Nintendo Waves Off Third Parties
Nintendo has always been known to be almost antagonistic towards third party publishers, and from what we heard at E3, things haven't changed. Every developer and publisher we talked to said they hadn't heard about the Wii Motion Plus until the actual press conference. That's not a good start if you're trying to get third parties on board with developing for the peripheral and therefore convincing customers that it's worth their while. LucasArts in particular wasn't happy at being kept in the dark - especially since it created Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels specifically for the console. The game was even included in Nintendo's press conference, the setting in which the Wii Motion Plus was introduced - which the game doesn't use, much to LucasArts' dismay. If this is Nintendo's attitude regarding it's new peripheral and third party adoption don't expect Wii Motion Plus to be adopted by many.
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