with the Motion+ included inside the remote, taking away the need for an accesory. Note: Wii MotionPlus and ...