Well, it's actually worse than trying to port Wii Sports.  Much worse.  Still, that should at least be enough to clear things up for Konnichiwa.  

Again, it was built around the controls, not the other way around.  Trying to port it would create the most confusing and repulsive mess of a game you have ever seen. 

 I am pretty sure you would have said the same about OKami if it was a
Wii exlusive.

Then you would ask me questions like 'How can you draw things in the air like a sun with the PS2 control?' 'It is impossible to do that on PS2'.

True I didn't played the game I only saw the gameplay vids on GT. I will pick the game up probably because it reminds me of Okami.

No, this is nothing like Okami. I would never have said this about Okami if it had started on the Wii because Okami's Wiimote controls are going to be waggle for attack (easy to do with a button) and IR for the paintbrush (Easy, though less convenient, to do with an analog stick).

Picture how bad Wii Sports would be ported to analog and button controls. Got that in your mind? Now multiply that by 5. That's how awkward and bad this game would be. It's like playing soccer with an (American) football. Sure, you could try, but it would be a disastrous mess and nothing would work right.

What you don't seem to understand is that the concept of this game wasn't "Lets make a point and click advenure... with motion controls!"  It was "Lets figure out how to cram the most creative uses of motion controls possible into one game."  The controls are the game.  The point and click adventure part is just a way to implement the creative motion control puzzles.  

Yeah yeah you are a mod and I should agree with you =/.

Wait, Wii Sports could be ported to another console incredibly easily. It just wouldn't be anywhere near the same game.

lol what does that have to do with it? We are having a discussion. Me being a mod has nothing to do with this discussion. I'm simply trying to help you understand why the game isn't able to be successfuly ported to another console. Again, the game is the motion control puzzles. The point and click part was a means to convey those puzzles. If you don't believe me, listen to the IGN Wii podcast from a couple weeks back. They'll tell you many times that this is a game that can only be done on the Wii.

And yes Montana it can. That's why I said it's worse than Wii sports. Wii sports is simple single motions repeated several times in an individual game. This is a much more complex use of motion controls for manipulating and using objects and your environment. The way you solve the puzzles is figuring out creative ways to manipulate items. It's just the way the game was designed.

Well, I bought it today. So far, it's great! I don't know why people are bashing the art style. It's a beautiful game in its own rite and I couldn't imagine it being done any other way.

Nanzatips I agree with what you are saying to a degree. Zak and Wiki could be ported other consoles though. The game wouldn't be any good, but could be done. Putting a game like Zack and Wiki on a conventional controller would make what is a pick up and play Wii title into a 360/PS3 game that has control scheme that rivals Madden in overall complexity.

Anyone that has played Madden recently knows that depending upon which player you are controlling there is a different set of controls. This also changes depending on what side of the ball you are on. I.e. if you throw and interception with your QB the wide reciever you were controlling has his control scheme switch to a defensive backs controll scheme and the defensive back that makes the INT has is controll scheme switch to that of an offensive ball carrier.

That type of complexity would ruin Zack and Wiki. You'd have to have a comprehensive set of context sensitive controls to get Zack and Wiki to work on another console. Depending on the which item highlighted the controls would have to change. You should have to fight the controls of Zack and Wiki while also trying to figure out the puzzles. The outcome from that would just plain take the fun out of the game.

BTW Konnichiwa, Okami has been compared to Zelda since before the game was released. Zelda has been on the Wii since launch, how can porting Okami to Wii be as hard as bringing Zack & Wiki to PS3/360? Its an Apples to Oranges comparison.

you COULD port the game to a ps3 or 360, but the controls would be...interesting to say the least