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  2. Wii Remote - Wikipedia

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    The Wii Remote, [a] informally referred to with the portmanteau Wiimote, is the primary game controller for Nintendo's Wii home video game console.An essential capability of the Wii Remote is its motion sensing capability, which allows the user to interact with and manipulate items on screen via motion sensing, gesture recognition, and pointing using an accelerometer and optical sensor technology.

  3. Nintendo thumb - Wikipedia

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    Nintendo thumb, also known as gamer's thumb [1] and similar names, is a form of repetitive strain injury (RSI) caused by excessive playing of video games with the traditional Nintendo controller. [2] This injury mainly occurs due to repeated thumb movements while playing video games. [ 3 ]

  4. List of Nintendo controllers - Wikipedia

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    A Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuk Nintendo Wii controller length: 148 mm (5.8 in) The Wii Remote ditches the traditional gamepad controllers of previous gaming consoles for a one-handed remote control-based design. This was done to make motion sensitivity more intuitive, as a remote design is more optimal for pointing.

  5. Ten years later, was the Nintendo Wii a success or a failure?

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    Nadia Oxford Staff Writer. The Wii Was a Success. I won't deny the Wii had Issues (note the capital "I"), but it doesn't deserve to be called a failure. True, its primary gimmick – waggle ...

  6. List of Wii games with traditional control schemes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Wii games with traditional control schemes. Nintendo's Wii video game console, released in 2006, primarily focuses on the use of an unconventional video game controller, in the form of the Wii Remote. The controller emphasizes the use of motion control through an unconventional remote control form factor.

  7. Non-Wiimote controls limited for Mario Kart Wii

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    We find it hard to imagine that the plethora of joysticks and buttons on the alternate control schemes can't replicate the controls of the somewhat button-free design of the Wii Remote.

  8. List of cancelled Wii games - Wikipedia

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    A few months prior to the release of the Nintendo DS version of the game, a Wii version was announced. The DS version involved fighting characters through use of drawing shapes with the stylus and touch screen of the DS, something the developers were planning on recreating with the Wii Remote's motion control. However, only the DS version ever ...

  9. Seventh generation of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    The Wii and the Wii Remote Nintendo entered the generation with a new approach embodied by its Wii. The company planned to attract current hardcore and casual gamers, [ 64 ] non-gamers, [ 65 ] and lapsed gamers by focusing on new gameplay experiences and new forms of interaction with games rather than cutting edge graphics and expensive ...