Nintendo's MotionPlus add-on hasn't seen much support from game developers. Except for Wii Sports Resort and a few EA sports-themed releases, the Wii feature is pretty much an unused trinket. However, game developer Ghostfire Games plans to change that by releasing Rage of the Gladiator, a title expected to come out sometime this autumn, but which doesn't have an exact release date or even an estimated price. This will be the first-ever WiiWare game to support MotionPlus and how well it fares on the market will probably decide the fate of future releases.

Rage of the Gladiator is a first-person fantasy fighting game that seems to have its roots in the original Punch Out!! The Wii Remote that features the MotionPlus is supposed to be far more accurate and it will allow players to make surgical weapon-strikes, on the horizontal and vertical axes. The game will also support simpler controllers, allowing for gameplay with the Wii Remote and Nunchuck combo.

Today, Ghostfire Games gave away some additional content for the game, including a trailer and ten new screenshots. Some of the enemies and bosses that the gamer will have to overcome have already been unveiled, and these include a Dragon, a Chimera, a Beholder and the ninja boss called Naginata, which strangely enough doesn't use one.

A new Punch Out!! could really work, but that depends on how well the game is made and how well the MotionPlus is implemented. So far, the game design doesn't look all that good but maybe we can hope for improvements. This type of game is supposed to be a nigh-with-the-friends type of party hit and as that alone, secures some future success. A half-drunk gamer playing anything is bound to be hilarious.