The Xbox 360 got Kinect, the PS3 got Move, and the Wii gets... the uDraw tablet? UnlikeMicrosoft and Sony'soffer❀ings, uDraw comes from a third-party company. A struggling one.But it 🍸may be working.

The Wii may face a tough year ahead,as motion controlling is no lo✃nger exclusive to it. Game franchises that were previously Wii exclusives are now heading to K﷽inect and Move, and Nintendo's novelty is wearing off.

However, THQ's new gadget lets players interact with Wii games in a whole new way - by drawing. The con💛troller comes with a stylus pen, allowing players to engage in digital painting programs, compete in rounds of Pictionary, and explore more traditional games in another non-traditional way.

𒆙It costs $70, and expensive peripherals are pretty risky, but it seems to be paying off for THQ - the publisher's stock price has j♚umped by more than 8% after the introduction of uDraw.

The devicehit at the right time - it's getting lumped in with the Move and Kinect hysteria, although to a ওsmaller extent. According to employees at the Toys R Us in Times Square, theuDraw is "fairly popular," and it has risen to 7th place in Amazon's videogame category. Not bad for a third-party product, 😼yeah?

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Nov 24, 2010