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[plank]

Yeah, it'll be available seperately. I have Tiger Woods paid off at Gamestop but I'm not buying my 2nd WM+ there. It's supposed to be $19.99 but GS is charging $24.99. :\

I got owned then.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Ugh, I hate that Gamestop is charging more for Motion+.

I have trade-in credit there that would negate the price of a motion+, but the extra amount they're charging negates half my credit!

Greedy fuckers.

 

[pakkit]

I got owned then.

Just transfer your credit to a product that they don't overcharge for.

 

[Buckethead]

Copies should be in-store either Tuesday or Wednesday.

Yeah figured it was the ship date, but yeah. Hopefully some reviews trickle out tomorrow.

 

[laserbeam]

Frys Electronics is selling Motion+ for $17.74 regular price and guarantees it will be in stores by 8 AM tuesday

 

[CoolS]

Seriously though, where are the reviews for GST? I know most sites must have bben busy with E3 but there are so many unanswered questions with Grand Slam Tennis.

 

[wrowa]

Seriously though, where are the reviews for GST? I know most sites must have bben busy with E3 but there are so many unanswered questions with Grand Slam Tennis.

In the current issue of M! Games is a review, if that helps you.

 

[markatisu]

Seriously though, where are the reviews for GST? I know most sites must have bben busy with E3 but there are so many unanswered questions with Grand Slam Tennis.

Seriously, there have been like 5 print reviews. I guess we will see them tomorrow and Tuesday

 

[SuperJay]

So...where are the in-store demos? I want to try this thing out.

 

[TheGrayGhost]

Yeah, it'll be available seperately. I have Tiger Woods paid off at Gamestop but I'm not buying my 2nd WM+ there. It's supposed to be $19.99 but GS is charging $24.99. :\

Thanks for the reply. Do you know if it'll be available Monday or Tuesday?

My older brother has expressed interest in a golf game before, but I've been telling him to wait until WiiMotion+. I don't know if he'll like Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, so what I'll do is buy WiiMotion+ and rent the game. If he likes it, I'll buy it with the bundle and get two WiiMotion+'s!

 

[Marvie_3]

Thanks for the reply. Do you know if it'll be available Monday or Tuesday?

My older brother has expressed interest in a golf game before, but I've been telling him to wait until WiiMotion+. I don't know if he'll like Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, so what I'll do is buy WiiMotion+ and rent the game. If he likes it, I'll buy it with the bundle and get two WiiMotion+'s!

There may be a store or two that put them out Monday (Kmart always seems to put 1st party Nintendo stuff out early here, sometimes days early), but they should be in stores everywhere Tuesday. Certain retailers are sometimes a day behind and might not have them until Wed. I'd just call ahead. :lol

 

[Anony]

seems like canadians (or just toronto) got it earlier

out today already (monday)

motion+ 25$
tiger w/ m+ 70$
tennis 55$ (or 60$ i forget)

 

[big_z]

seems like canadians (or just toronto) got it earlier

out today already (monday)

motion+ 25$
tiger w/ m+ 65$
tennis 55$

motion+ at $25+ here in canada is shit. $10 more than it should be imo.

 

[BorkBork]

motion+ at $25+ here in canada is shit. $10 more than it should be imo.

Gamestop in the US is selling it for 25 US, so I guess we're on par up here.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

I'm glad they finally went for the flat design with the same dimensions as the Wiimote itself. I was worried they would kill wireless nunchucks if they went for a special shape.

Edit: WTF! I read them the other way round. Those fuckers have chosen a shape that will make a lot of wireless nunchucks unusable. Nintendo, as always, pissing all over they can when they have the chance. Fuckers.

it's hilarious that you think nintendo would take competitors' products into consideration when creating a peripheral for their own machine :lol

 

[AndrewG009]

Wait so they are bundling it with MotionPlus. GOOD MOVE NINTENDO.

Letting third parties bundle with first part accessories is a brilliant move.

Agreed.

 

[Fantastical]

Can't freakin' wait for WSR. I'm debating whether to get Tiger Woods or not.

 

[AniHawk]

Frys Electronics is selling Motion+ for $17.74 regular price and guarantees it will be in stores by 8 AM tuesday

Wait, tomorrow? Well fuck that then, I'll just get it at Fry's.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

people are whining about it being $20 instead of $10?

20 DOLLARS?

fucking cheapskates :lol

 

[onipex]

I'm just going to wait for WSR. It sounds like it has the best motion + controls as expected.

 

[laserbeam]

Wait, tomorrow? Well fuck that then, I'll just get it at Fry's.

