MotionPlus gets European dating

Summer debut looms

Nintendo Europe drop by this afternoon to tell us when we can expect to sink our teeth into the Wiimote-improving MotionPlus peripheral, and Wii Sports Resort, the first game to make use of it.

Apparently, the hardware itself will launch across Europe on june 12th, with Wii Sports Resort arriving on July 24th.

"Everyone who has played the Wii can remember the moment they first discovered its intuitive controls and realised that this was an incredible new way of experiencing video games," beams local PR bigwig Laurent Fischer.

"Wii MotionPlus will create that feeling again, taking gameplay to a new level of realism. And with Wii Sports Resort, people will get the chance to immerse themselves in a hugely fun set of games that are designed to make the very best of this exciting new technology."

The new goodies are out in Japan in June, too.

By Luke Guttridge