Light, Intuitive, Easy to Use



The Wii Remote Controller is shaped like a standard TV remove, and has motion sensing ability. You wave it around, and your on-screen character waves their wand!



This isn't an add-on controller - this is the actual, standard controller that most if not all games on the Nintendo Wii use as their primary control unit. There is also a " nunchuk" that can be used in your off hand, but many games don't use the nunchuk.



The aim of the Wii was to make gaming as simple and intuitive as possible for the casual non gamer. Pretty much every person with a TV is comfortable using a TV remote. You point, you click. The Wii Remote Controller works in the same fashion. The motion sensors know what you are doing with the remote. If you're playing a baseball game, you swing at the ball. If you're playing a bowling game, you bring your arm back and swing it forward. Everything "makes sense". A sword swing? A light saber battle? Just move your arm and the character does the same thing.



There are only two buttons that really matter. There's an A button on the front that you push for most operations. There's also a trigger underneath that is the B button. Depending on the game, they will have you use one or the other button. There are also a few other buttons for more complex gaming. There's a D-pad. A "home" button lets you go instantly back to the main Wii menu if you're tired of playing. There's a plus and minus button, a 1 and 2 button. There's even a power button. You don't have to walk over to your Wii any more to turn it on or off. Just hit the power button on the remote and you're all set.



The remote runs on two AA batteries, so there's no USB plugging in or charging up, as with the other systems' remotes. You do get a wrist strap, though, so the Wii Remote doesn't fly out of your hands while you're doing a super powerful golf swing.



There's even a speaker in the remote! This is great if you're playing a game against another player. Say I'm boxing my boyfriend and I am the winner. *My* remote says that I triumphed, to me. Neat!



I definitely love the Wii Remote controller. It's light, it's super easy to use, it's intuitive and I can just pop batteries into it when it runs out, instead of having to wait for a recharge. Highly recommended. Just note that if you want to play a game that needs a nunchuk as well, that you have to buy that separately.

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.