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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Rewind to 2008. Seemingly every gamer in the world was wagging a Wii Remote in the air, simulating a variety of tasks, ...

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.