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Joystiq E3 hands-on: Wii Sports Resort {Joystiq}
Jul 19th 2008 7:18PM ^ It'll have around 10, though they haven't announced what they'll be.
Joystiq E3 hands-on: Wii Sports Resort {Joystiq}
Jul 19th 2008 3:39PM @why not the LS2LS7?
Umm, Wii MotionPlus most definitely uses Gyroscopes (thee in fact), and non MEMS.
This was confirmed by Invensense, the company responsible for the technology inside the MotionPlus. GameSpot then confirmed that the device uses three of them for accurate tracking.
1) http://kotaku.com/5025650/how-exactly-does-the-wiis-motionplus-work
2) http://www.gamespot.com/features/6194443/index.html
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InvenSense boasts about Wii MotionPlus-powering IDG-600 motion sensor {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 6:43PM Correction: The dog-frisbee game wouldn't work without it.
InvenSense boasts about Wii MotionPlus-powering IDG-600 motion sensor {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 6:25PM ^ The Baseball bat was just a clever implementation of tilt control. Since you held the bat as the player did on-screen, it could infer where you were holding it based on how the wiimote was tilted. As for swinging, it merely measured how fast the controller moved, and once it reached a certain threshhold, your character would swing too. Again, clever, but not ideal for many uses. For instance, you could simply tilt the controller in your hand to get the same effect, but the game wouldn't know the difference.
However, with WiiMotion, it apparently can go much further than that, and can't be fooled by simple tricks. Furthermore, it (apparently) can also detect yaw, which the Wiimote by itself can't do, which would mean the dog-frisbee game would work without it.
InvenSense boasts about Wii MotionPlus-powering IDG-600 motion sensor {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 6:11PM ^ What's the difference between a 2-axis gyro and 3-axis gyro? Also, does it matter since the wiimote has accelerometers built in?
Sony's Afrika soundtrack is safari-sational {Joystiq}
Jul 7th 2008 11:02PM Haha, I love Epcot's music -- and the park too. Illuminations is sooo good.
Leaked box art shows maraca attachments for Samba de Amigo {Joystiq}
Jul 5th 2008 2:13PM "So they give us the shells, but they make us use a wiimote per maraca?...why not make use of the nunchuck?.."
This is what previews are for, my friend.
The game does allow you to use the nun chuck, but then you can't use the shells, of course.
Readers pick best webcomic: Team Fortress Pooh {Joystiq}
Jun 12th 2008 12:36AM Here's another Dr. Mario comic I found:
www.n00bsquad.com
Mario Super Sluggers features new characters, super moves {Joystiq}
Jun 11th 2008 2:40AM Umm, you guys know this isn't the first Mario Baseball gam, right? And most of those characters were in the previous one.
The bats just float in front of the goombas, fyi. And oddly enough, when you pull back a charged bat, it looks like the goomba has a raging boner.
EU rules on Microsoft antitrust appeal: Bad news for Microsoft {Engadget}
Sep 17th 2007 3:43AM $688 fine? Why that's not bad at all! ;)
