Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has suggested that the next Nintendo home console, the Nintendo Wii U, will only support Wii Remotes with the MotionPlus attachment.
Currently, consumers can either pick up a MotionPlas add-on for the original Wii Remote or purchase a controller with it already integrated.
Shigeru Miyamoto said on Iwata Asks: "Right now I'm planning that people can still be able to use their Wii Remote controllers that they already have, which means this time you now have five controllers to play with."
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata clarified: "You mean this new controller and four Wii Remote Plus controllers for a total of five".
Miyamoto went on to say that although "people play in many combinations", he feels "like the Wii Remote has pretty much become its ideal form with the Wii Remote Plus".
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Obscure_Metaphor on 8 Jun '11 said:
so no wii U games wont need two new controllers? makes sense, since they would probably be £100+ on their own.
Im_Money on 8 Jun '11 said:
I'm so glad this has been cleared up, I was wondering this myself. Looks like my gold Zelda Motion+ controller will live on (when I get one
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Gaseous Snake on 8 Jun '11 said:
I honestly don't care if it will support vanilla controllers or not. I mean, who buys that flavour anyway? My favourite's mint choc chip, although I'm liable to have chocolate occasionally, just to mix things up.
Until they start doing chocolate with mint chips, then I'm gonna be all over that like a moth to a flame. A crunchy flame. Mmmmm.
me4pd on 8 Jun '11 said:
Same; choc-chip. I went to Rome last year and there was this ice cream parlour at the Trevii Fountain that gave you soooooooooo much. And it was the equivilent of £1. Man sitting eating that choc-chip ice there was fab. Went during the world cup as I recall.
LordVonPS3 on 8 Jun '11 said:
Another nail in the metaphorical coffin for Wii U to smash itself out of before clawing its way through the mud to daylight.