Why go to all that trouble of building your own sensor bar when instead you can just stick a few candles on your television? That's right, the Wii sensor bar has been rendered completely unnecessary since intrepid gamers have begun replacing it with odd candles from around the house. Our masters over at Joystiq decided to test it for themselves, and they made a helpful video illustrating the experiment.Candles for the sensor. What will they think of next? We're guessing legions are out there testing this for themselves, just because it's good, zany fun. And hey, just think -- if the power goes out, you're already covered. Now if only someone would make a Zelda-themed candle -- preferably in red and blue.
[Via Joystiq]
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11-27-2006 @ 4:02PM
metayoshi said...
About this whole pointer function thing... I realized, on a good sunny day in my room back home (I did this by accident last weekend), my window behind my TV can act as the sensor bar. I accidentally pointed at it at, and the Wii thought I was pointing at the screen. It was kind of annoying though, cause I'd have to point far from my TV and then point back at the actual TV to make the cursor on the TV when I'm actually pointing at it. And that's when my gajillion sweaters came in handy.
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11-27-2006 @ 7:48PM
Nicolas said...
Holy crap...learn how to use a camera.
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11-27-2006 @ 8:04PM
Bert said...
"And hey, just think -- if the power goes out, you're already covered."
Power goes out, but the console is magically powered by whaaat?
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11-28-2006 @ 1:19AM
Qstrike said...
The power comes from your backup generator kept close by just in the case that the power goes out and you need to play wii. Jeez, you sound like you people DON'T have backup generators next to your wii...
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11-28-2006 @ 2:55AM
Jake said...
Wow, pointless bashing at its best. These guys just try to show you guys a neat trick and you burn the sh*t outta them, thats mature. Anyways, thanks for testing this out. I would have never of believed it otherwise!
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11-28-2006 @ 10:41AM
b1n4ry said...
perfect for those romantic nights between you and your wii
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11-28-2006 @ 11:34AM
Edge of Blade said...
So, THIS is what they were talking about that sunlight can screw with the Wii. Interesting.
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1-20-2007 @ 7:23PM
Phases said...
Wife and I just tried this out. That's pretty neat!
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