One week later actually, but yes, those are the only two games in Japan so far that support WM+.

The Wii balance board is in WAY more people's homes and support for it has been horrible. So why would they start to support Wii Motionplus?

I hope that the WM+ sales are big in the west aswell.

Because Wii MotionPlus allows developers to do things with the Wii Remote that they were complaining they couldn't do. The balance board is an obscure peripheral that has not a lot of use outside of fitness and board-style sports games.

Did you really need somebody to tell you that?

Good. Should dispel the fears about Nintendo's inability to kick-start momentum

Well done, Nintendo.

I'm quite impressed with the way Nintendo have marketed the Wii since launch. I'm pretty sure that they could have released MotionPlus earlier, maybe even as much as a year ago, but have held it back for a time to give the console more ooomph in terms of sales when it's needed. MotionPlus first, then a possible price cut if Sony and Microsoft implement one and a different range of colours at some stage should see Wiis continue to fly off shelves for years to come imo.

I'm more concerned about HW sales momentum than WM+ sales... Hopefully WM+ will have good word of mouth, and that together with advertisements keeps HW sales high for a long time.

The first week boost in Japan wasn't so impressive, but if sales don't drop in the coming weeks it's not so bad given the economic crisis and what the PS3/360 are selling there.

1. It's the first week. You make up that number just so you can claim for a year it's not a success, despite a launch this big?

2. Then you shouldn't see any 360 of PS3 game as a success, as none of them have that either.

3. Motion+ doesn't need to sell that high. It needs to boost Wii sales and renew developer interest. The latter of which is already happening.

Wow that's actually a lot more than I was expecting, and it's just the first week... :o