The Nintendo Wii game Sports Resort has so far proved to be a great success for Nintendo. The game which includes the MotionPlus peripheral has resulted in an outstanding 500,000 units sold – in only eight days!

The Will MotionPlus accessory attaches to the end of the Wii control pad and allows for a more comprehensive tracking of a player’s arm position and orientation thus redefining game control.

Nintendo’s decision to include the MotionPlus peripheral with selected games has seemingly put them on to a winner, so much so that the Nintendo Wii release of Tiger Woods PGA Tour is considered by many to be THE definitive version of the game.

Countering the argument that the Nintendo Wii should have offered the accuracy in controls in the first place, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto says this was not possible at the Wii’s launch. Speaking to the Telegraph he said:

“It’s a continuous evolution. Not all the Wii software requires Motion Plus, so it is appropriate for us to position it as a peripheral. Also, it was not technically feasible for the technology to be realised with such a compact size. The fact we are now being able to sell Motion Plus at this price, at this size, is the result of technological advancements in the field of microelectro-mechanical systems, which took place after Wii launched. It was only after the Wii launched that technological advancements made Wii MotionPlus possible.”

  Have you tried MotionPlus? If you have, lets us know what you think of its accuracy.

The Nintendo Wii has been proved to be a danger to TVs and relatives if you accidentally let got of the Wiimote in mid game -but doctors in the UK think this Christmas is going to result in a sharp spike in Wii-related injuries.

The Wii might be getting gamers off the sofa and making them more active but all that activity could come at a price this Christmas, as the Wii tops Christmas shopping lists.

Doctors claim that those spending too long on the Wii – especially those unused to moving more than their thumbs when gaming – are at risk from strain. In fact, researchers at Leeds Teaching Hospital have already identified an injury they call "Wii knee". Bizarre, but true.

Dr Andrew Coley, a paediatrician at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, said playing the games for too long in the first flights of enthusiasm could lead to injury. He diagnosed one of his patients when he recognised an injury similar to that he had also sustained over-using his Wii.

"This patient had got a Wii for Christmas, hadn’t exercised in a while and overdid it. I hurt myself by trying to get an Ace on my serve in the tennis game."

Though this probably means that there is a market for a warm up/cool down  game for the Nintendo Wii