"Pongle" paddle controller concept for Wii

It may not throw as much caution to the wind as the Nintendo Star-mote we spotted a couple of months back, but this so-called "Pongle" Wii controller concept from Hayes Urban eschews its fair share of modern video game conventions nonetheless, hearkening back to simpler video gaming days instead. It's not all old school, however, with an integrated gyro adding some motion sensing to the standard twist and turn action, and a built-in speaker providing a "more immersive experience." Of course, the chances of it ever actually turning up in a form we can get our hands on are pretty slim, which is all the more saddening given our sudden craving for a game of Breakout.

[Tavis Veighey @ Feb 15th 2007 3:46PM]

What about Demands to Diamonds, or Pong?

That would be cool! Besides I suspect that this could also find a use in regular Wii games. Well one can hope. LOL

[crackpipe @ Feb 15th 2007 3:47PM]

pointless

[BTS.WRKNG @ Feb 15th 2007 3:58PM]

Screw Breakout. Give me this thing and an arcade-perfect port of Tempest and I will gladly pay the price of a new Wii game for it. As long as I'm dreaming, I'll take that Jaguar update of Tempest, too, but only in addition to and not instead of the original arcade version.

Oh! It'd also be handy for a port of the Tron arcade game, but then you'd need that Gorf joystick/trigger thing to go with it.

OK, back to reality...

[Grey Acumen @ Feb 15th 2007 4:36PM]

dangit, why are people developing wiimote replacements? I want to see Wiimote ATTACHMENTS

I've already got like 5 different concepts already, and that's just the basic stuff. If I had a 3d modeling program, I'd have posted them online already.

[waruwaru @ Feb 15th 2007 4:59PM]

Grey Acumen, if you googled, you would've been playing with Blender/Maya-Personal-Learning-Edition/SketchUp by now.

[Grey Acumen @ Feb 15th 2007 7:12PM]

Oooh... Okay, expect plans back from me within a few weeks, depending on how well modeling goes. I wonder how I should post the plans online. Is there a site that specializes in this stuff, or do people just do their own little webpages?

[jerrt @ Feb 15th 2007 7:13PM]

ooh ooh, i want one right now. some one make this and send it to me. I love paddle controllers and that one looks to be the sexiest i've ever seen.

[jate @ Feb 15th 2007 8:44PM]

puff...just a useless piece of crap.

[Brian @ Feb 15th 2007 9:51PM]

The bad designers of yesterday are the nostalgia whores of today.

[Kay @ Feb 15th 2007 9:52PM]

NEED MORE WIIMOTE ATTACHMENTS

http://japanese.engadget.com/2007/02/06/wiiremote-numberpad/

[some person @ Feb 15th 2007 11:05PM]

I'd rather an Intellivision attachment for the Wiimote for the VC.