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Black Wiimote Saves You $US10 On Wii MotionPlus
2:31AM Mark Wilson | Available November 16th, the black Wiimote will run you $US50. But, surprise, that includes the $US20 Wii MotionPlus peripheral! So the package is neither particularly cheap nor particularly expensive, but it’ll hide stains better than the white Wiimote. [Kotaku]
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Wii Nunchuk Hacked for 3D Animation
7:00AM Mark Wilson | We’ve seem more than our fair share of fascinating Wiimote mods, but few involve the Wiimote’s faithful, platonic sidekick, the Nunchuk. So one modder took the Nunchuk, hooked it up to his computer, converted the MIDI signal and piped the information into 3D Studio Max. The result is realtime, 3D motion capture of a quasi-phallic CG object. And when it’s all said and done, who can really ask for anything more than that? [via Hack-a-Day] More »
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Nintendo Suing Nyko Over Wireless Nunchuk
4:50AM Mark Wilson | Hey Nyko! Don’t know know that no one but Nintendo is allowed to make money on the Wii? And according to them, you’ve violated their patents on the nunchuk. It doesn’t matter that you made a (superior) wireless version of their US$20 peripheral. They claim that the Kama Wireless Nunchuk “wholly appropriates the novel shape, design, overall appearance and even the colour and materials used in the Nintendo Nunchuk controller.” You, of course, heartily disagree. [Bloomberg via Kotaku] More »
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Lightning Review: Nyko Kama Wireless Nunchuk
1:00AM Jason Chen | The Gadget: Nyko’s Kama, a Wireless Nunchuck for your Wii that syncs up with an included dongle on your Wiimote. More »
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Nyko’s Kama Wireless Nunchuk On Sale in Limited Quantities Now
11:00AM Jason Chen | Nyko’s Kama wireless Wii Nunchuk (no, not the adapter) is going on sale now, online, before the official retail launch in May. If you buy now, you’ll have a chance to get one of the limited edition grey, black, pink or gold units that sync wirelessly to your Wiimote adaptor. The limited edition won’t be available in stores, hence the limited part, so if you want a coloured one you’ll have to act fast. [Nyko] More »
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