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Glo Sword for Nintendo Wii - Scorching Red Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Not worth the money
Comment: These swords are not worth the trouble. They are cool to look at but that's about it. You have to keep taking them out of the light saber holder to operate the game (Lightsaber Duels game)and they are heavy. Maybe that's the point -they're supposed to recreate the feel (heft?) of the "real" lightsabers but we felt like it was easier (and more fun) to just play without them. We bought the two pack from Sam's club and it is going back. Also, you should know, they just light up, no sound effects.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: THESE DON'T WORK!!!
Comment: These swords are not designed correctly and block the wii sensor making them useless with any wii game. DON'T BUY THESE!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Is NOT compatible with Wii - Infrared (IR) sensor is completely blocked
Comment: The IR port (the part that sends information to the sensor) is completely blocked by the product's design. It does not work with the Nintendo Wii Star Wars game we purchased, nor would it work with ANY game that senses movement of the remote.

I just read in the instructions for the Gamexpert GloSword, "While playing, you can use D pad on the Wii remote control to make menu selections," and more importantly,"If you need to use the on screen cursor then you should remove the Wii remote control from the handle." I assume this means "if you want to wave it around like a light saber and not as a flashlight." There is NOTHING on the outside of the box that indicates it doesn't work, while it does say that it's compatible with the Wii system. It is not.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: DO NOT!!! BUY BLOCKS IR REMOTE TO Wii!!!
Comment: WARNING!! DO NOT BUY FOR Wii!! Will not work with gameplay!!! WARNING!!

One look at these things and I knew they wouldn't work with a Wiimote. Bad design. The sword blocks the IR for your Wiimote.

I agree with above, they make the wiimote unbalanced for play. Avoid this item for gameplay.

On the other hand, they are bright and create a satisfying glow! Good for dueling? I'll let you know how long they last...

WARNING!! DO NOT BUY FOR Wii!! Will not work with gameplay!!! WARNING!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not worth to to buy it
Comment: I bough this for my 8 year old son and I to play Starwars light saber duels, just for the sake of adding an interesting peripheral to the game.

But it's not fun at all. It's too heavy to play with it inside the game, and that's even before inserting the 3 AA batteries needed for it to glow.

It has also been designed in a way that the blade blocks the wii mote pointing, so you must remove it to set up the game and then reinsert it to try to play.

We didn't use it for 5 minutes, now both sabers I bought are somewhere and we don't expect to use the again.

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