A Few Words About the T-Protect
Guillemot owned peripheral maker Thrustmaster has some accessories on the market to pimp out your Wii, today Wii Rally focuses on the T-Protect.
The T-Protect is a silicon sleeve for your Wii Remote and nunchuck combo. It is designed to give you more of a grip on the Wii Remote and accent it with style. What sets the T-Protect apart from similar products on the market is that the T-Protect is designed to absorb shock it’s actually a couple millimeters thicker than the basic colour sleeves you can buy anywhere. So if you’re a butter fingers that is constantly dropping the Wii Remote or you like to live dangerously and forgo the suggested wrist strap then the T-Protect may help you get a little more mileage out of your Wii Remote, until you send it through your nice new TV because you’re too manly to listen to warnings.
The T-Protect comes in too colours black and white it’s surprising that Thrustmaster didn’t go with any other colours considering the success of sites like Decal Girl or the simple joy people get out of customizing their Wii Remote. I got my girlfriend a pink sleeve for her Wii Remote and she’s never been happier. I was a bit skeptical about the white T-Protect considering how the Wii Remote on it’s own seems to gather a greasy form of filth during particularly sweaty sessions of Zelda:TP. The T-Protect did not stop this occurrence but the sleeve itself remained clean while the gunk stayed on Wii Remote.
The T-Protect does fit comfortably in your hand and doesn’t add much weight to the Wii Remote but when you’ve been playing video games as long as I have sometimes something wrapping around your controller just feels “wrong”. I prefer the smooth texture of the original Wii Remote casing but if your worried about one day dropping your controller and having it smash in into pieces on your nice hard wood floor. You can spend thousands of dollars installing carpet in your game domain or dish out 9.99$ for a T-Protect.
I’m not a big fan of Wii Remote sleeves but if you are really looking to buy one for protection’s sake than the T-protect is probably is the strongest and best value for your money.
Bottom Line
Pros:
Comfortable
Protects your controller
Doesn’t get dirty.
Cons:
Only comes in two colours
Can feel “wrong” for seasoned gamers
Won’t protect loved ones from injury.
March 21st, 2007 at 10:12 am
I totally agree with Tim on the whole “wrong” feeling. But it definatly should come in different colours. And so should the damn WiiMotes. My brother brought his WiiMote to his friends and he brought DBZbt2 and when he got home he had to check if the WiiMote he had was in fact ours. Because they all had ones and were switching players in and out. So I definatly think Nintendo should colourize the WiiMotes like they have on both the N64 and GameCube, I thought they learned their lesson on the SNES, apparently not :P. But the fact that this can be comfertable is a plus but I do use my strap, and it actually feels wrong when I don’t have it on I’ve become so acustom to having it on. I’ll most likely buy a colour sleeve for my Wiimote so I know which is mine when friends come over or I go to their house and bring my WiiMote. That is the point of the Wii isn’t it? To play together…you’d think they’d have some customizable stuff for the Wiimotes. And it’s not like Nintendo to leave it to 3rd parties to make their shit for them. What could be going on with them?
March 21st, 2007 at 8:10 pm
It looks good to me, but I can see the cons with it. I certainly think it’s worth $10 of anyone’s money personally.