Squid of Man

In what must surely rank as a firm break with tradition, IGN have taken it upon themselves to post something informative. Their Wii staff have managed to get their hands on the final specifications of the Wiimote, and have posted them up so we can all take a look, and have any lingering questions regarding the thing answered.

(Actually, to be fair, "Matt" and the Nintendo staff at IGN are probably the best of that sorry bunch).

Of note are the following:

- It uses 2 AA batteries, giving between 30-60 hours of gameplay depending on how much you swing the thing, and how much rumble you use.

- It has 6kb of "non-volatile" memory. No, I have no idea what that is either. 4 Color Rebellion have hypothesised that it's where your unique user information is stored, and at this point I think they're probably right. So if you take it around to a friend's house, it'll store your basic settings and preferences. Or something like that.

- There's something about "megapixels", and how you might be able to use the pointer as a camera, but that all sounds like a bit of horse-shit to me.

There's some other blah blah blah stuff in there as well, but, come on. AA Batteries? What a fucking gip.