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  • noun video games, informal The Wii Remote, the primary controller for the Nintendo Wii game console, noted for its motion-sensing capabilities.

Etymologies

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Contraction of Wii Remote.

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Examples

  • For Stone, the Wiimote is the key to building realistic training simulators within the virtual world of Second Life.

    Archive 2007-07-22 Milosun Czervik 2007

  • For Stone, the Wiimote is the key to building realistic training simulators within the virtual world of Second Life.

    SL + Wii remote Milosun Czervik 2007

  • To throw my two cents into the whole Wii/motion control topic: The Wiimote is not my cup of tea.

    Accessibility, Accessibility, Accessibility SVGL 2009

  • It’s seems wrong to pin the hopes of games on a technology, but the Wiimote is a technological apdaption to gameplay, so perhaps whatever effects DirectX10 can offer will do the same for PC games.

    Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » 2007 » February 2007

  • It’s seems wrong to pin the hopes of games on a technology, but the Wiimote is a technological apdaption to gameplay, so perhaps whatever effects DirectX10 can offer will do the same for PC games.

    Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » PC Games 2007

  • "Wiimote" - could transform a normal video screen into a virtual reality display, with graphics that seemed to pop through the screen and into the living room.

    Taipei Times 2008

  • "Wiimote" - could transform a normal video screen into a virtual reality display, with graphics that seemed to pop through the screen and into the living room.

    Taipei Times 2008

  • The so-called Wiimote sex toys come from a mysterious company known as “OIOO.”

    Sex Toys For the Nintendo Wii, Truth Or Hoax? 2008

  • (Studies indicate that the Wiimote is the most ballyhooed video-game controller of all time by 3.5 kilohypes.)

    The Wii Is a Plastic Box of Death 2007

  • The Wiimote is a great controller, but for a system designed to appeal to so many people it certainly doesn't fit into every hand.

    Ars Technica 2010

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