Wii MotionPlus was basically Nintendo saying "we screwed up, we should've put a gyroscope on this thing, please accept this retroactive solution" and that will always be amusing to me
Afaik, it's just higher resolution. Mario Kart Wii can be played without MotionPlus, but still by tilting the Wiimote. That's probably also a gyroscope.
@@seifenspender It's actually not! Tilt functionality in Wiimotes relies on the accelerometer. It's placed slightly offcenter from the Wiimote itself, so when the accelerometer moves up or down, it knows it's being tilted.
@@SakuraAvalontrue, can't think of a lot of consumer electronic devices that would've used a gyro sensor before 2006. In that next three year period, smartphones exploded into popularity and even the cheap models I'm looking up from that period had them. I imagine them being produced on that scale also helped make them cheaper for Nintendo.
@@CaptainOblivious23 Yeah, I figure the prices coming down was what motivated them. Nintendo isn't usually willing to sell at a loss, so they will cut back accordingly.
I bought a used motion plus to play with my used copy of Skyward Sword. Never knew the jacket was "required" since I never had the jacket to start with. 😅
I think the packaging and presentation of the Wii was REALLY good. I never forgot how cool it felt to see the clear plastic on the wiimote’s ‘A’ button for the first time. And the boxes for accessories all had this super clean grey-on-white look- just seemed so futuristic and professional.
the wii is by far one of the best designed consoles visually. everything official from nintendo is just so high quality for a system that was frankly quite cheap. even the black models still look great, not something i can say about the fat ps3 and 360 elite. about 90% of the reason why i like the wii u at all honestly, nintendo evolved that design beautifully
Ironically enough my siblings and I fought over who could get the “longer” controller because we thought it made your controller better, even in games that didn’t require it like new soup
I thought I was crazy for a sec after seeing this comment because I could’ve sworn mine had the clear button and then I looked it up and it turns out the opaque button ones only came out late in the Wii U’s life
Wii Remote Plus‘ that were sold before the Wii U‘s launch still had the transparent A button like normal Wii remotes. During the Wii U‘s lifespan, Nintendo made the A button non-transparent on new Wii remotes that came in Wii U branded packages (those Mario, Luigi, Peach and Yoshi-themed Wii remotes have nob-transparent A buttons as well for example) My guess is that Nintendo wanted the Wii remote to be more consistent with the Wii U Pro Controller and Wii U Gamepad which had no transparent buttons (opposed to the Classic Controller for Wii which had transparent buttons)
3:42 Regarding why the extension connector on the Wii MotionPlus has a cover: it's so if you connect a Nunchuk or Classic Controller to it, you can secure the controller's plug by sliding the cover's cord through the plug's connector hook. On a standard Wii Remote, the wrist strap's cord served this same purpose.
As a kid i learned about wii motion plus because in the rabits threw time game, there is an entire world that is just "wii motion plus is required to play this world" and then you just skip it.
3:45 The original Wii remote condom had an accessory port cover, hence the cover still being present with the accessory but not on the condom made for the remote and the accessory!
My parents got me the motion plus attachment without any game that needed it, despite outlining in my birthday want list not bothering to get it for me without Zelda. Same thing a few years before with the steering wheel without any racing game. Classic example of the older generation not understanding newer tech.
I think the reason why the Wii version of Skyward Sword had more intuitive and better motion controls is because the cursor and sword would recenter itself every time you pointed at the screen because of the IR camera and sensor bar, whereas the switch doesn't have that in the same way, and they have you recenter it manually
@@CadeMan101 weirdly the wii version only used the ir sensor to calibrate in the beginning. otherwise it would center wherever you put it. kinda nice for comfort ngl i wonder if the gyro calibration on startup is why it’s better
@@traviscunningham7062 As far as Skyward Sword goes, the Switch version is generally better than the Wii version, the only issues being the need to frequently recenter the cursor/sword and, depending on your preference, how small and unshapely the joy-cons are.
