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Mojo on 02 June 2009
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saicho said:
lapsed_gamer said:
--OkeyDokey-- said:
What MS showed today was about a hundred times more impressive than anything I've seen done with the Wii remote.

It doesn't matter if it only works with casual games. Wii Fit, Wii Sports and Mario Kart are what's selling the Wii and they can all be accomplished with this device.

If it costs anywhere under $100 and Microsoft advertise it smartly, Nintendo will have some competition.


Thank you for bringing up Mario Kart. I have said before that this game shows that Nintendo understands the value of physical objects. How many fewer copies would have sold had Nintendo not included the wheel? Invite your Wii-Sports only friends over to play Mario Kart and hand them the remote sideways and you aren't going to sell them on the game. People like to hold things. This is cool tech that has its place, but it is limited by more than just lack of buttons.

I was thinking about the same thing when I saw the demo of the girl driving with her two hands hold up. I was wondering how tolerant it would be for the gap between the two hands. There is no guaratee how a player can keep the same exact posture for the whole game especially when there are quick turns.

In addition, I was also wondering on how it would work with games in Wii Sports. Is it gonne detect all the hand movement for Bowling? accuracy for Golf and Tennis? It would be great for Boxing and Baseball though. However, for Golf, Tennis or Baseball, would the user miss holding something since the actual sport requires the players to hold a club, a raquet or a bat? Can a player bring his own club/raquet/bat to use?

A killer game would help MS selling this new contrller. However, that game was not shown today.

 

I imagine that you could still hold objects and use the Natal. So if you were racing, you could hold any disc shaped object and have that better feel to it. Same with tennis and so on. Of course it could get a little more dangerous to swing that stuff around in the living room, but at least there are options that could make the experience feel more real.