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megaman79 on 21 December 2008
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bardicverse said:
Paul_Warren said:
I don't have a Wii. I know you guys say motion controls are the best thing since buttered toast but the only Wii games I've played -- Super Monkey Ball and Wii Sports, you have to stand up to play if you want to be able to control the action on the screen precisely. So, do you have to stand up for the full duration of the game to control games like Zelda Twilight Princess or Mario Galaxy very precisely? If so, I really don't think I would enjoy trying to play and finish these 20 to 40 hour games using Wii controls.

Nah, I sit down when playing games like Zelda. I used to stand, then i realized there's nothing overly specific that requires full body motion. Now a Zelda with WM+, which might require proper hacking and slashing, might be a little trickier

I play a lot of Wii games sitting down

 

 

Honestly, using the ir pointer for me means i have to either sit up and keep my hand high enough to aim, or stand which you never do anyway. You can sit down and play Wii Sports if u want, its only light hand gestures that are needed.

I just found it a little annoying with games, MP3 and Umbrella, when if your hand isn't in proximity your aim will be off a little or there will no response on screen and u have to reconnect( this just means pointing directly at the screen so it recognises it again).

Advice would be try the sensor bar above and below the tv or get a better chair. Maybe this is just me though

edit> on topic, this is why Nintendo were already ahead of the pack 2 years ago. Copyrighting the combination of an ir pointer and accelorometre in the same object, a perfect user friendy remote control, was friggin genious and clearly noone, not even independant dev., had this idea at the time.

If this is patented by Nintendo, pointer control and movement, how the hell will PS or MS ensure pin point aim in their own wiimote designs? I know there's other ideas but it seems as though, excluding PSeye or other camera tracking tech, there isn't many options left.



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