My first experience with this thing WAS that golf game, and here’s why Wii motion plus made it possible to play disc golf in tiger woods pga tour 10, they had a few disc golf course built in but then you could play on any of the real world golf courses with frisbees. Untouchable game design
I remember getting Skyward Sword for my birthday as a kid… I quickly found out it required Wii motion plus, which I didn’t have. Had to wait a couple days to play this game I was waiting months for.
@@ryanschwartz4959The wii remote bundle was a different sku. I got the game the year it came out and only got the soundtrack. There was no gold wii mote.
@@ryanschwartz4959 no. I just got the game disk in the usual white Wii game cases. I still have it to this day. Again, I didn’t get the gold box with the Wii motion plus included
holding a Wii remote in my hand always makes me feel so happy :] so many good memories with the wii. @6:22 the original wii remote has the clear "A" button that looked like a jewel or crystal. it gave the porcelain white wii remote a very beautiful look that i just love 😍
Skyward Sword really was the technical showcase for everything Wii Motion Plus. As a game, it utilized pretty much every feature of the wii remote, and pretty damn well at that. As a zelda game...
Dawg, Skyward had better characters, music, and dungeons than BOTW or TOTK could ever dream of. Yes, Groose is better than every single character in those games.
@@batmanbud2 yeah I agree, plus the gameplay is arguably the most creative f any Zelda because of the motion controls. Only thing is that it lost the sense of exploration previous games had
@@batmanbud2I disagree about the music - yes, it's true BOTW/TOTK have more ambient tracks than SS, but the ones that hit are some of my favorite songs in the entire series
Skyward Sword is literally the most Zelda game to have ever Zelda game-ed. I played it way late but I feel like that game ended up on people's bad side by pure chance because A) people were sick of the formula and now people are practically BEGGING for it back, and B) the mere presence of motion controls. I'm not saying the constant pop-ups and Fi interruptions weren't a factor, because they are, but the narrative that it's "one of the worst Zelda games" feels like it came from the Backwards Dimension.
Dam you’re making me even more excited to play Skyward Sword! I have my copy on Wii but I need to get a Wii Remote Plus. Also I prefer Skyward Sword over BOTW and TOTK.
I think the reason why it fell flat was because there was only a select few scenarios that you actually needed it. Most of the time, the high precision ir tracking is enough, and it's really only when you need low latency (direct motion input vs tracking ir over time and deriving motion) or to track the angle of the wiimote about its long axis that it becomes relevant. Basically swords and tennis. Also, just a theory, but I have no doubt Nintendo incentivized games to include wiimotion support.
Before the motion plus for games like mario kart there was a way to fake a gyro the controllers have acellerometers but if you are holding the controllers "static" it still has acelleration againts the gravity so they kinda used the gravity as a gyro pointer. It has problems if you move the controller too much it loses acuracy but in many cases the diference is barely noticeable
That tiger woods game had a disc golf portion. So the motion plus really helped with that being more precise. It was super fun. I play it ever couple years haha.
Red Steel 2 is one of the best games on the Wii, IMO, and it's sad that it never really got the recognition that it deserved. That game is such a blast, and I love going back to it once in a while to just do some crazy gun slinging + katana action.
It is a shame we didn't get more sword fighting games on Switch after the Wii Motion Plus was added. Swordplay was my favorite mode in Wii Sports Resort, the combat in Skyward Sword was awesome and personally my favorite in the series (BOTW and TOTK were amazing when thinking outside of the box, but I always though enemies dealt an unfair amount of damage), and Red Steel 2 in on my video game bucket list.
Small thing, but I’ll always be grateful to my Dad for buying me a Wiimotion Plus and Skyward Sword. That was a great experience to have one to one motion control and a fun way to spend my weekends. Still love it.
The adapter probably has a cover on the port because they expect you to take it off and set it on a shelf, and the cover would help prevent dust buildup. The Wii remote didn’t really need one because it probably wouldn’t sit somewhere as long as the adapter.
