We know we mentioned it before (see our consoles and accessories guide), but we think it deserves to be in two guides, just because we’ve all been waiting so long for it.

Nintendo recently announced, to our delight, its Wii Light Saber.

The light saber isn’t much to talk about lookswise. It’s a long tube (imagine) that fits onto your wii mote. It’s got an on-off switch (we know, but for some reason they made a huge deal of that) and it slowly brightens to full power and then, when you turn it off, it dims down again. None of that harsh flick-on, flick-off business. We know this isn’t a big thing, but it makes it more like the real light sabers and it’s nice that they took the time to pay attention to detail. Having said that, considering how little detail there is, it’d be insulting if they didn’t pay attention to what was there.

It uses 14 LED lights for that blue glow that’s so commonly associated with the Wii and its accessories. One thing we will say is do not forget the three AAA batteries it needs to work. Don’t want to p*** off any would be Jedi’s. They are a recognised religion after all…

All in all we love this idea, it’s been far too long a wait for an even close to real light saber. Although, as much as we thought this would complete us, it doesn’t. I know, we were hurt and confused too!

The commodity (don’t refer to it as a toy. It’s not) retails at £14.99 or €23.49 and is available from Play.com.

This would make the perfect gift coupled with LEGO: Star Wars (because they’re both Star Wars related, in case you missed that). Also, it makes a great build-up gift if you want to buy someone Star Wars: The Force Unleashed as a present in the Spring. Don’t we just think of everything?