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Red Steel 2 – the sequel to Wii slash ‘em up Red Steel has been announced by Ubisoft. The game will give layers much finer control of their gun and swordplay via the new MotionPlus controller add-on for the Nintendo Wii.
Wii MotionPlus, the accuracy-enhancing add on for the Nintendo Wii remote, will go on sale on 12 June, with Wii Sports Resort, one of the first games to support it, following the next month.
Nintendo’s upcoming Wii MotionPlus add-on to the Wiimote controller, aimed at improving the accuracy of tracking the Wiimote’s movement in your hand, is at times so accurate “it’s overly responsive”, according to Thomas Singleton, producer of Grand Slam Tennis, Electronic Arts. Grand Slam Tennis is set to be one of the first games released that makes use of the Wii MotionPlus capabilities.
Wii Fit Plus will land in Europe on 19 November, if a sneak picture of an Amsterdam game shop’s release schedule is to be believed. The shop’s release schedule also dates the arrival of Nintendo’s add-on that improves accuracy for the WiiMote, MotionPlus, as arriving on 10 July.
Wii MotionPlus is Nintendo’s improved motion sensing technology for the Nintendo Wii, promising to make the WiiMote more sensitive and accurate. Now Electronic Arts has released details of the first games that will be able to take advantage of the new kit. Want to know which arm-waving titles are on the way? All the details after the break! Read more
Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus makes 3D actions a dream, opening up the possibility of proper sword fighting and accurate dueling. No surprise then that Lucasarts is furious Nintendo didn’t give advance warning to anyone making, oh, say, a lightsaber-based game.