Wiimote

Nintendo recently announced that it was ceasing production of its original Wii. It seemed as if the console had run its course, and Nintendo was shifting all of its focus to the floundering Wii U. Turns out it had other plans, announcing that its US$99 Wii Mini is making its way to US shores.

By pairing a Kinect sensor, a Wiimote, a treadmill and a Nao robot together, Taylor Veltrop has cobbled together a teleoperation system that allows him to groom his cat remotely.

The Riiflex 2lb. Dumbbells for Wii slide over the Wii-mote to provide some extra calorie-burning resistance while playing.

European video game accessory maker, Blaze, has announced the Blaze PS3 Motion Freedom Controller that sports more than a passing resemblance to a Wiimote and promises to bring Wii-like motion sensing capabilities to any PS3.

The Bowling Ball for Wii controller from CTA Digital means bowlers will no longer be able to blame the controller for not picking up that spare.

The MotionPlus add-on turns the Wii remote into what many of us were expecting it to be from the start - offering fast, accurate, 1:1 tracking of the position and orientation of the controller. All of a sudden, those lightsaber battles everyone was dreaming about are achievable.