Wii Nunchuk

The Remote is also unique because it is designed to work with attachments. A proprietary slot located at the bottom of the remote enables users to connect various attachments, the most prominent of which is the officially created nunchuk controller. This device, which is typically held in the left hand, freeing the right one for the Wii-mote, features an analog stick and two buttons: C and Z. They are located on the front side of the unit.

The nunchuk controller perfectly complements the Wii-mote and is best suited for more traditional games whose mechanics require the use of the analog stick to control the main character. Perhaps by accident, Nintendo also created with the nunchuk attachment the perfect control combination for console-based first-person shooters. In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, gamers manipulate heroine Samus Aran with the nunchuk's analog stick and aim her weapon with the Wii-mote. The configuration is not quite on par with the control accuracy of today's PC-based FPS games, but at a close second it easily outdoes the dual-analog setup commonplace in most console shooters.