Nintendo Wii Fanboy

The Popular Science crew have ripped apart a Wiimote, all in the name of, you guessed it, science. What they found is some amaxing technology, as they report the Wiimote is capable of registering movement as small as five nanometers, or 1/40 the width of a human hair. This is impressive, but could such sensitivity be a bad thing?

With the Wiimote registering movement that small, could it mean that small movements by the player, not meant to be translated into the game, are being translated into the game? Maybe this is the root of those "messy" controls that EA dude was talking about? Or are developers smart enough to not include the maximum sensitivity of the Wiimote when constructing their games?

For those of you who enjoy the more technological side of things, the piece is definitely a worthwhile read.

[via Joystiq]

Ouch! When many don't even have a Wii yet, it's simply painful to see one taken apart with so little care. The guys at Popular Science dismantled their Wii, breaking it in the process. While we get to see the fruits of their ill-fated labor, like the Wii guts above, it's still sad to think of a perfectly good system gone to waste. At least they took a lot of pictures.

The Nintendo Wii, a stunning system aimed at totally immersing the player in the gaming experience like never seen before, has turned a few heads since its unveiling a few years ago at E3. Since then, through excellent first-hand impressions and a strong marketing campaign, the system has received quite the buzz. For good reason, as not only is the motion-sensitive controller just about the stuff dreams are made of, but a robust Virtual Console service holding some of the greatest in retro titles on an owner's system, allowing for play at any time is another feature not worth overlooking.

Popular Science recently bestowed their award of Best of What's New 2006 on the Wii. They lauded its approach, of how the Wii took a step back from photo-realistic graphics and the raw processing power of its competition. Instead, they imagine the Wii as being the present reincarnation of gaming from old; a mixture of a simple control scheme and simple graphics, which together are sure to equal big fun.