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.

The Nintendo Wii was one of the best-selling consoles of all time, and the most popular home console of its generation. Seeing as it's about 20 years old, it's no wonder so many not-so-young adults ...

A white Wii Remote on gray background - SU HSUN/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Nintendo Wii was a revolution when it released all the way back in 2006, ...

The Nintendo Wii remote is iconic in its simplicity. It’s designed in a way that manages to successfully blend motion controls with more conventional buttons. Thanks to how approachable Nintendo made ...

Anyone who's been a gamer for long enough remembers "the waggling years," the period in the seventh generation of video game consoles in which everyone wanted to make motion controls happen. Naturally ...

In what is undoubtedly an attempt to steal the wind from Sony's sails on the PlayStation Move, Nintendo has revealed that it's sold more than 65.3 million Wii Remotes in the U.S. alone. Don Reisinger ...

Nintendo's Wii hardware crossed the finish line in third place in September, reportedly selling only 254,000 units in that month in North America compared to 312,000 PlayStation 3 units and 484,000 ...

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 ...

Nintendo will be releasing its Wii Remote Plus controller stateside on November 7, either on its own for $39, or as part of a Red Super Mario Bros-themed console bundle for $199. Nintendo's ...

Fremont, Calif., - Penguin United has announced that it has launched its new ElectroFlow Induction Charger for Nintendo Wii. The ElectroFlow Charger, which is compatible with Wii Motion Plus, uses ...

Nintendo has had to face the unusual problem of thrown (accidentally, for the most part) remotes with its Wii system. Straps have been previously redesigned, but now Nintendo is adding a layer of ...

The Wii Remote MotionPlus was an adapter that later became its own controller. 712px-Wiimote-with-Motionplus-Attach.jpg A Wii Remote with the MotionPlus adapter. 1503576cv3a.jpg A Wii Remote with the ...