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Did 3rd party Balance Boards ever come out?

Nope.



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superchunk said:
Did 3rd party Balance Boards ever come out?

Nope.

True, but most Balance Boards were sold with the first Wii Fit, and given that there were few more games that were compatible with it, it made little sense to release one.

 

OT. Yes, I believe that some will launch them, and I wouldn't be surprised if some 3rd party launches a version with extra features to use it as a standalone device, like using it as an e-book.



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JEMC said:
superchunk said:
Did 3rd party Balance Boards ever come out?

Nope.

True, but most Balance Boards were sold with the first Wii Fit, and given that there were few more games that were compatible with it, it made little sense to release one.

 

OT. Yes, I believe that some will launch them, and I wouldn't be surprised if some 3rd party launches a version with extra features to use it as a standalone device, like using it as an e-book.

And those were pretty much undistructable. Never heard of a broken Wii Balance Board.



FrancisNobleman said:

I wonder if companies like Nyko will eventually produce their own Gamepad for Wii U.

There's a lot of improvement left to be done on the gamepad and the most obvious ones are capacitive touchscreen and a sleekier design. 

Why restrict features to add soft touch? Resistive technology has improved a lot, and has additional pressure sensitivity. Things like Art Academy need a resistive screen, and you're forgetting the stylus for precision required games (Picross-U-3D ^^!!!)



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superchunk said:
Did 3rd party Balance Boards ever come out?

Nope.

http://www.amazon.com/Snakebyte-Premium-Fitness-Balance-SB00016-pc/dp/B004DPSBJU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1348771550&sr=8-3&keywords=balance+board+wii



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TomaTito said:
superchunk said:
Did 3rd party Balance Boards ever come out?

Nope.

http://www.amazon.com/Snakebyte-Premium-Fitness-Balance-SB00016-pc/dp/B004DPSBJU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1348771550&sr=8-3&keywords=balance+board+wii


Well I'll be damned.



superchunk said:
TomaTito said:
superchunk said:
Did 3rd party Balance Boards ever come out?

Nope.

http://www.amazon.com/Snakebyte-Premium-Fitness-Balance-SB00016-pc/dp/B004DPSBJU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1348771550&sr=8-3&keywords=balance+board+wii


Well I'll be damned.

LOL! 

 



Viper1 said:
FrancisNobleman said:

I remember people making hacks of their GBA, upgrading to a better screen that still worked wonders, with a better image quality. I though that touchscreens could be swaped as easily as that lol.

A GBA screen is not an input device.  It doesn't matter what type of screen you use for something like that.  A GBA screen only displays the signal sent to it, it does not return a signal back to the system.   It's like using a differnt TV with your game console.  Same signal.

A touch screen is very different in that it must send electronic signals from the screen back to the system in a manner the system is designed to understand.   Resistive and capacitive screens have different signals.

They're still digital. It wouldn't be an issue to convert the bits into a form the Wii U will take. Wouldn't take a special chip, just some routing on the controller logic. You wouldn't get increased resolution but changing sensitivity is possible.



Probably once Nintendo has full tested out how to multiple GamePads will work how to allow for decent running with multiple ones.



it took quite a while for 3rd party Wiimotes to show, but I'm certain eventually they will.