Three new peripherals for the Nintendo Wii: The Balance Board, the Zapper, and the Wheel |
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First up, the Wii Zapper. Touted to both evolve and revolutionize the way we play FPS games on the Wii, this quasi-shotgun looking firearm for the digital battleground lets us aim, fire and reload realistically. Simply dock the Wiimote on the front where the barrel should be, and the nunchuck on the handle, and you're ready to mow down zombies and terrorists with a pull of the trigger. See the embed below for the controller in action.
Next is the Wii Wheel. We didn't get to see this, but suffice to say it's going to be the device to own come its simultaneous release with the highly-anticipated Mario Kart Wii. No luck on what sort of neat features it's going to sport, but we'll update you as soon as we catch wind of those.
Last but definitely not least is the Wii Balance Board, a completely new peripheral for the Wii. Imagine a much more sensitive dance pad that measures not only where you're stepping, but also how hard. To be used in conjunction with Wii Fit, a fitness game for the Nintendo Wii, the Wii Balance Board will keep track of your movement, weight and center of gravity as you dance and work out your way to a healthier body.
With all this new stuff, Nintendo's certainly on the right track. Updates as we get them, and in the meantime, enjoy the video!
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in a good way.
Thank you Nintendo. Thank you for making it less difficult for him to draww paralles from real life violence to game violence. Thank you Nintendo, really.
dude, stop getting all crazed about it. Reggie is a very smart man, notice how he said 'zap' not shoot. To say shoot would cause flags but he says 'zap' instead as if its some tazer... which i feel is brilliant. He could've always said 'blow the heads off those zombies and terrorists'. The man knows what hes doing.
Does that mean that medal of honour is online? muliplayers, up to 32 Soldiers. how does that work?
that guy has one of the most boring voices in the entire world good thing the zapper looked pretty cool, i hope its not just housing- the guy in the video flicked back when he fired it in resident evil hopefully it has some major force feedback!
He was flicking back to reload his gun. Much cooler than the usual "shoot away from the screen to reload". But i'm sure there will be the mild feedback from the rumble feature in the wii-remote when you're hit, etc.
I think this thing is perfect for FPS since you can actually hold the gun and run with the nunchuck in the back handle.
Good job Nintendo...I'm finally starting to gain back faith!
Boo hoo?
I'm slightly confused...in the video running behind him, the leading handle has a built-in trigger button. But in other video from E3, a guy was using a demo of it, pulling the Z button on the nunchuk to shoot. Which one is it, I wonder?