The Wii Classic Controller will forever be remembered as the most representative icon of video gaming in the early 21st Century. It's made history right from the beginning, so revolutionary was the whole concept of game play based on human kinetics. Its iconic "nun chuck" looks also helps to cement its place in the popular imagination as the symbol for all that modern electronic entertainment aspires to be. Indeed, it should be no surprise were the Wii classic controller to become a highly valued collector's item one day not too far off!
Long the stuff of science fiction and comic books, the Wii classic controller has gone a long way towards blurring the interface between man and machine. But Wii controllers have advanced a lot since then, with one of the most popular being a platform that resembles something of a bathroom scale, to be used with those games where the player's weight distribution is a factor, such as what occurs in boxing games and personal exercise software. This cleverest of Wii accessories can also be used with games involving skateboarding action, surfing movements, skiing, and many other weight-based activities.
The Wii Remote may well meet its match soon in the form of a Microsoft offering that promises to be even more revolutionary than what Nintendo has accomplished. Due out within the next year or two, this ominous new threat is an "electronic eye" that's to be mounted separately from the console, which, sensing user movement provides data to the console, obliterating the need for any controllers at all! Thus videogames can be played using nothing more than one's own body and body movements!
This veritable magic eye that Microsoft has been developing - and promising will be available for sale soon enough - can even track eye movements to change point-of-view in a first-person shooter, say. Imagine Halo or Call of Duty or Medal of Honor without pesky controllers but with instead a light gun and your own body and your own eyes! As you turn right the screenshot reveals scenery to your right side, and as you turn left the panorama shifts with you!
So while the Wii remote shall forever remain enshrined as a landmark of gaming innovation excellence, futuristic fun may belong to Microsoft after all. But as the two systems chase fairly distinct demographics - Microsoft wants the action-gaming crowd while Nintendo is catering to a more general audience - with different kinds of games, it's likely that each will succeed without having to prosper at the expense of its rival. And such a situation can only benefit all gamers as technology advances rapidly to provide for even more immersive gaming.
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This article was written by Paul Wise. Paul has enjoyed gaming consoles for years and would recommend http://www.braigo.com to anyone looking for Wii Classic Controller and Wii Remote.
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