Nex Playground: the family game-night gadget that revives the spirit of the Wii
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guardianTech
June 1, 2026 · 06:45
Launching in the UK this month, this new pint-sized console revives the motion-controlled video game boom of the 00s – with better, safer techFor a wonderful moment in the noughties, video games became a truly universal pursuit. As I witnessed my controller-phobic aunt swing a Wii remote and nail a tennis serve, while my great-grandmother furrowed her brow over sudoku puzzles on her Nintendo DS, it seemed my long-derided hobby had finally gone mainstream. The Nintendo Wii flew off the shelves, inspiring a wave of competitors such as the Xbox Kinect camera that encouraged people to play games by moving their bodies. But the tide turned: outside of still-niche VR gaming and the odd controller-waggler on the Switch, motion-controlled gaming has barely been seen for more than a decade.Now, 20 …
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