Great Add-On for two handed games



In martial arts, Wii Nunchuk are a pair of short wood rods connected with a chain that ninjas whirl around their bodies :) With the Wii, the Wii Nunchuk is a single controller held in your off hand.



The Wii Nunchuk is not the main controller unit for the Wii. The Wii primarily uses the Wii Remote, shaped like a TV remote, for its functionality. The Wii Nunchuk is for use in the "other hand" (i.e. your left hand if you're right handed) just for a few games. It plus into the bottom end of the Wii Remote with a cable that's about 2 1/2 feet long. Most of the time, you leave it unplugged and sitting by the console.





The Wii Nunchuk (left) connects directly to the Wii remote.



For example, in the sports pack that comes with the Wii, only one of the five games uses the Wii Nunchuk. This is the boxing game. You use the Wii Nunchuk to hit with your off hand, just as you use the Wii Remote to punch and jab with your primary hand.



The Wii Nunchuk has the same motion sensing technology as the Wii Remote does, so that you can move your hand around and the game knows what you are doing. The buttons are much simpler - there is a Z big trigger button, a smaller C trigger button above it, and then a joystick up on top. For some games, no buttons are used at all.

Take the fun to the next level with two-handed control of your games.

The cable length is designed so you don't trip yourself with it :) It's long enough that if you held your hands apart, you could easily ride even a wide-handled bike. It's not long enough that you could put both arms straight out to the left and right, though. I've never had any problems with the cable length hindering me. None of the games require you to have your hands far apart. In boxing, for example, your hands are always near each other and there's plenty of cable length even when you're jabbing.



The Wii Nunchuk doesn't need its own power - it plugs into the Wii Remote controller when it's in use. So there's no worry about charging up or batteries.



I would definitely have at least one functional Wii Nunchuk for my Wii, and if you're really into multiplayer two-handed games like boxing matches, then having two would be important.