The video game industry as a whole has always been plagued by fads and trends. Some piece of technology that's brand-new will ...

The Wii Remote MotionPlus was an adapter that later became its own controller. A Wii Remote with the Motion+ included inside the remote, taking away the need for an accesory. Note: Wii MotionPlus ...

The original Wiimote (top) and its Motion Plus add-on (bottom). Motion Plus radically improved 3D tracking and was also integrated into a standalone 'evolved' rendition of the controller.

Besides, I reasoned, it had been 10 years since the Wii Motion Plus. Surely, the Switch's motion controls were much better than what Nintendo offered a decade ago.

Granted, Skyward Sword HD can’t quite overcome the original’s biggest sticking point: the motion controls. They were imperfect on the Wii, and they’re still imperfect on the Switch.

Nintendo sparked off the motion gaming craze in 2006 when it released the Wii ($199.99, 3 stars), a revolutionary game console that used a motion-sensing wand instead of a conventional controller.

The Leap Motion Controller is a bold attempt to break new ground in the motion recognition game by offering a capable sensor for less than $100. That’s attractive next to expensive alternatives ...

ER doctors and engineers have harnessed the motion-sensing technology in Nintendo Wii controllers to build a new kind of 3D body scanner. It's not as precise as the technology in an MRI machine or ...

You still need a Wii Remote to use the NES Classic controller for your Wii U Virtual Console games though, and if you don’t have one of those lying around, grabbing an official one from Nintendo ...

It didn’t matter that motion controllers kept evolving; players didn’t want to use them. But the important lesson lying at the end of the Wii remote’s first decade isn’t that the player is ...