Advanced motion controls arrive in June, but not with Wii Sports Resort. Details here.
Nintendo of America on Tuesday revealed release date and pricing details for its anticipated Wii MotionPlus accessory. The pass-through device, which plugs into the bottom of the Wii remote and enables greater, more accurate sensitivity, will ship to U.S. retailers on June 8. The peripheral will debut in Europe four days later.
The MotionPlus accessory will be sold as a stand-alone hardware for $19.99 in America. No information on European pricing is yet available.
Although consumers will be able to purchase the hardware itself in June, they will have to wait a month to play Nintendo's showpiece MotionPlus software, Wii Sports Resort. The game will debut on July 24 in Europe and July 26 in America bundled with MotionPlus. The package will retail for $49.99 stateside, but no details regarding price in Europe have been made official yet.
"Wii MotionPlus represents a new evolution in video game control. The variety of fun games in Wii Sports Resort show off its incredible precision," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales & marketing, in an official release. "Developers around the world are busy working on new ways to incorporate Wii MotionPlus controls into inventive experiences for consumers."
The release of the stand-alone MotionPlus in peripheral is a clear indication of Nintendo bowing to the needs of third-parties. Both SEGA and Electronic Arts have MotionPlus-compatible software shipping this June. Had Nintendo not released MotionPlus before Wii Sports Resort, such critical third-party titles as Virtua Tennis, Grand Slam Tennis and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 would have shipped sans what could be their greatest selling point.
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