Since my wii came with a wiimote plus, i never even thought about that stuff until way later. Props for them to just make wiimotes that the average consumer could just use to play games, the existence of the video is proof enough they were worried that plugging in an adapter was too much for the wiis casual audience, which is probably a fair concern given my experience with tech support.
The lock makes sense if you factor in the nunchuks. By itself, the wii motion plus wont fly out, but a good yank on a nunchuk cord will. Better to have a lock than to have to have to recalibrate all the time. Instead you only have to recalibrate most of the time.
I always felt like a daredevil not using the weird condom thing you were supposed to wrap the wiimote in, and sometimes not even the strap, oh what a rebel I was!
I remember being so excited getting Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword as a kid and being so upset when the game told me to piss off because I didn’t have a Wii Motion Plus. I think it took me a month total to find out what it was, beg my mom to order one, and then finally receive it.
As said in the video, most games were just not using the additional sensor data, because the other inputs were enough. Also sad younever played sports resort, thats sich a fun game to play with family
One of my motion plus accessories broke in the snapping mechanism so we had to smartly use a rubber band vertically around the controller to make it register 😂
❗️My Timestamps: 10:21 I quite liked both the 'Red Steel' games and wish they would become a remaster/port on Switch. The sword fighting technique/pattern was easier on RS2 but I preferred the guns on RS1.
Red Steel 2 worked really good with this, it is a good fun game and so much better than the 1st one. Really underrated at this point and maybe also lost to time...
The Wii MotionPlus instructional video was more necessary than you'd think. My sister didn't understand the concept of putting the wrist strap through the hole, so she just ripped the hole to the edge of the jacket.
I remember getting this to play Skyward Sword and basically nothing else lol. One of four people that seems to have beat the game on Wii and not later on Switch
I wish the right joycon had the ir sensor on the top instead of the bottom and then I wish there was a sensor bar included with the switch, that way you could have traditional controls or wij style controls that actually work well
@@Shadowflare10 right?! Makes zero sense. The switch itself could have a tiny IR sensor on top even and you could calibrate it to TV center when you start playing a game. Now, I have played the HELL out of Nintendo Switch Sports, but what we’re talking about is why it is missing the literal only important sport for a game like that: tennis.
The Conduit 2 supported motion plus (but i dont think it required it). So when you accidentally pointed off screen, it switched to gyro aiming to keep you in control until you were pointing at the sensor again. Other and older FPS games would leave the cursor off screen and continue spinning you around lol
No mention of Grand Slam Tennis Wii? The difference in controls was readily apparent with it. Pikmin 3 is a good example. It felt exactly like IR pointing with the advantage of the controls retaining a sense of orientation even if going outside the IR boundary.
The reason it has a cover for the nunchuk port is because the strap on the wiimote will not reach to connect with the nunchuk plug. You're supposed to attach the thin string part of the strap to a little hook on the nunchuk connector to prevent it from coming out and hitting someone in the face while violently shaking around your controllers. I can't imagine anyone ever did that more than once though
See, I didn't buy a Wii until 2010 as a gift to myself for Christmas and the Wii Motion Plus controller came standard. I was surprised to learn much later that there was a time when Wii Motion Plus _wasn't_ a thing.
I've got a couple of cool 3rd party wii remotes like the Lego one and the one from Tron and none of those have the Wii motion plus, so I had to pick some up so I could use them with wii sports resort
As much as I love the Motion Plus, it was very frustrating that I couldn't play some games with my friend because we didn't have enough Wii Motion Plus Inside controllers.
6:22 this was exactly the moment i noticed the wii remote plus has an opaque a button instead of the translucent bubble one on the original. i therefore reject wii remote plus supremacy. all hail translucent bubbly a button
Wii MotionPlus was basically Nintendo saying "we screwed up, we should've put a gyroscope on this thing, please accept this retroactive solution" and that will always be amusing to me
Afaik, it's just higher resolution.
Mario Kart Wii can be played without MotionPlus, but still by tilting the Wiimote. That's probably also a gyroscope.