Indeed it is in the top right hand corner of the Frys ad in Sundays paper. Says Wii Motion Plus Available Tuesday by 8:00 AM $17.74 everyday low price.

 

[polyh3dron]

This will remove my Wii's dust yet again. It'll be the first time I buy any EA Sports games for the Wii, all my previous ones being for 360. And WSR goes without saying, all the chicks are gonna want to play that shit.

 

[Marty Chinn]

Indeed it is in the top right hand corner of the Frys ad in Sundays paper. Says Wii Motion Plus Available Tuesday by 8:00 AM $17.74 everyday low price.

Canceled my Amazon order cuz of this. Hopefully it's not in short supply.

 

[icantdrawanime]

First review of Tiger Woods for the Wii. The review is pretty positive on the subject of the wii motion plus. Even if it seems negative in the summary...

You'll love

* Detailed and pleasingly smooth courses
* Every golf-related activity you could imagine
* Will keep you busy for ages

You'll hate

* MotionPlus doesn't make a huge difference
* Some weak minigames
* Real-time weather kind of pointless

http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/tiger...0/a-200906081727959007/g-20090226151230110075

 

[laserbeam]

Canceled my Amazon order cuz of this. Hopefully it's not in short supply.

Frys generally seems to handle supply pretty well. Heck when Wrath of the Lich King came out they were the only stores in the state to get more than 5 copies of the Collectors Edition. Each frys had over 100 copies.

 

[Docpan]

Does using the M+ in the standard Wii menus and games make a difference, I.E. more accurate? There is some sensitivity issues with the standard IR, especially during the day time in a room with a lot of light. Does M+ resolve this or is it entirely unused unless the game supports it ?

 

[Benedict]

Eurogamer reviews Grand Slam Tennis and are not happy.




Grand Slam Tennis is an underwhelming representation of tennis, crippled by unintuitive controls, and just makes you want to go back to the precision of Top Spin or Virtua Tennis on a control pad. You can't blame Wii MotionPlus for this failure, because it's almost impossible to tell whether it's helping or hindering. What you can say is that Grand Slam Tennis isn't very good either way. Bring on Wii Sports Resort.

5/10

Posted this also in the IGN-review thread but are uncertain if it should be more in place here.

 

[Teknoman]

Wait, tomorrow? Well fuck that then, I'll just get it at Fry's.

Wow nice.

 

[Aaron Strife]

people are whining about it being $20 instead of $10?

20 DOLLARS?

fucking cheapskates :lol

That and I'm sure people will buy at least a couple of MotionPlus enabled games... which are supposed to come bundled with it if they require it.

 

[bdouble]

Does using the M+ in the standard Wii menus and games make a difference, I.E. more accurate? There is some sensitivity issues with the standard IR, especially during the day time in a room with a lot of light. Does M+ resolve this or is it entirely unused unless the game supports it ?

No but changing the sensitivity in the options menu will fix this right up. You just adjust it till the Wiimote only picks up the two IR signals from the sensor bar.

First review of Tiger Woods for the Wii. The review is pretty positive on the subject of the wii motion plus. Even if it seems negative in the summary...

http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/tiger...0/a-200906081727959007/g-20090226151230110075

and I doin't know why I'd hate a pointless thing like Realtime weather. Its kinda cool. definitely not a con. Plus we have some conflicting opinions on if M+ really makes that much of a difference.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

That and I'm sure people will buy at least a couple of MotionPlus enabled games... which are supposed to come bundled with it if they require it.

yeah, the M+ really doesn't strike me as very expensive to begin with, and bitching about the difference between 10 bucks and 20 bucks is like arguing over loose change, given how much use this peripheral will get over the life of the console. i guess people are just shitty cos they know they're gonna buy it anyway..

 

[Model 500]

+ Brilliant with MotionPlus
+ Something to offer all standards of player
+ Looks and sounds great

- Commentary gets repetitive
- Not so brilliant without MotionPlus
- Miserly character creation
9/10

http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/grand...s/a-20090608155625532060/g-200902261562538080

It looks and reads like the Eurogamer review was due to a major user error. Goof job EG, well at least you were one of the first w/ the story...

 

[abstract alien]

Whats so pointless about real-time weather?

 

[Throwaway123456789]

Does using the M+ in the standard Wii menus and games make a difference, I.E. more accurate? There is some sensitivity issues with the standard IR, especially during the day time in a room with a lot of light. Does M+ resolve this or is it entirely unused unless the game supports it ?

Get your ass into the Wii settings and calibrate the sensitivity of the IR camera. Makes a world of a difference!

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Does using the M+ in the standard Wii menus and games make a difference, I.E. more accurate? There is some sensitivity issues with the standard IR, especially during the day time in a room with a lot of light. Does M+ resolve this or is it entirely unused unless the game supports it ?

