| flagship said: Looks like a definite upgrade, however I still question how many games this is actually going to be used in. Both Nintendo and Sega have a long history of trying to make add-ons that never caught on in the market place.
For instance it took me watching this 4 minute video plus quite a bit of Wii use to fully understand how exactly this product improves Wii gameplay, I can see this hitting the market and the average causal gamer wondering why they're selling an add-on that does exactly what the Wii mote already does. |
It's coming with Wii Sports Resort which will do for WM+ that Wii Sports did for the Wii-mote itself.
Nintendo has also stated they eventually want WM+ to be the default option and ship it in the Wii-motes some point in the future.
Those easily confused by the addition of WM+ probably won't be buying much WM+ based software to begin with.
Joeykanga said:
Thanks for telling me that! You made my day!
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You're welcome.
| FishyJoe said: The sword demo is pretty much what many of us dreamed about from the start for a Star Wars game. It's a shame that the upcoming SW games won't have this, but hopefully they will either create a new game or add on shortly after release of the M+. |
I remember back when Sony released the first Dual Shock controller. Anyone remember how many PS games were re-released with Dual Shock support? A similar situation could happen here or if they fix the storage issue in time we could receive patches to already owned titles to upgrade them to WM+
| Me said: when he said in the demo the WM+ does everything the old one does only better - does that mean from a development perspective it's applied the same way so we could plug it straight in and make controls tighter and more responsive in say SSX blur? definitly a first day purchase for me - and when he said visit our website tosign up for a free evaluation copy - does that mean devs can get their hands on it now to try out? If then both of these points are extremely positive. |
Part A: No. It still must be prgrammed in but the tool set makes it very easy to create those new move sets.
Part B: Yes. Developers can receive a trial kit for free but if they want to use it for a published title, they must purhcase a license for it.
Something I'm curious about. Wii sports is already the default pack in title. Will Wii Sports Resort replace it? If so, that's instant WM+ in every Wii bought at that point and not just buying the seperate WSR game or stand alone packaging.
The combined sales points of all 3 ensure WM+ will be very widespread very quickly.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
