If you've been keeping an eye on Game Pro Sports you already know that Wii MotionPlus is going to be appearing as a pack-in with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. You could argue this is just because Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is going to ship ahead of Wii Sports Resort, but Sega's Virtua Tennis 2009 is shipping even sooner and isn't getting a MotionPlus pack-in. What gives? 

Consider this: a lot of the best games in Wii Sports Resort are designed for at least two players. Wii Sports Resort can only pack one MotionPlus in with that copy of the game. But if players opt to buy a copy of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 when it comes out in June, the MotionPlus they get with Wii Sports Resort will be their second.

EA's Grand Slam Tennis is also shipping with a MotionPlus pack-in, so someone who bought both EA games would get a third when buying Wii Sports Resort. Factor in the freestanding MotionPlus that someone might buy for trying out Virtua Tennis 2009 and that's four MotionPlus units already in the house the day Wii Sports Resort arrives, ready for four-player gameage. 

Clever, Nintendo. Everyone's gotten so used to you ignoring your third party publishers that they'll never see it coming. 

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Aniphx

So this is part of their big plan to refresh their stagnating sales? Hmm, well played.

DJKennethA

Very clever. But, I could also see this getting annoying. If they start packing everything with wii motion plus, you will then have more motion plus attachments then wiimotes. But hey, if you have the extras why not shell out 40 more bucks for a few more wii motes lol.

Wii sports resort does look cool though. How about adding some wii motion plus for mad world. I'd like some 1:1 chainsaw motion control.

The word "wii" was used 6 times in this post counting the one in this sentence

Lynxara

@DJKennethA:

I bet Nintendo stops doing this once Wii Sports Resort is out. Doing pack-ins for other games in the meantime is a good way to build hype, though.

DJKennethA

@Lynxara
That's also true. I just hope they don't get pack in crazy like the guitar hero games tend to.

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