The motion controls make it age really poorly imo (motion controls aren't bad, but forced motion controls to do anything is)

The pointing feature was snappy and worked well. The motion controls were pretty badly implemented.

Outside of a handful pf motionplus compatible games, there was no gyroscope. Everything relied on a 3axis accelerometer.

When they were shoved in yes, it's terrible. But the effortless way they were incorporated in games like Super Mario Galaxy is something special.