Editor's note: Erik argues that the Wii Remote's less-than-1:1 accuracy is the reason for its mainstream success, and a necessary stepping stone on the way to Sony's Move and Microsoft's Natal.

Ever since Jonathan first laid his eyes on level 1-1 in Super Mario Bros., he has been hooked on all things video games. A self-proclaimed Nintendo nerd, Jonathan has owned every single Nintendo ...

Leaked internal emails from Nintendo have been published showing mockup images of the controller for the original Wii. Kotaku earlier reported on the leak. The emails are from around 2005, the year ...

The Nintendo "gigaleak" from 2020 is apparently the gift that keeps on giving, and now early prototypes and renders for the Wii Remote have emerged online. The designs were tweeted by game developer ...

Nintendo has won a legal battle with Nacon over Wii Remote patent infringement, 15 years after the lawsuit was filed. Back in 2010, Nintendo filed a lawsuit in Germany against BigBen Interactive ...

Nintendo claims to have sold over 65.3 million Wii Remotes in the US to date - 30.41 million of which were bundled with Wii consoles. The results, originating from NPD figures, estimate that 46,000 ...

The Wii Remote MotionPlus was an adapter that later became its own controller. A Wii Remote with the Motion+ included inside the remote, taking away the need for an accesory. Note: Wii MotionPlus and ...

Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble is a Game Boy Color game that had an accelerometer built into its cartridge. This allowed players to ...