Microsoft is planning to launch a motion-sensing controller for the Xbox 360 in a bid to rival the Nintendo Wii's acclaimed Wii Remote device, claims MTV News.

Now you can sit back and mow your lawn with a Wii remote controller. Researchers in Denmark call it the Casmobot. It's pretty basic: Tilt the remote forward, the mower drives forward.

Nintendo, meanwhile, is touting a new accessory called Wii Motion Plus, a plug-in for the Wii Remote controller that enhances the accuracy and precision of the controller.

While the Wii Remote wasn't the first motion-powered game controller in history, it was the first to be used as a console's primary form of input, pointing at the screen with its sensor and ...

As the TV remote functionality is tied to the Wii U controller's hardware itself, it can be used at any time (mid-game, in the Wii U menu, when the console's powered off, etc. -- think of it as a ...

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DENVER (CN) – Nintendo’s Wii game remote controller has a defective wrist strap that lets the thing fly out of the users’ hands while they simulate tennis, nunchucks or similar actions, and then it ...

The previously unrevealed remote controller, which sold at Yahoo Auctions for 74,000 yen (approximately $663 USD) on Thursday, looks incredibly similar to what eventually launched for the Wii.

Wii MotionPlus will likely make the Wiimote much better. Nintendo The MotionPlus, a $20 accessory designed to improve motion detection for the Nintendo Wii remote control, will easily sell 10 ...

You'll be able to control your Pikmin using either the GamePad or Wii Remote controller as you set them to various tasks such as breaking down barriers, harvesting food and taking out enemies.

When the Wii Remote is picked up and manipulated, it provides a quick element of interaction, sensing motion, depth, and positioning dictated by the acceleration of the controller itself.

The Wii Remote MotionPlus was an adapter that later became its own controller. The MotionPlus added was 1:1 tracking to the Wii Remote, making tracking more smooth and consistent.