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Third party nunchuck-- With a 'D-Pad'

10 Comments Published by Sean J on Sunday, October 29, 2006 at 12:59 PM.

BigBen Interactive, a company that makes accessories for consoles such as the PS2, Xbox, and Gamcube, are launching into the world of the Wii with a strange peripheral attachment for the Wii-mote.

The device looks almost exactly like the Wii's Nunchuck, but instead of having an analogue stick, it has a 'D-Pad', and it is black. One question remains with this device. How are gamers supposed to play 'Zelda' with a D-pad? It is possible, but not convenient

[EDIT] Just to answer the question of some of the guys at the Nintendo forums, we do not yet know when it is coming out, or if it is necessarily coming to the US. We here hope that it isn't. For the price, we bet that it will be about $15 dollars, considering that the official Nintendo one will be $20 or so, and this one appears cheaper to make. Oddly enough, it doesn't appear that there is a wire to attach it to the 'Wii-mote', it could be because the device is wireless. As you can see on the side, there is a 'On' and 'Off' switch.

[EDIT] We here don't like to be proved wrong, but we will admit it. The device shown above is actually built for the "ShootPad", not the Nintendo Wii. I'm sure that you can see how we were sure that the controller was for the Wii, and I'm sure that lawsuits from Nintendo will soon follow, (joking.. We think).

Labels: Nintendo, Wii