Thrustmaster thrusts Wii Glow Saber, Dual Trigger Gun accessories in our direction
By Darren Murph 
posted Sep 27th 2008 3:34AM
posted Sep 27th 2008 3:34AM
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let me get this straight. a company called thrustmaster is putting out a smooth plastic shaft, that vibrates no less, and is marketing it to kids.
this just screams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ixsdGac2g
crap i'm sorry. i hit reply as a habit. i didn't mean to cut.
V3xx:
"Thrustmaster" got their name from making components for flight simulation enthusiasts. Particularly throttles that control the *thrust* of a virtual aircraft.
@J. Evans: I remember, I had a couple thrustmaster sticks back in the day. But you gotta admit this is pretty hilarious. This ranks right up there with the Nerf Crotchbat.
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92scrotchbat.phtml
Yep, just what we need.
There are now officialy more Wii add-ons then there are games.
It's like the iPod docks of gaming.
Mind you, these are all unlicensed third-party pieces of shit. By comparison, Nintendo's arguably useless wheel is free with "Mario Kart" and still markedly superior to the others. The AWESOME Zapper peripheral comes free with "Link's Crossbow Training", which is the best $15 USD I spent on a Wii game.
Stores can't seem to figure out the MSRP on "Link's Crossbow Training" with the Zapper accessory. They charge $19.99 every day at many retailers, and $24.99 at others.
Wii Glow Saber™, Wii Embarrassment™, Wii Lack of Self-Respect™ and Wii Ridicule™ all included.
*Broken TV, broken teeth, dental expenses, replacement TV and batteries not included.
The embarrassment might make you Wii yourself.
thats "Wii-dicule" and "Wii-diculous"
Nix all those ™'s. There are enough bozos already who make no distinction between unlicensed junk and official accessories. These cash-in manufacturers go all out to confuse people with their package designs.
The colour scheme of that plastic gun makes it look similar to an electric toothbrush or something.
Wii Toothbrush™ is free with 3 Wii Proofs of Purchase.
You have never heard of Thrustmaster? They started out making flight simulator controllers for computers back in the day...hence the name.
I was thinking thrustmaster was a pretty good brand. I remember seeing a lot of their stuff when I was looking at flight sim stuff back in the day. If I remember correctly it was good quality and $$$
Wii power glove comming soon. You heard it here first folks
Hello to 2 years ago:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/10/power-glove-mod-merges-with-wii-mote/
Sad to see what Thrustmaster has sunk into these days...
Those of you that have been flight sim fans for the last 20 years will know what I mean...
They used to have the BEST controllers and the VERY best support, if something EVER broke they would not only send out ONE part to replace it but usually a SPARE as well.
I can't remember who owns them now but ever since the takeover they shifted to less quality parts (charged the same) and then froze development for a number of years.
The only thing that seemed to keep them on par with everyone else was the introduction of GOOD gamepads to the PC, and the utter stagnation of the peripheral controller sector.
I remember that there was a time that FF Joysticks were leading the way in development and we were right around the corner from getting non gimmicky FF (good pressure feedback)
Thankfully wheels kept FF moving ahead, but it is REAL hard to find a good set of joystick/throttle WITH FF without having to try mix and matching.
I agree... One of the buttons broke on my flight stick.. the tech there goes "Do you know how to solder?" I was like hellz yeah. He sent me 4 buttons, a coolie hat, and a thrustmaster decal with a note that said "Should be everything to refresh your flight stick. Thanks Thrustmaster" Fixed in 3 days. No RMA BS. When the bungie cord in my nascar wheel broke. Sent me 2 replacements.
Almost anyone who played mech warrior ran these sticks..
Wow. LightSaber, I had it on my iPhone. !
It's not a Lightsaber, it's a Glowsaber. They're nothing alike.
A friend of my wife was...er.....wondering if you thought the shafts might deteriorate if KY jelly was used on them.........?
Yo know, a bit of effort and you could make a completely independant game using Wiimotes.
A low cost bluetooth reciever, some IR points, and simple counter system and you got yourself a lazer-tag tag.
The signals from the Wiimote are pretty easy to process. (http://www.rateoholic.co.uk/ResultPages/get_and_display_review.php?reviewid=388) About the only tricky thing would be identifying scoreing for more then 2 players, IR's flashing in pre-devided sequences could do that though.
If companys actualy looked at what they could do with wiimotes other then putting plastic shells around them we might get some decent stuff.
Well heres a guy that hooked it up to his computer and played an FPS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK9AGpI38tw
The wiimote is easy enough to mod, its just that most people who have the technical expertise to do so are probably past the lazertag age.
All im saying is that if you can hook it up to a computer its only a matter of time.
The only thing missing from this is the dolphin that pops out of the side of the light saber.
Clum Babies - Drawn Together
"The housemates are startled by a commotion inside the house. They enter to find the kitchen completely trashed, and Wooldoor humping everything in sight. Foxxy explains that Wooldoor has finally reached puberty, and realizing he needs an outlet for his newfound urges, she teaches him how to masturbate."
I've seen these before, but they were just white... they didn't have actual Star Wars-style lightsaber bits.
Actually, Thrustmaster is a great company and has made some kickass joysticks for a long time. Haven't seen these in person, but I hope they rock
I'm liking the dual trigger gun. Possibly the best one yet if you ask me. that is, if the nunchuck part is detatchable for games that dont use it