http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/Feb 26th 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/Jul 9th 2008 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/]]>May 10th 2006 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/
Yes, this is how the Wii knows the location of the controller with respect to the screen. You wouldn't need a sensor bar if all the controller did was detect movement (like the PS3 controller, in fact this technology has existed for years), but you need that sensor so the Wii console literally knows the location of the controller in 3D space. This is where the true power of the Wiimote comes into play.]]>May 10th 2006 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/
@2 - Probably they're going to be kept separate.
The classic controller doesn't have any sensors in it (probably) so the use of the wiimote with the CC will be unneeded.]]>May 10th 2006 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/IMG_7957.jpg
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Great.. another cord to fish through my wall to place on top of the plasma. *grumble* .. and yes, I have a spare 16 guage wire in there that I use just for this purpose but it still sucks.]]>May 10th 2006 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/
I'm so sorry.]]>May 10th 2006 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/
You won't. The "classic" controller connects to the wiimote through the same dock as the nunchuk component. It merely connects to the wiimote as a means of connecting to the Wii system itself, making it where the "classic" controllers themselves don't need to have Bluetooth embedded within them. We'll see cheaper prices for peripherals than if each peripheral (light gun, "classic") had to be designed with its own Bluetooth built-in.

The only controller ports on the Wii are 4 Gamecube ports. Hopefully, they'll fit the adaptor for my Wavebird, as I have a feeling that I'll be finishing RE4 on my Wii this fall.]]>May 10th 2006 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/
#20 the final control will be wireless only, you won't get a wired on. the wired ones a prototypes,

!shame no rumble tho, they might just leave it as an add on, ie rumble pack

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hehe]]>May 10th 2006 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/
How exactly am I going to place the sensor bar "above or below" my projector screen which drops from the ceiling in the media room? Or in my bedroom which has a plasma screen embedded into the wall? The best hope is the family room which has a LCD mounted on a swivel mount but that requires me to permamntly mount the sensor to the LCD (bad wife factor) or work out some sort of velcro type setup.

Anyone know what the connection between the sensor and the actual console? Can it be extended (e.g. did they do something smart like use cat5)?

I realize that I am not necessarily a "normal" customer but the sensor bar setup will not (unfortunately) work with my setup and I'd imagine will cause some other people issues.

-Jon]]>May 10th 2006 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/official announcement of Resident Evil on Wii]]>May 10th 2006 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/news/html/e060510.html]]>May 10th 2006 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/New attacks could be done also like a beaker of acid.
Could make for some pretty compelling gameplay.
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Sorry, but the whole concept of the wii is stupid. Stuff like this will work when we have true VR. Trying to coordiate your hand movemnts to a tiny on-screen golf club or the like won't be much fun.]]>May 10th 2006 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/
Thx]]>May 10th 2006 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/
Why isn't it wireless on its own or why doesn't the Wiimote dock inside it somehow? ]]>May 10th 2006 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/I had NO interest what so ever in Nintendo new console, I hated the control at first though it was a waste of time. Thinking it relate to non-gamers and old folks. But after since it with some interesting games :) OMG

Zelda with the wiimote looks incredible, plus it has sound in the control ( so what if it has sound in the remote) on word : BOW AND ARROW

Plus I can actually AFFORD this console.
Nintendo really surprised me with this one..]]>May 10th 2006 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 10th 2006 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/don't think they mentioned on the press conference]]>May 10th 2006 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/
since it's not HD, I guess i can run video cables all the way there but i was really hoping for less mess. :( i assume a wireless (battery or small plug) would cause too much delay? :( let's hope they deliver something by Q4....]]>May 10th 2006 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/3)
just liike the title wii suggests
i cant wait to get one
it looks its going to be a blast playing with friends
and its going to make gamers excercise which is something i guess they dont want to do]]>May 11th 2006 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 11th 2006 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/10/nintendos-e3-booth-tour/May 11th 2006 2:38AM