Where the ghost is invisible on the TV, the Wii Remote players are visible on the GamePad screen.
The PlayStation Move consists of neon ice-cream-cone-looking remotes that act like a more accurate version of Nintendo's Wii remote.
The system comes with a red Wii Remote Plus, a red Nunchuk controller and works with most Wii accessories.
In other words, the Wii remote allows users to get up, move around the room and become part of the game.
The feature that sets the Wii apart from both its competitors and its ancestors is the Wii remote, the device's control pad.
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Plug in the Wii-style sensor bar, dust off your old Wii Remote or Balance Board and you'll find everything syncs and works just as it did before.
Initially, development focused on a "Wii Zapper" with a small screen and a gyroscope connected to a Wii remote and nunchuk, feeding movement data to the display.
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The first mass-consumer use of motion sensing came twelve years later in 2006, and was entirely for fun and games, in the Wii remote controller from Nintendo.
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The system should work with most accessories and games according to Nintendo, and comes with a Wii Remote Plus controller and nun-chuck, all in that decidedly sexy cherry red.
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"Luigi's Ghost Mansion: Haunting Hijinks" takes that idea and cleverly inverts it: The GamePad player becomes the pursuer a ghost trying to sneak up on Wii Remote players who carry ghost-detecting flashlights.
Nintendo's motion controls have been criticized by many gamers for their lack of accuracy something Nintendo has tried to address by selling a MotionPlus gadget that enhances the Wii Remote's sensing capabilities.
The controller allows two people playing the same game to have different experiences depending on whether they use the GamePad or a traditional Wii remote, which itself was revolutionary when it came out because of its motion-control features.
It allows two people playing the same game to have entirely different experiences depending on whether they use the GamePad or a traditional Wii remote, which itself was revolutionary when it came out because of its motion-control features.
And while it might cede some ground to Nintendo and Sony by leaving behind physical buttons on the second screen, that tradeoff is one that has been successful for the company in pitching Kinect versus the Wii Remote and Sony's Move controller.
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Rather than futzing with several remote controls to turn on your television and game console, the Wii U's built-in universal remote functionality -- which functions whether or not the Wii U itself is powered on -- streamlines everything down to just the game controller.
Other uses (which appear a little more conceptual) see Woven as a workout companion, TV remote, Wii controller, social network alerter or simply a fashion accessory.
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The Wii console is the size of a remote control, and seniors swing it in front of a computerized image of a bowling alley or tennis court.
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The Wii controller's resemblance to a TV remote sure hasn't been lost on us -- hence the affectionate "Wiimote" moniker that most people have assigned to the unique little controller -- but it doesn't look like it's been lost on Nintendo either.
The company on Monday also highlighted its Wii video game system, which lets players move remote controllers through the air to control games.
Two-dimensional tracking would be managed via the existing Move's visual spectrum camera, or by using a display-mounted IR emitter in conjunction with a remote mounted sensor (again, just like the Wii controller).
Looks like Nintendo didn't want to wait for its proper E3 press conference to spill some Wii U details early -- it just used its preview event to show the finished version of the Wii U controller, called the Gamepad, as well as a TV remote app.
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Erickson Retirement Communities discovered that Wii games were fun and good exercise for seniors in its retirement homes, because swinging the remote simulates motions people use when playing for real.
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