@@seifenspender It's actually not! Tilt functionality in Wiimotes relies on the accelerometer. It's placed slightly offcenter from the Wiimote itself, so when the accelerometer moves up or down, it knows it's being tilted.
Either that, or a cost saving measure.
@@SakuraAvalontrue, can't think of a lot of consumer electronic devices that would've used a gyro sensor before 2006. In that next three year period, smartphones exploded into popularity and even the cheap models I'm looking up from that period had them. I imagine them being produced on that scale also helped make them cheaper for Nintendo.
@@CaptainOblivious23 Yeah, I figure the prices coming down was what motivated them.
Nintendo isn't usually willing to sell at a loss, so they will cut back accordingly.
"Not sure why there is a lock to keep it in place"
Bowling, the answer is bowling
Little Timmy lost an eye last year due to a wii motion plus falling out after shaking the wii mote
More like kids tripping on the nunchuck cord
I figure if your arms are too long it would be easy to rip the nunchuck out of the bottom without the lock
And kids fighting over the controller
Fr is he stupid?
One warning in the Wii MotionPlus manual states “Do not remove the Wii MotionPlus accessory from the jacket.” I see Scott already broke that rule.
I’m calling the cops on Scott
Honestly got way, way, way more use out of the jacket than the motion plus itself. Used that thing any and every opportunity.
Next he’s gonna start removing tags from mattresses. This is the start of his anarchy phase.
I bought a used motion plus to play with my used copy of Skyward Sword. Never knew the jacket was "required" since I never had the jacket to start with. 😅
@@TheJankoidbros unintentionally living life on the edge
I think the packaging and presentation of the Wii was REALLY good. I never forgot how cool it felt to see the clear plastic on the wiimote’s ‘A’ button for the first time. And the boxes for accessories all had this super clean grey-on-white look- just seemed so futuristic and professional.
the wii is by far one of the best designed consoles visually. everything official from nintendo is just so high quality for a system that was frankly quite cheap. even the black models still look great, not something i can say about the fat ps3 and 360 elite. about 90% of the reason why i like the wii u at all honestly, nintendo evolved that design beautifully
@@genderender at least the money they spent on GameCube R&D shined here lol
This is why the Wii is my favorite console. It’s cheap and accessible to people who never played video games.
I blame the Wii for the sheer amount of “simplified” designs going around these days lmao
@@ToasterJam uh, it’s clearly people copying apple
Ironically enough my siblings and I fought over who could get the “longer” controller because we thought it made your controller better, even in games that didn’t require it like new soup
I feel like it's ergonomically better.
Long Wiimote > MotionPlus inside.
I did that and I feel dumb because all it did was drain my battery faster
wtf is new soup
@@comicsansdog464New Super Mario Bros Wii
ironically the long remote is worse for sideways controls since it's harder to hit 1 and 2
This video just made me realize that the Wii Remote Plus has a different A button compared to the original Wii Remote
I thought I was crazy for a sec after seeing this comment because I could’ve sworn mine had the clear button and then I looked it up and it turns out the opaque button ones only came out late in the Wii U’s life
My *wii motion plus inside* wii remote has the translucid A button (its from the mario kart wii bundle)
Wii Remote Plus‘ that were sold before the Wii U‘s launch still had the transparent A button like normal Wii remotes. During the Wii U‘s lifespan, Nintendo made the A button non-transparent on new Wii remotes that came in Wii U branded packages (those Mario, Luigi, Peach and Yoshi-themed Wii remotes have nob-transparent A buttons as well for example)
My guess is that Nintendo wanted the Wii remote to be more consistent with the Wii U Pro Controller and Wii U Gamepad which had no transparent buttons (opposed to the Classic Controller for Wii which had transparent buttons)
I like how right after the Nintendo instructional video shows you how to put it on you do it completely different lol
I find the clear one to be more aesthetically pleasing
These videos make me so Wiimotional
3:42
Regarding why the extension connector on the Wii MotionPlus has a cover: it's so if you connect a Nunchuk or Classic Controller to it, you can secure the controller's plug by sliding the cover's cord through the plug's connector hook. On a standard Wii Remote, the wrist strap's cord served this same purpose.
