{"id":39742,"date":"2012-06-19T01:54:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T23:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=39742"},"modified":"2012-06-19T16:41:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T14:41:15","slug":"wii-u-accessories-we-hope-never-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/39742-wii-u-accessories-we-hope-never-happen","title":{"rendered":"Wii U accessories we hope never happen"},"content":{"rendered":"

We love the Wii<\/a>. It\u2019s a cool and fun gaming console that deserves appreciation for its innovation and originality, and for completely trumping the Xbox 360<\/a> and PS3<\/a> in terms of sales over the last six years.<\/p>\n

With the Wii U now gaining momentum, it seems as if the Wii will be heading into its twilight period, and as much as we love Nintendo\u2019s<\/a> little while console, we\u2019ve got be honest, a majority of the accessories for the console have been absolutely ridiculous.<\/p>\n

Gamers have seen their fair share of strange and completely unnecessary Wii peripherals. Third-party companies jumped on the novelty band-wagon to produce some of the most incomprehensible monstrosities to go hand in hand with the functional-at-launch Wii.<\/p>\n

So in anticipation for the potential-packed Wii U, let’s hope Nintendo’s new console gets the good aspects of it’s predecessor, while leaving behind the less-proud peripheral moments of the Wii. Here are some of the worst accessories the console had on offer, hopefully reminding the Wii U developers on what to avoid.<\/p>\n

1. Wii paddles<\/h3>\n
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Um\u2026 okay, so adding some plastic obtrusive paddles to the end of a Wii-mote makes it more fun! Right!? Right??<\/p><\/div>\n

2. Wii gun attachments<\/h3>\n
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Nothing says \u2018Family Fun\u2019 like attaching your Wii-motes onto a shotgun replica. Good times.<\/p><\/div>\n

3. Wii Boxing Gloves<\/h3>\n
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You can line up 100 girls with these \u201cauthentic-fighting gloves\u201d, they’re still pointless.<\/p><\/div>\n

4. ‘Gun of Fighter’<\/h3>\n
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\u201cGun of Fighter\u201d \u2013 a little oxymoronic? No?<\/p><\/div>\n

5. Wii airplane controls<\/h3>\n
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What in the hell is this thing!? Apparently it\u2019s a \u201cAirplane Control Stand.\u201d I think it speaks for itself.<\/p><\/div>\n

Whether there is a lesson to be learned here or not, I don\u2019t know. But what I do know is that purchasing a 2m long fishing extension may only hamper the gaming experience, let alone enhance it. Now where\u2019s my Zelda crossbow?<\/p>\n

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What are some of the most ridiculous Wii peripherals we’ve seen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":39751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[5009,5012,21,73,2486,151,5007,5011,5010,5080,5008],"class_list":["post-39742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-gaming-accessories","tag-gii-paddles","tag-headline","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-wii","tag-wii-2","tag-wii-accessories","tag-wii-boxing-gloves","tag-wii-gun","tag-wii-paddles","tag-woest-wii-accessories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39838,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39742\/revisions\/39838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}