Wii Remote
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| Wii Remote | |
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| Creator | Nintendo |
| System | Nintendo Wii |
| Supported games | All Nintendo Wii games |
| Release date | November 19, 2006 (NA) |
| Inputs | Directional pad Home Button + Button - Button A Button B Button 1 Button 2 Button Speaker |
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On September 15, 2005, during the Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo finally revealed their offbeat controller, which was promised to play games in a whole new way. It is shaped like a remote control, with a D-Pad and large A-button on the top. On the bottom (where the player's fingers would naturally rest) is a B button, that will act like a trigger button. At E3 2006 Nintendo showed these slight variations to the controller. The "b" and "a" buttons are now "1" and "2", respectively. "Start" and "Select" have changed to "+" and "-". One of the biggest changes, however, is the inclusion of an internal speaker in the microphone, allowing for "depth of sound", and presumably the "+" and "-" buttons will change the speaker's volume. The "home" button, probably for Wii menu accessing, also now looks like a house. The controller also has a port at the bottom allowing for first- and third-party peripherals to be plugged in, including the new classic controller, featured below. There's also a Nunchuk device, featured to the right (sleek device attached to the controller) which will be used for a variety of games.
In addition to these features, the Wii controller also has a power button (like the Xbox jewel,) built in rumble features (of course) and, most surprisingly, the ability to transmit it's exact location back to the Wii system. This feature functions like a 3-Dimensional mouse, allowing the game to respond to any and all movement of the controller. You can slash it like a sword to slash in a game, or swing it to simulate hitting a ball with a tennis racket, or twist it slightly to turn in a racing game. The whole thing is held with one hand.
For more traditional control, the controller can be turned 90 degrees so that players hold it sideways, turning it into an NES-like controller, which would have the 1 and 2 buttons function as the A and B buttons. This is to help play downloadable NES ports. There is also a "classic controller" that can be attached to the Wii remote, which features a shape like the SNES controller, but with two analog sticks at the bottom like Playstation's Dual Shock.
