Diagrams for wacky Wii remote peripherals

by Eric Caoili { Jan 30th 2008 at 3:00PM }

Third-party accessory manufacturers aren't the only ones coming up with ridiculous things to attach your Wii remote onto! A recent patent application posted at the European Patent Office's site reveals some of the crazy peripherals Nintendo dreamed up to explain the controller's potential, like the goggles shown above. ThinkGeek's Wii Helm seems like a respectable, thought-out product, compared to this silly idea. Wouldn't that unbalanced weight give you a sore neck after a minute of wearing this headpiece?

And there are much zanier diagrams in the application document -- Wii remotes in racing helmets, bike pedals, skateboard wheels, and teddy bears! How would this stuff even work? There are also drafts for a docking station and the old shotgun-design Zapper (the GameCube and wireless receiver demonstrating the Zapper shows the artwork's age). You can check them all out in our gallery below!

Gallery: Wii remote peripheral diagrams

[Via 22Hundred]

Tags: baseball-bat, bike, chair, dock, fishing-pole, flight-stick, goggles, golf-club, helmet, patent, racket, skateboard, steering-wheel, teddy-bear, zapper

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Eric Smoger @ Jan 30th 2008 3:34PM

Actually, I don't think the visor is *that* crazy, except for the fact that it actually has goggles attached. Imagine a game that uses one Wiimote in this fashion for head tracking, while a second wiimote/nunchuck is used in the nomal fashion for control.

I can't really think of any specific games that would work like that.. but then again, I'm not a game designer for Nintendo