Fascinating! My neighbor used a candle on his Wii because his sensor bar had stopped working.

This video must have taken a shit load of research. It's unfortunate how videos that amazingly well made get such a relatively small amount of views. These are amazing.

Why is this video age restricted?

You have a great knack for explaining technology to a broad audience. Nice work.

this was honestly such a fun and informative video, im going to use this as a source for my physics assignment

I love seeing how gaming consoles work. You are awesome!

the way he presents this somehow reminds me of "good eats" on the food channel

Being a Belgian 15 year old,video games have basicly teached me all of my current English. Never had one English class in my life. Pretty awesome to be able to speak to Americans/Brittains/Australians on skype without them even noticing English isn't actually my first language. (Belgium people have no accent when speaking different languages) wich makes it even easier to hide my Belgian background ^^ 9 year of video gaming payed off ^^ Thanks video games!

The Wii Remote Plus comes with the Wii Motion Plus(basically a MEMS Gyro Sensor) built in.The Wii Remote Plus also now works on the Wii U,within supported software.I plan on getting two Wii Remote Plus controllers, mainly to use with Wii Sports Club on the Wii U.

This was in my recommended and it was better than I expected

3:10 references on point

I wonder how many laughed/understood the joke made during time 3:10-3:12. I did. My hat's off to you sir for such a joke. "Run for it Marty!"

OMG I totally LOLLED at your Back to the Future reference! @3:10

Dude i am so appreciative of your end-of-video songs....

The candle trick at times works better than using a sensor bar.The range using the candle trick is somewhat limited,and it is more prone to interference(as stated in the video),but it works well enough.I have tried the candle trick and found that the cursor is much more steady when using it.

I´m glad I came a cross with this channel.

Liked your OVERSIMPLIFIED SCIENCE DEMO, made things much clearer. I wish I could say I understood everything you said through your "The Way Games Work" series, but unfortunately I would be lying lol

Oh my god. I just randomly stumble across this video, and look who it is. You were on Vsauce! You were great!

Greatest back to the future reference ever

Roo is the best teacher I've ever had.

8:19 HAHA! How cute :D

I loved the back to the future quote !

Thanks you the technical description! I always knew what the wiimote used to work it's magic, but I always wondered how the accelerometer itself worked :)

Like mentioned earlier in the comment section....why the heck was this video age restricted?

@Aliibox I am glad that there is no reset button, because that will be problem during intense gameplay.

@supersmashman90 evilmonkeyman289's right. The nunchuck is basically an analog stick with buttons and a 3-axis accelerometer. I could have mentioned it, but the tech it uses is the same as the Wii remote. Same deal with the Wii Remote Plus - it just integrates the Wii MotionPlus into the Wii Remote. The underlying ideas are the same.

Nice Back to the Future reference

I love how you can see the cat walk by in the TV screen's reflection around 8:00...

lmao with the cookie part

How did i get here 7 years later?

Man do I love this series. Keep up the great work! :)

i was totaly thinking about the 3d wii hack thing as i was watching this then you actually mention it

'yaw' is the best word ever.

Because candles emit infrared light and with that wiimote finds your tv. Also you can do that with flashlights.

god, awesome music choice for all of these

Do you know how the wii remote's power button works? I heard it uses a specific frequency that is only usable for the Wii to turn it on. This is why we can't use bluetooth remotes or IR remotes to power on the Wii. So how would one go about hacking the Wii to be able to use any remote to turn on the Wii? (I'm not sure if the Wii or Wii U run using Radio Frequency or Bluetooth)

what did i just listen to?? i didnt learn much but very awesome 0.o

He never mentioned the velocimeter in the Wii MotionPlus.

I use my wii mote to play games on my pc too. Games like counter strike though the sensitivity is not anywhere near high enough for me, so usually I have to change some of the profilers settings and some of the games settings.

Thank You for the great insight. Hope you can do a video on one of my favorites, deoxys and hinting towards It's origin

Definitely trying the candle thing.

