Wed 9 May 2007
The Classic Controller merges all elements from controllers in Nintendo’s N64, Super NES, and NES, allowing for a seamless control of the play from all the titles spanning the Virtual Console Library. The Classic Controller, however, does not have any accelerometer features as well as the motion-sensing capabilities present in the Wiimote.
Wed 9 May 2007
Not only is the Wii Remote inviting, it was intentionally designed by Nintendo to be sophisticated and elegant looking. But basically it was designed to make the gaming system accessible to people of all ages. And they did this in such a way that they fused the sophistication of the advanced motion-sensing technology and the simplicity of a remote control to put up this input device easily playable for all ages.
A multifunctional device, the wireless Wii Remote is only the size of your traditional remote control. The remote will act as your weapon to shoot your enemy in a first-person shooting game, a steering wheel in a driving game, or a racket in a tennis game. In short, it will accommodate all necessary functions for your particular game.
Aside from the motion-sensing and pointing capacity of the Wii Remote control, it also includes rumble features, speakers and an expansion port where one can place additional input devices.
The wireless Nintendo Wii Remote has the capacity to send actions to the console even from as far away as 30 feet or when used as a pointing device to as far as 15 feet away—all these when using the Bluetooth technology.
Tue 1 May 2007
In 2001, Nintendo first conceived of the idea after releasing GameCube. Shigeru Miyamoto, the ambidextrous creator of several Nintendo games and now general director of the same company, said the Nintendo Wii Console is designed to focus on a new variety of interaction among players.
After two years, a team of excellent engineers were pooled together to develop the concept. Hence, by 2005, and interface for the controller had already taken form, but the company didn’t display it during a public showing. They said they needed to do more troubleshooting and showed just the console instead. (more…)