Nyko named its wireless Nunchuck after the sickle-bladed Kama stealth weapon of ancient Japanese tradition, a rather fitting title considering the controller's curving shape and product-relation ...

When Nyko's Wireless Nunchuck arrives next year, the Perfect Shot will feel even more tactical and realistic. Even more pleasing than the Nunchuck pass-though, however, is the Perfect Shot's trigger.

The Nyko Wireless Nunchuck connects to the Wiimote via a little wireless dongle that clicks into the controller's accessory jack. Once plugged in, tapping the connection buttons on the dongle and ...

The Bluetooth module looks fairly easy to interface in Linux, and [Rousselmanu] has a video showing off how well the nunchuck can be used to interact with 3D models.

The Price: $34.99 The Verdict: Works as advertised. We spent hours going through several games, including Mario Galaxy, and the Kama plays just as well as the standard Nunchuck.

The nunchuck is meant to plug into a Wii controller and the connection is I 2 C, so that’s trivial to interface to an Arduino or other small microcontroller. The only issue is making the connection.

In this case, it's a straightforward one-handed "nunchuk," as they were once called, though this one-handed form factor is now more common in VR setups. As the company puts it: ...