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| Nintendo Wii Controller (Wii) | 
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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
Buy Used: £22.97
New (30) from £23.78
Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 17
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Age: 3 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
MPN: rvl a cw
Model: Wii Remote
UPC: 045496890162
EAN: 0045496890018
ASIN: B000IMWK2G
Release Date: December 8, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 light and easy to use March 15, 2007
75 out of 77 found this review helpful
The Wii Remote Controller is shaped like a standard TV remove, and has motion sensing ability. You wave it around, and your on-screen character waves their wand!
This isn't an add-on controller - this is the actual, standard controller that most if not all games on the Nintendo Wii use as their primary control unit. There is also a "nunchuck" that can be used in your off hand, but many games don't use the nunchuck.
The aim of the Wii was to make gaming as simple and intuitive as possible for the casual non gamer. Pretty much every person with a TV is comfortable using a TV remote. You point, you click. The Wii Remote Controller works in the same fashion. The motion sensors know what you are doing with the remote. If you're playing a baseball game, you swing at the ball. If you're playing a bowling game, you bring your arm back and swing it forward. Everything "makes sense". A sword swing? A light saber battle? Just move your arm and the character does the same thing.
There are only two buttons that really matter. There's an A button on the front that you push for most operations. There's also a trigger underneath that is the B button. Depending on the game, they will have you use one or the other button. There are also a few other buttons for more complex gaming. There's a D-pad. A "home" button lets you go instantly back to the main Wii menu if you're tired of playing. There's a plus and minus button, a 1 and 2 button. There's even a power button. You don't have to walk over to your Wii any more to turn it on or off. Just hit the power button on the remote and you're all set.
The remote runs on two AA batteries, so there's no USB plugging in or charging up, as with the other systems' remotes. You do get a wrist strap, though, so the Wii remote doesn't fly out of your hands while you're doing a super powerful golf swing.
There's even a speaker in the remote! This is great if you're playing a game against another player. Say I'm boxing my boyfriend and I am the winner. *My* remote says that I triumphed, to me. Neat!
I definitely love the Wii remote controller. It's light, it's super easy to use, it's intuitive and I can just pop batteries into it when it runs out, instead of having to wait for a recharge. Highly recommended. Just note that if you want to play a game that needs a nunchuck as well, that you have to buy that separately.
Opens up video games to all January 14, 2007
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
The Wii controller is the best thing to happen to video games in years.
My mum had trouble at first but she is a 68 year old hardcore gamer and was looking for more buttons.
So if you are an old school gamer it might annoy you but everyone else will have a big grin on their face.
Despite what another review has said the sensor bar is irrelevant in boxing and driving games they work on the motion sensors alone. I have controlled both of these from another room where I can't even see the telly and I have controlled the pointer by pointing the Wimote at a spotlight.
If you have a Wii and want to play against a friend, you need one of these January 9, 2007
35 out of 38 found this review helpful
This is a "must have" for the Wii owner who wants to play against friends / neighbours / family etc. You will need a nunchuck as well if you want to play boxing (Wii Sports) etc. If you are buying a Wii now, you might as well get the controller now as well - you will end up being frustrated waiting for it to arrive seperately otherwise!
Not perfect, but oh so good January 7, 2007
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
I'm not going to go into detail about the Wii or the games, because thats not what this is about. The controller is simply what makes the Nintento Wii the console that it is. The motion sensitive controls have proved popular even with my grandma who found it perfectly easy to use and ended up bowling a couple of strikes.
For the most part this controller works excellently, however, If there are alot of 2.4ghz wireless connections around you the one on the Wiimote will cut out occasionally, this isn't normally a problem as most software seems to cut down the rumble or speaker signal, and keep the motion sensitive and pointer signals. However, other do not do so (such as red steel, which loses the pointing capability occasionally). This is not Nintendo's fault however and so you can make do by turning off the speaker and rumble features and you're playing quite happily after that.
A little pointer to the one of the other reviewers, the motion sensing has nothing to do with the Wii-mote 'seeing' the sensor bar, as you put it, that is only used as a light source for the pointer to orient itself.
The only real problems with this controller are that it's not quite sensitive enough for little movements (i.e. putting in Wii Golf), and it absolutely eats batteries. You have a choice, either buy duracell Alkaline's for [...] a week, or buy some 2400MaH Ni-Mh batteries with a charger for around [...], which should only need charging once every 3-4 days (with constant use).
The truth of this controller is that it is just plain fun, it is the ultimate party controller and one that allows you to interact with your games on a whole other level, and in some cases, streamlines the way you've played games before now. Enough talk now, go try one yourself and make your own mind up.
Great control! January 4, 2007
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
You use it like your hands and not like a controller! Point at the mosters and they die.
Shoot the bad man and win the girl!
Its life in a box and we all live it like real life!
I own a Wii and got many games. My freind come to play the game and we have partytime!
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