Ah yes, The Accessory that quickly got phased out because they made Motion Plus Standard in Wii Remotes afterwards 🤣
props to wii motion for giving me the ability to play wii play motion
I like how I get bored watching my 3 minute demonstration videos for college at 2 times speed, but I can sit through this no problem.
this is clearly more important
i am diagnosing you with attention deficit disorder
Knowleg
@@mr_bear6362 ideed
And this, kids, is why they made the Toad Wii Remote with Wii Motion Plus inside.
Toad Wii Remote Plus*
Nerd @@feni_1553
Poofesure?
this is the first time i’ve seen flingsmash gameplay
most of the gameplay is from flinging the physical copy anyways
you missed out brah. That game was fire
They finally changed up the Mario Kart formula!
Finally, a Wii accessory that turns Wii remote waggle into ADVANCED™waggle.
Yeah basically and secondly, how did you get the TM? What is the keyboard command for it?
@@LampHatScott on mobile its just in the emoji section, so could just be that
As a kid i learned about wii motion plus because in the rabits threw time game, there is an entire world that is just "wii motion plus is required to play this world" and then you just skip it.
3:45 The original Wii remote condom had an accessory port cover, hence the cover still being present with the accessory but not on the condom made for the remote and the accessory!
My parents got me the motion plus attachment without any game that needed it, despite outlining in my birthday want list not bothering to get it for me without Zelda. Same thing a few years before with the steering wheel without any racing game. Classic example of the older generation not understanding newer tech.
bruuhhh 😂😂😂😂😂
0:53 dot fuck em up
0:53 Imma do my stuff
I think the reason why the Wii version of Skyward Sword had more intuitive and better motion controls is because the cursor and sword would recenter itself every time you pointed at the screen because of the IR camera and sensor bar, whereas the switch doesn't have that in the same way, and they have you recenter it manually
@@CadeMan101 weirdly the wii version only used the ir sensor to calibrate in the beginning. otherwise it would center wherever you put it. kinda nice for comfort ngl
i wonder if the gyro calibration on startup is why it’s better
Same goes with the Switch version of Mario Galaxy?
@@traviscunningham7062 yup, sadly.
Well, this makes me even more grateful that I have brought a Wii.
@@traviscunningham7062 As far as Skyward Sword goes, the Switch version is generally better than the Wii version, the only issues being the need to frequently recenter the cursor/sword and, depending on your preference, how small and unshapely the joy-cons are.
Wii Motion Plus makes NSMBW a schizophrenic exercise in frustration, due to how sensitive it makes the spin jump mechanic.
You mean the wii remote plus or the adapter? Wiimote should be the same
@@namesurname4666yes
My first experience with this thing WAS that golf game, and here’s why
Wii motion plus made it possible to play disc golf in tiger woods pga tour 10, they had a few disc golf course built in but then you could play on any of the real world golf courses with frisbees. Untouchable game design
Wii motion plus be like "I'm a tumour I'm a tumour, I'm a tumour I'm a tumour I'm a tumour"
“IT’S NOT A TÜMOR!!!”
A tumour that's easy to remove!
Unironic family guy fan detected
@@Shilobotomized right freaking at you bro
I remember getting Skyward Sword for my birthday as a kid… I quickly found out it required Wii motion plus, which I didn’t have. Had to wait a couple days to play this game I was waiting months for.
I take it you got a pre-owned copy? 'Cause I remember my copy coming with a gold, Zelda-themed Wii Remote Plus controller
@@ryanschwartz4959The wii remote bundle was a different sku. I got the game the year it came out and only got the soundtrack. There was no gold wii mote.
@@ryanschwartz4959 no. I just got the game disk in the usual white Wii game cases. I still have it to this day. Again, I didn’t get the gold box with the Wii motion plus included
@@ryanschwartz4959Brand new Nintendo Selects copies didn't have it either.
