Nintendo POWER GLOVE

1989-1990

The Power Glove was the first mass-marketed wearable video game controller, selling over 600,000 units in just six weeks! The eager gamers quickly realized that it wasn’t some glove with magical powers - it was almost impossible to install and required four antennas placed around the television. Even when properly installed it didn’t really work.

While the Power Glove didn’t live up to its hype, Nintendo learned from its failure and created the massively successful Nintendo Wii game console 15 years later.

Comment by anonymous visitor (Jan 2026): Nintendo did not create or invent the Power Glove. They simply licensed the device. The actual development and creation of the Power Glove was Mattel Electronics, who had previously created the Intellivision.

Additional info:

Wikipedia - Power Glove

Howstuffworks - The Power Glove was awesome. And horrible.