Nintendo's MotionPlus due out prior to Grand Slam Tennis, or June 18th

Stay with us here, okay? For the longest while, we've wondered when exactly Nintendo was planning on releasing its long-since announced MotionPlus Wiimote add-on. At long last, pieces are beginning to come together. According to EA Sports' official Grand Slam Tennis page, said title will be available for the Wii on June 18th. Hop over to a recent Nintendo Power article about said game, and you'll find producer Thomas Singleton asserting that the MotionPlus accessory is "due out prior to Grand Slam's release." So, putting one and one together, we've come to the conclusion that Nintendo should ship its MotionPlus add-on prior to June 18th, or at least prior to whatever day Grand Slam Tennis gets delayed to. Logical?

[Via GoNintendo]

Read - Nintendo Power article
Read - Grand Slam Tennis website

[xirsteon Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:05AM]

Grand slam? What's there to grand slam? or do they mean slam grand?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:08AM]

Grand Slam refers to 4 tournaments: French Open, US Open, Australian Open, and Wimbledon

[jgpuff Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:53AM]

The meant 'Gran Slam'. It's wrestling, but with old people and 1:1 punching action.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:07AM]

The article neglects to mention Nintendo's awesome inability to hit launch dates.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:40AM]

It also left out Nintendo's awesome ability to prosper in a recession and murder its competition.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:49AM]

"A dozen homeless PS3s were found shattered this morning in central park. Police suspect mob boss Mario Mario to be involved."

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:13AM]

Looks like i'll finally get a chance to dust off the Wii. Maybe the PS3 will be jealous for a change. Come to think of it, this might be a good time to finally finish Zelda.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:19AM]

I am really excited about the M+ for some reason, so this is good news. I do wonder if Wii Sports 2 will be worth buying, though. As a pack-in, WS was brilliant, but as a stand-alone, it seems a bit simplistic. Of course, it worked well enough in Japan.

[Duke Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:26AM]

I find this product to be of little interest seeing as it has been slow coming, of little impact that we have seen, and has no real titles to get excited over right now. I'm sorry, but Nintendo needs to step up with the games first to drive my interest in spending yet more money on peripherals.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 10:28AM]

Funny - an article I read last week had the exact opposite conclusion. Citing the absence of Wii Sports Resort from Nintendo's big release list, Joystiq suggests that Grand Slam Tennis and Tiger Woods Golf will be released BEFORE MotionPlus hits the market.

http://nintendo.joystiq.com/2009/02/27/ea-not-waiting-on-nintendo-will-release-motionplus-compat-games/

I'm hoping Engadget's right on this one (since I like you guys more, anyway), but I figured readers would like to see another side of the story.

[Bomberman Posted Mar 5th 2009 11:09AM]

Actually I'm pretty excited - Sports tennis I still think is one of the best games on the console and the best for party fun on pretty much any console. An updated and better version would be excellent and about time :D

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 12:00PM]

playing the wii is a lot of fun, a survey says that people like theri wii's more than their ipod.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 12:05PM]

Is this for the wii or the msi thing?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 12:48PM]

if I search the web for riverGirl's spamsite, then maybe she'll go on a date with me!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:15PM]

They should sell the game for $60 and say it comes with the free MotionPlus. It's worked before...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:22PM]

Should come with an omni-directional treadmill and a helmet.