That's a touching story.

That candle thing is genius!

0:41 LOL!

@ClanOfTheGrayWolf Dude i love this series as much as the next guy but... 16-bit gems ep 21, is about time.

2:03 roo... i'm not kidding, please save your tv by using the wii strap

Nice model Doc Brown

K guys im just kidding! ... here,have a cookie. *shows NES Mario Kookie* lol

I have no idea if it's just me but apparently this video is age restricted? I really just want to find out how the motion plus works, but now I have to verify my age with my actual ID or a credit card.

3:10 don't give me those excuses, Doc Brown!

Great video. Very explanatory. I'll use it as webography for a university paper !

-flips a table- Fuck this shit, I'm only in Geometry. MY BRAIN DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR YOUR COMPUTER SPEAK.

awesome video!!! did the controllers work after you reassembled them?

Back to the Future reference noted... Awesome Vid, Roo!

Great video to help understand accelerometers!

The candles would be great idea to use for the dolphin emulator!

Yes! I love this series!

Awesome video!

hey i wonder if the wii nunchuck works the same way as the wii remote or it different.

Nice BTTF reference ;)

VERY interesting, you know a lot of thing !

My mind just exploded

Can I please ask that you take a look into the Razer Hydra?

Incredible videos!! Keep up the excellent work!!

What about the recently released Wii-Mote plus what is the difference between this and the Wii ,mote plus.

When I bought my wii, it didn't come with a sensor bar O.o I used two TV controllers, 2 rubber bands and 2 little pieces of wood to force the buttons of the controllers to be always pressed. That way I could play without a sensor bar, but the cursor flicked a LOT. I tryied to use candles, but I couldn't put them in a proper place so they couldn't set my tv on fire. I had to use this shitty system for three months. I was so proud when finished RE4 with it XD

Yeah, the Gusty Garden one.

awesome and detailed review thanks!

What if u remove the filter from the Wii mote and use that test thing? Make a vid

It would have been interesting to see how Wii Remotes with Motion+ built in would like like, since that is how they are all made these days for the Wii U.

your are awesome for making this vid! love it with my brain capacity increasing

So, what if you were to play mariokart on the ISS? What would the console make of it?

Could you check out the sixense device?

i don't know why, but when he said MEMS I instantly thought of memes

I hate how people keep saying the WiiMotionPlus is what the Wiimote should've been in the first place. I don't think anyone wanted to pay over 300 dollars for a wii when it first came out...

That was really cool.

The Eyetoy actually was based on or it copied the DreamEye for the Dreamcast which was only released in Japan.

@3:10 nice Doc Brown reference.

This is awesome. Subbed,

What is light filter made out of?

Can you tell me why my Wii U sensor only works if my Wii remote is like in the middle of my living room?

the music is freacking awesome

It's the Final Fantasy Victory music :D

XD 8-bit wii sports theme at the end

how can you use candles to do it

I already knew they exist, I have the gold zelda one. I just want to see how the innards differ between it and the regular wiimotes

Eold be nice if you had left the music out or on lower volume. It is kinda difficult for me as non english speaker (Natively) to understand anything with the music.

you are verry got at trhis .. great job :D

@grinrause Sure did. Just used them yesterday,

do you have one for the gamecube bongo drum clan of the great wolf?

@evilmonkeyman289 and no IR sensor at the end of it.

my brain hurts after watching the video

So what level of grade would this be with? Ex. Is this colleague level or 10th grade level. Also what subject would this topic and category fall to by the way?

nice yoshi tshirt whered u get that

OVERSIMPLIFIED SCIENCE DEMOs are awesome.

This video is really gonna help a not so technical person. That's sarcasm of course. ;)

@shinjanaytor I got it way back in the early 90's from the Nintendo Super Power Club. I have no clue how I still have it.

@Lisa Espinoza Didnt need to but i bet your glad you did YOLO

Who says you cant learn shit from video games? So much math and science involved :)

Question: Could you actually do a Hadoken with practice?