Wii Remote News

Feature: Wii Controllers - What Could Have Been

Wii Controllers - What Could Have Been

Wii never knew...

Part of our mission at Nintendo Life is to highlight parts of the gaming world that were previously unknown. To that end, our experienced researchers have been rooting around the archives of Wii history and discovered the original patent application for the Wii Remote. Reading patent documentation isn’t the most stimulating of activities, but we’ve completed this arduous task..

News: 65.3 Million Wii Remotes Waggling in the United States Alone

65.3 Million Wii Remotes Waggling in the United States Alone

Averaging two for every Wii owner

It might well be the games that define a console, but where would we be without the controllers themselves? With the Wii Remote Plus and its built-in MotionPlus capabilities becoming the standard from 7th November, Nintendo has sent us a reminder of how well its predecessor has sold and we in turn want to let you...

News: This Lego Wii Remote Won't Brick Your Wii

This Lego Wii Remote Won't Brick Your Wii

Build it up, tear it down

Wii Remotes are coming in all colours and configurations these days: the Wii Remote Plus with MotionPlus built-in, the red Remote with this red Wii, this upcoming Tron Remote. What if none of these take your fancy, though: what are you supposed to do then? Build your own out of Lego bricks? Well, yes. The famous

News: Some Sort of Wii Remote Gets a Recent Approval From the FCC

Some Sort of Wii Remote Gets a Recent Approval From the FCC

What could this mean?

Three years after the launch of the Wii, Nintendo updated its control method by introducing the MotionPlus accessory with its near 1:1 motion replication. Apparently, it took a few years to get the technology compact enough to work ergonomically as a discreet add-on and with the peripheral's first birthday over the horizon, a recent Federal Communications Commission filing..

Blog: Part 5 - Inside The Wii Remote

Part 5 - Inside The Wii Remote

Hi, I am Jean-Philippe Caro, Assistant Creative Director on RGH and I’m going to introduce you to an exclusive feature… Inside The Wii Remote.

The Montpellier team made a particularly interesting discovery a couple of years back when we first started work on the game. We kept hearing strange noises in the controllers. We contacted Nintendo immediately, but after weeks of testing they couldn’t..