I still to this day think Red Steel 2 used the Motion Plus and Motion controls better than any game on the Wii.
It's definitely my favorite of the games on this list
holding a Wii remote in my hand always makes me feel so happy :] so many good memories with the wii. @6:22 the original wii remote has the clear "A" button that looked like a jewel or crystal. it gave the porcelain white wii remote a very beautiful look that i just love 😍
Each day we get closer to the L trigger video
Honestly worth it just for Red Steel 2. To me, that is the ultimate redemption story in video games.
"the wii remote is the most popular thing to insert in things" oh buddy
Skyward Sword really was the technical showcase for everything Wii Motion Plus. As a game, it utilized pretty much every feature of the wii remote, and pretty damn well at that. As a zelda game...
Dawg, Skyward had better characters, music, and dungeons than BOTW or TOTK could ever dream of. Yes, Groose is better than every single character in those games.
@@batmanbud2 yeah I agree, plus the gameplay is arguably the most creative f any Zelda because of the motion controls. Only thing is that it lost the sense of exploration previous games had
@@batmanbud2I disagree about the music - yes, it's true BOTW/TOTK have more ambient tracks than SS, but the ones that hit are some of my favorite songs in the entire series
Skyward Sword is literally the most Zelda game to have ever Zelda game-ed. I played it way late but I feel like that game ended up on people's bad side by pure chance because A) people were sick of the formula and now people are practically BEGGING for it back, and B) the mere presence of motion controls. I'm not saying the constant pop-ups and Fi interruptions weren't a factor, because they are, but the narrative that it's "one of the worst Zelda games" feels like it came from the Backwards Dimension.
Dam you’re making me even more excited to play Skyward Sword! I have my copy on Wii but I need to get a Wii Remote Plus. Also I prefer Skyward Sword over BOTW and TOTK.
Even when the upgraded remote came out, I still kinda loved plugging in that little duplo to the regular one. Made it look special in the lamest way.
I think the reason why it fell flat was because there was only a select few scenarios that you actually needed it. Most of the time, the high precision ir tracking is enough, and it's really only when you need low latency (direct motion input vs tracking ir over time and deriving motion) or to track the angle of the wiimote about its long axis that it becomes relevant. Basically swords and tennis. Also, just a theory, but I have no doubt Nintendo incentivized games to include wiimotion support.
Before the motion plus for games like mario kart there was a way to fake a gyro the controllers have acellerometers but if you are holding the controllers "static" it still has acelleration againts the gravity so they kinda used the gravity as a gyro pointer. It has problems if you move the controller too much it loses acuracy but in many cases the diference is barely noticeable
That tiger woods game had a disc golf portion. So the motion plus really helped with that being more precise. It was super fun. I play it ever couple years haha.
connect the nunchuuuuk to the - to the wii motion pluuuus
Red Steel 2 is one of the best games on the Wii, IMO, and it's sad that it never really got the recognition that it deserved. That game is such a blast, and I love going back to it once in a while to just do some crazy gun slinging + katana action.
It is a shame we didn't get more sword fighting games on Switch after the Wii Motion Plus was added. Swordplay was my favorite mode in Wii Sports Resort, the combat in Skyward Sword was awesome and personally my favorite in the series (BOTW and TOTK were amazing when thinking outside of the box, but I always though enemies dealt an unfair amount of damage), and Red Steel 2 in on my video game bucket list.
We need a compilation of all the times Scott told the "Preordering Wii Sports Resort" story
hearing fling smash music and featuring fling smash itself makes me happy in this video
“Place the wii remote on a flat surface and keep it still.” Luv u motion+
Small thing, but I’ll always be grateful to my Dad for buying me a Wiimotion Plus and Skyward Sword. That was a great experience to have one to one motion control and a fun way to spend my weekends. Still love it.
