Here's another video demonstrating how
Nintendo Wii's remote controller will supposedly work. The controller should work well with action-oriented games. However,
like I stated before, a "music conductor" game would quite possibly be the most boring game in the world. Other things I saw in this clip that I don't think will be fun to play:
- Chopping food and cooking -- Um, no. It's not like you actually learn how to actually chop things really fast. If you really want to cook, just step into your kitechen.
- Dentistry -- WTF? How is that fun?
- Swatting flies -- Why would you want to "play" something on a simluation for what would be a chore in real life?
Other concerns:
- Driving games -- Who drives with a stick as a steering wheel? Either use a wheel, or a standard controller. None of this "pretend-this-stick-is-a-wheel" crap.
- Control using a motion sensor could be finicky. One false flick of your wrist, and your character jumps off a cliff...
Other than those, things should be cool. The controller should be great for most sports games, which is probably why Nintendo plans on
releasing the system with a sports compilation game. I also imagine that the nunchuk control would make the system good for first-person shooters, solving the problem of console controllers not being on par with the mouse/keyboard combination PC users have thus enjoyed with such games.
2 comments:
Dear god, did you just find this video now? this was the first video ever showing the controller. Its the "unveiling video" as it were. And did you notice how the people playing the orchestra game weren't exactly your typical gamers? This system is nintendo's attempt to appeal to the masses, man. Did you know the system comes with a live news and weather feature? Now how is that suppose to be targeted at gamers? Nintendo wants everyone using this system.
...However, you do have it right. the music game would be one of the most boring things ever. ^^;
Yes, I knew about this video, and the others they showed, before. And the news story I linked also talked about the news channel and weather. It's just that I haven't seen any new videos that gives better demonstrations of how the remote works, which is why I still linked an old one.
I thought about linking a newer video, but in my opinion that one doesn't really show the gameplay as much.
I know (you know, everyone in the industry knows) that Nintendo is trying to market the Wii to a broader, more mainstream audience. Having a boring game is not the way to do it.
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