A dispute over the design of its wireless nunchuk hasn’t put Nyko off making peripherals for the Wii, and its latest is a particularly bold move - taking on the Wii remote with its new Wand device.

It’s pretty ugly, though part of that is undoubtedly down to the company needing to differentiate the controller from its official counterpart. The unusual d-pad design should make diagonal inputs that much easier to execute, and it has a rubber battery cover and B button for additional grip - handy if you’re a little sweaty of palm.

It has one other key feature - Nyko’s own Trans-Port tech, which apparently “enables control and vibration feedback to be electrically replicated on a compatible attachment accessory, providing for faster and more accurate input response”.

Nyko has created a new pistol attachment to demonstrate the feature - it connects to the Wand, electrically replicating action buttons, which isn’t possible with other Wii peripherals.

The Wand is released in April, and will be available from selected retailers.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 11:23 pm by Chris Schilling
Peripherals, Wii.