Nintendo of Australia recently announced the price and release date of Nintendo's latest peripheral, Wii MotionPlus, and Wii Sports sequel Wii Sports Resort. The standalone peripheral will be released on June 11 with a price of $29.95 AU or $39.00 NZ.

Wii Sports Resort will be available on July 23 and will be bundled with one Wii MotionPlus peripheral at a price of $99.95 AU or $129.00 NZ. Wii Sports Resort is a collection of mini-games such as golf, ping-pong, and disc tossing that demonstrates the Wii MotionPlus functionality.

Escape to paradise with the second installment of Wii Sports™

Wii Sports Resort™ - available from 23 July 2009. Wii Sports Resort includes new sports and a more precise way to play, with each Wii Sports Resort packaged with a single Wii MotionPlus™ accessory.

Available from 11 June 2009, the new Wii MotionPlus accessory easily connects to the Wii Remote and gives players new levels of precision and performance when used with specially designed games such as Wii Sports Resort.

The beach themed Wii Sports Resort takes the fun and intuitive controls of the original Wii Sports to the next level with a new set of entertaining and physically immersive activities. Players can cruise on a water scooter, duel with swords, toss flying discs to a cute Mii-like dog and much more, and all with the deep control enhancements of Wii MotionPlus. Wii MotionPlus tracks players’ movements in finer detail and with greater accuracy than ever before. With Wii MotionPlus, even the slightest twist of the wrist or turn of the body is replicated exactly on the television screen, which allows users to become even more immersed in Wii game play.

Discover a new way to play with Wii Sports Resort and Wii MotionPlus.

Wii Sports Resort AU SRP $99.95 / NZ SRP $129.00 (includes Wii MotionPlus) Wii MotionPlus AU SRP $29.95 / NZ SRP $39.00

New Zealand price is based on current exchange rate

*Wii MotionPlus is also compatible with Virtual Tennis 2009 (SEGA), Grand Slam Tennis (EA) and Tiger Wood PGA Tour 10 (EA)