It appears as if Nintendo is poised incorporate Wii MotionPlus tech into a fresh run of Wii remotes. At least, that's what we think the publisher will do after having seen a curious mention of a "Wii Remote Plus" pack-in with upcoming copies of FlingSmash.
Gamestop online's listing for FlingSmash is unassuming at first glance. There's no bluster about a new remote in written form. In fact, the game's listing only mentions that it will support the Wii MotionPlus dongle. However, the box art for the FlingSmash is making a big to-do about a "Wii Remote Plus," a remote that, by name alone, seems to confirm an on-board pairing of technologies. Â
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This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Not only is it a logical next step in the controller's evolution, but Nintendo has said before that it has considered packing in Wii MotionPlus within Wii remotes.
== TEASER ==FlingSmash is one of the few games that are compatible with the Wii MotionPlus, which adds rotational motion recognition on top of the standard Wii remote's capabilities. As a standalone product it'll run you around $25, plus the cost of a controller. So, from a consumer perspective, this is a good little bundle. Not only does it kill the need to go out and buy more Wii parts, but it also won't cost more than a standard Wii game ($49.99).
As Kotaku notes in its article about the discovery of the bundle (the find was via SlashGear), FlingSmash is being published by Nintendo and was pushed back from its summer release for some reason. A new controller pack-in seems as good of a reason for a delay as any we've heard before.
A Nintendo representative has since confirmed that the controller is real, however, the publisher doesn't yet have anything to add about it at this time.Â
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UPDATE: It appears as though the listing has been removed.
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