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gamedaily.com - 4/15/2009

Wii Sports on Wii Features: Is Wii MotionPlus Support Coming to Wii Sports?

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UPDATE: After GameDaily sent an inquiry to Nintendo about whether the company would deliver patches that would make older games compatible with the new accessory, the company responded that "The Wii MotionPlus accessory is only for games that are designed to make use of its abilities." The ...

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nintendo.com - 4/14/2009

Nintendo to Set Summer '09 Ablaze with Wii Motionplus and Wii Sports Resort

— nintendo.com — Advanced Motion Controls & Wii Sports Sequel (more) Nintendo to Set Summer '09 Ablaze with Wii Motionplus ...

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i.gizmodo.com - 4/14/2009

Wii MotionPlus Coming June 8 for $20 [Release]

— i.gizmodo.com — After months of silence on Nintendo's part, Wii MotionPlus has finally gotten an official release date. It'll... be out June 8th for $20. Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort, which has been designed specifically for the peripheral, will not be available until ... (more) Wii MotionPlus Coming June 8 for $20 [Release]

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reuters.com - 4/17/2009

U.S. video games sales fall 17 pct in March: NPD | Technology

— reuters.com — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Overall U.S. video game sales fell 17 percent in March to $1.43 billion,... research group NPD said on Thursday, a revealing figure for an industry that had so far shown resilience in the economic downturn. Video game software ... (more) U.S. video games sales fall 17 pct in March: NPD | ...

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Don't Expect MotionPlus To Improve Your Old Wii Games [Wii]
Kotaku — ... that developers would be doing just that, Nintendo have told GameDaily "The Wii MotionPlus accessory is only for games that are designed to make use of its abilities." Now, that's not a "no, not ever, never". But it's certainly not promising. Very negative tone, that. So if you were quietly hoping MotionPlus would improve, say, the putting in Wii Golf, or crank-turning in Zack & Wiki, you might be better off trying to enjoy them for what they are , not what they could be . Is Wii MotionPlus Support Coming to Wii Sports? [GameDaily]

Wii games unlikely to be patched with MotionPlus support
Joystiq — Trying to make sense of the month-and-a-half delay between the release of Nintendo's MotionPlus and the first Nintendo game to use it, Wii Sports Resort, GameDaily proposed a theory. Maybe there would be games to play at launch -- old games! "With a nearly two-month span of time between the accessory release and the game's arrival at retail," GameDaily's Micheal Mullen wrote, "we expect that Nintendo will release patches that will make the new accessory work with your already existing library." The first game to receive such ...

Nintendo not apt to add MotionPlus capabilities to older titles
Engadget — ... Hey, you know what would be awesome? If you could actually use the MotionPlus dongle you're going to pick up on June 8th. You see, there's a 1.5 month gap between the US release date of the add-on and the first first-party title (Wii Sports ...

Nintendo Wii: MotionPlus will not work with older titles
PR News: — ... Wiimote add-on MotionPlus will not have support for older titles such as Wii-sports. Nintendo was responding to a GameDaily article about how Nintendo would release a patch, allowing MotionPlus to be used on older games. ...