I saved every single penny to buy skyward sword on launch day just to get home and be greeted by "pls connect Wii motion plus"
My heart was devastated
that is the most tasteful circle in thumbnail ive ever seen.
cant wait for this style of video on labo in 4 years then the joycon in 10 years
Honestly if you had told me Scott already made a "Labo Retrospective" video I'd probably have believed you.
Scott please do the thug shake
W comment
I'll play with my Wiimote while i watch
Keep this comment on CarterPCs
@@lotussayshi I meant isn’t Scott kindaaaa similar to him
No
"the Wii remote is the most popular thing to insert into things" - Mr. Woz
3:17 listen to this with your eyes closed 💀
Yo why does my junk have a lock switch 🤣
You have a dirty mind
I don’t think we’re virgins and virgettes anymore after that 💀
It's almost like that was the joke...
The adapter probably has a cover on the port because they expect you to take it off and set it on a shelf, and the cover would help prevent dust buildup. The Wii remote didn’t really need one because it probably wouldn’t sit somewhere as long as the adapter.
Because apparently the Wii’s motion control wasn’t perfected enough.
Since my wii came with a wiimote plus, i never even thought about that stuff until way later. Props for them to just make wiimotes that the average consumer could just use to play games, the existence of the video is proof enough they were worried that plugging in an adapter was too much for the wiis casual audience, which is probably a fair concern given my experience with tech support.
Yea, they needed to launch the console with it. Most devs ignored it to cover the bigger audience, so it wasn't a requirement in most cases.
The lock makes sense if you factor in the nunchuks. By itself, the wii motion plus wont fly out, but a good yank on a nunchuk cord will. Better to have a lock than to have to have to recalibrate all the time. Instead you only have to recalibrate most of the time.
I've never seen a white Wiimote with a solid white A button, and I'm not sure if I like it.
I always felt like a daredevil not using the weird condom thing you were supposed to wrap the wiimote in, and sometimes not even the strap, oh what a rebel I was!
I remember being so excited getting Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword as a kid and being so upset when the game told me to piss off because I didn’t have a Wii Motion Plus. I think it took me a month total to find out what it was, beg my mom to order one, and then finally receive it.
I only learned the wii motion plus existed like 6 years ago, I played my wii all my childhood without it and never noticed any issue lol
As said in the video, most games were just not using the additional sensor data, because the other inputs were enough. Also sad younever played sports resort, thats sich a fun game to play with family
One of my motion plus accessories broke in the snapping mechanism so we had to smartly use a rubber band vertically around the controller to make it register 😂
❗️My Timestamps:
10:21 I quite liked both the 'Red Steel' games and wish they would become a remaster/port on Switch.
The sword fighting technique/pattern was easier on RS2 but I preferred the guns on RS1.
that was the most brutal Wii motion plus whack I’ve ever seen, keep it up scott
Used the sleeve for skyward sword and idk as a 12 year old the extra length made it feel more like a sword lol
i love toad wii remotes (w/ wii motion plus inside)
It looks slightly better than before!
This should have a whole 1 hour episode
Red Steel 2 worked really good with this, it is a good fun game and so much better than the 1st one. Really underrated at this point and maybe also lost to time...
The Wii MotionPlus instructional video was more necessary than you'd think. My sister didn't understand the concept of putting the wrist strap through the hole, so she just ripped the hole to the edge of the jacket.
Another video from my favorite video game history channel :D
I remember getting this to play Skyward Sword and basically nothing else lol. One of four people that seems to have beat the game on Wii and not later on Switch
As a motion control fan, I wish we still had “wand” style controllers as something that came with systems the same as traditional controllers.
I wish the right joycon had the ir sensor on the top instead of the bottom and then I wish there was a sensor bar included with the switch, that way you could have traditional controls or wij style controls that actually work well
@@Shadowflare10 right?! Makes zero sense. The switch itself could have a tiny IR sensor on top even and you could calibrate it to TV center when you start playing a game. Now, I have played the HELL out of Nintendo Switch Sports, but what we’re talking about is why it is missing the literal only important sport for a game like that: tennis.