That would be a nice upgrade in a firmware update.

 

[Davey Cakes]

Whats so pointless about real-time weather?

Nothing. It's a neat little addition to the game. I don't see why it'd be a con. EA could've just not included it and I doubt anyone would care. Now that it's in, and serves its purpose, if there's anything that's pointless, it's saying that the feature is pointless.

 

[Bluecondor]

Get your ass into the Wii settings and calibrate the sensitivity of the IR camera. Makes a world of a difference!

Interesting - My Wii is in my living room, in between two windows, so it is pretty well lighted.

I checked my sensitivity settings, and it is the default (3). I couldn't really tell, but I am guessing that 1 and 2 would be for darker rooms, while 4 and 5 would be very rooms with more light.

I am picking up Motion + today. The WiiMote has always been fine on the default setting, but I will try this if I notice any sluggishness when paying golf and tennis.

 

[Throwaway123456789]

Interesting - My Wii is in my living room, in between two windows, so it is pretty well lighted.

I checked my sensitivity settings, and it is the default (3). I couldn't really tell, but I am guessing that 1 and 2 would be for darker rooms, while 4 and 5 would be very rooms with more light.

I am picking up Motion + today. The WiiMote has always been fine on the default setting, but I will try this if I notice any sluggishness when paying golf and tennis.

No. Point your wiimote at the screen when you're in the calibrating screen. Then you'll see what the Wiimote sees. Change the sensitivity around until you ONLY see the two blinking lights of the sensor bar.

IR doesn't have anything to do with the brightness of the room, just light sources.

 

[YuriLowell]

just ordered a motion plus from amazon for 16 dollars. Gonna rent Tiger Woods and try it out.

 

[swerve]

Interesting - My Wii is in my living room, in between two windows, so it is pretty well lighted.

Depending on what you mean by 'between two windows' that could be exactly the problem.

Any other strong light sources which come into the wiimote camera's view can cause jittering.

 

[Bluecondor]

Depending on what you mean by 'between two windows' that could be exactly the problem.

Any other strong light sources which come into the wiimote camera's view can cause jittering.

Good point. I have light curtains on the windows. And, fortunately, the light from the windows does not shine directly onto the TV.

But - I have never had a problem with the sensitivity of the regular Wii-mote, so I am hopefully that Motion + will be OK as well....

 

[jmdajr]

ok ordered the adapter.

18.88 plus 16.99 for ninja gaiden ds.
free shipping no tax!

 

[DayShallCome]

Good point. I have light curtains on the windows. And, fortunately, the light from the windows does not shine directly onto the TV.

But - I have never had a problem with the sensitivity of the regular Wii-mote, so I am hopefully that Motion + will be OK as well....

It actually matters more if the light is shining at the Wiimotes (not the TV).

 

[megashock5]

Both Best Buy and WalMart had them today. $19.99. Each place had 5-8 or so.

 

[MikeE21286]

Ugh, I hate that Gamestop is charging more for Motion+.

I have trade-in credit there that would negate the price of a motion+, but the extra amount they're charging negates half my credit!

Greedy fuckers.

Yeah, I'm in the same boat....

Hey, I don't know if it's been asked, but does WM+ have any effect on navigating the dashboard and/or the web browser application?

 

[markatisu]

1up is doing a Game night for M+ with GST and Tiger Woods tonight

Time: Tuesday, June 9 2009, 5 p.m. PST
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174702

 

[Throwaway123456789]

Good point. I have light curtains on the windows. And, fortunately, the light from the windows does not shine directly onto the TV.

But - I have never had a problem with the sensitivity of the regular Wii-mote, so I am hopefully that Motion + will be OK as well....

The MotionPlus has nothing to do with the pointer on the Wiimote or the sensor bar.

 

[sprocket]

Tiger woods is freaking awesome. M+ wise and game wise. this is how all wii games should be handled. I hope it sells a lot to show devs that if you put time in to the games they will sell.


Anyway its the first wii game that actually made me stand up to play .

 

[plank]

Tiger woods is freaking awesome. M+ wise and game wise. this is how all wii games should be handled. I hope it sells a lot to show devs that if you put time in to the games they will sell.


Anyway its the first wii game that actually made me stand up to play .

owned :lol

 

[laserbeam]

Tiger woods is freaking awesome. M+ wise and game wise. this is how all wii games should be handled. I hope it sells a lot to show devs that if you put time in to the games they will sell.


Anyway its the first wii game that actually made me stand up to play .

0.5/10 from Jeff Gertsmann confirmed