Nintendo planning 'affordable' MotionPlus, fewer peripherals

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata promised Tuesday that MotionPlus would be "affordable," and could be the last Wii accessory for a while.

Is this the end of Nintendo accessories?

Is this the end of Nintendo accessories?

If you're tired of all these Wii accessories, you can sleep soundly now that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that his company, at least, is done making them for a while.

The line will be drawn with the upcoming Wii MotionPlus add-on, which Iwata promised would be "affordable" when it launches alongside Wii Sports Resort next spring.

"We're going to try to offer [MotionPlus] for as little as possible. We haven't announced the price yet, but the cost of making the Wii Motion Plus is not that much, so I think we can make it very affordable," Iwata told the Wall Street Journal

No pricing information is currently available for the accessory, which allows for 1:1 motion controls and higher precision interaction with as-of-yet unannounced Wii titles.

So if anyone is envisioning new Wii cooking utensil accessories, or Wii Sports Gear, you can stop right now. Iwata said Nintendo would cool down its accessory binge, at least for now.

"Most of the ideas for accessories that we had initially come up with are out now," Iwata said. "We might think up some more, and we might make them if we do, but we don't have any plans to release a whole lot more."

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Enigmatic420

Where's the Wii-HD plus add-on? Huh, 1st in sales yet a distant third in the quality department. So the Wii is losing the console war.

racingthereaper

That SUX, With all their fan-base, Nintendo should add this free to keep everyone happy about the Wii. The Wii is okay, but the restricted game library sucks, It's so gay it makes richard simmons look like a lumberjack.

1juan7

They are already working on their new console, so I doubt they are doing an HD add on. Now lets see if the casual gamers market buys Nintendo's next as soon as it comes out. If they do not pick up the pace on hardcore games I might have to stick with Microsoft since Sony started of slow. At least Sony with PS3 i now have 5 games with a good outlook vs 5 Wii games and nothing on the horizon. 360 stills has better games and online multiplayer overall.

AANTHUNDER

gregdnr Posted at: 08/04/08 at 12:15 PM PST after buy all the crap for wii and 360 ...as well buy 4 PS3
WTF?! Greggy, do you talk like that in a real life conversation?

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