@@Shadowflare10how would that work with r and zr
The Conduit 2 supported motion plus (but i dont think it required it). So when you accidentally pointed off screen, it switched to gyro aiming to keep you in control until you were pointing at the sensor again.
Other and older FPS games would leave the cursor off screen and continue spinning you around lol
It’s nice to see ANYONE talk about red steel 2. It’s probably my second favorite game that uses Wii motion+, with resort on top obviously.
No mention of Grand Slam Tennis Wii? The difference in controls was readily apparent with it.
Pikmin 3 is a good example. It felt exactly like IR pointing with the advantage of the controls retaining a sense of orientation even if going outside the IR boundary.
I just noticed that the Wii Remote Plus has an opaque A button. On the older Wii Remote, the A button is transparent. Weird.
I only noticed it from this but I’ve somehow got 2 remote plus with translucent buttons but 1 with opaque
@@matthew_storey I guess they manufactured opaque button Wii Remotes after the Wii U first started selling? Can anyone confirm this?
I wonder would happen if you used a Wii Remote + MotionPlus inside and a MotionPlus adapter connected to it? 🤔
The reason it has a cover for the nunchuk port is because the strap on the wiimote will not reach to connect with the nunchuk plug. You're supposed to attach the thin string part of the strap to a little hook on the nunchuk connector to prevent it from coming out and hitting someone in the face while violently shaking around your controllers. I can't imagine anyone ever did that more than once though
yeah the Gyroscope was more of a way to compensate for the IR Sensor de-calibrating than actually adding precision to the waggle
“The Wii remote is like the most popular thing to insert in things”
Red Steel 2 is forever my favorite Wii Motion Plus game on the Wii its soo epic
I love the seeing the wiii motion plus it’s cool
9:07 Scott managing to pronounce kanji better than "reginleiv" is funny to me
It's not about the size, it's about the Wii Play Motion in the ocean.
Scoot, stop shaking your Wiimote so much, you are making me blush.
What's funny is this video in and of itself could be seen as the Wii Motion Plus to the Wii Play Motion video's Wii Remote
Wait. What if you put a Wii Motion Plus Dongle into a WiiMote Motion Plus? Armageddon? Motion Plus Plus? Motion Motion Plus? WiiMote Emotion?
See, I didn't buy a Wii until 2010 as a gift to myself for Christmas and the Wii Motion Plus controller came standard. I was surprised to learn much later that there was a time when Wii Motion Plus _wasn't_ a thing.
I’m proud to have gotten my WiiMote+ controller via Flingsmash
can't wait for part 2 where he talks about flingsmash for 3 hours
"And PA PA PA, ya know?"
this is probably the most edited a Scott's Stash thumbnail gets.
Duude is wii play motion really a "more obscure" game? It was one of my favorites, the red controller was _my_ controller lol
What would happen if you plugged a Wii Motion Plus into a Wii Remote Plus?
Still waiting for the Wii Emotion Plus accessory that gives you therapy sessions
I've got a couple of cool 3rd party wii remotes like the Lego one and the one from Tron and none of those have the Wii motion plus, so I had to pick some up so I could use them with wii sports resort
Skyward sword was a huge hit for me as a teen.
I had no idea that the Wii remote plus even existed until now.
Ah yes, because sticking a charging block to the bottom of a Wii Remote is definitely revolutionary.
It made my sword more skyward.
it is the revolution after all
🎉🎉🎉Conduit mentioned🎉🎉🎉
I just finished the second wii u video and am desperately awaiting the finale
As much as I love the Motion Plus, it was very frustrating that I couldn't play some games with my friend because we didn't have enough Wii Motion Plus Inside controllers.
Wii Motion plus what?
I just noticed that the og wiimote had a clear A button & the wiimote+ was solid white!!
6:22 this was exactly the moment i noticed the wii remote plus has an opaque a button instead of the translucent bubble one on the original. i therefore reject wii remote plus supremacy. all hail translucent bubbly a button