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Hawkeye on 10 July 2008
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noname2200 said:
Hawkeye said:
shams said:

So you think that the PS3 and 360 will be fine, and that the Wii will capture almost all of the nonhardcore gamers, and will find inventive new ways to play their first party games with the Wii remote that both casuals and hardcore will enjoy? That is what I hope will happen aswell, though I am unsure. I still belive that some games are better with the Wii remote, some are worse, and some are just different.

My most anticipated game right now is Pikmin 3, becuase I loved 1 and 2 and I know that Pikmin will be better with the Wii remote. On the other hand, I fail to see how a game like ToS: DotNW could be better with the Wii remote than with GC controller, but perhaps it will be equally good and just different.

 

This is actually the concern I tried to address in my first post. Yes, it's hard to see how the wiimote can improve some genres, while it's ridiculously obvious how it'll improve others (FPS, anyone?). But I brought up the DS for precisely that reason; a year ago I would have been unable to see how a touch-only version of Ninja Gaiden would be doable, let alone fun. Now we know. Give the developers some more time to figure out the Wii, and I'm sure they'll surprise you. For instance, name a genre which you think the Wii's control will be weaker in, and we'll see what we can come up with.

 

I thought sections of SMG could be much better with GC controller. For example, the ball rolling and manta ray racing controlled terribly- the ball rolling had very similar controls to Super Monkey ball banna blizt. A DS game can transition seamlessly from full button control to stylus, while the Wii has fewer/less useful buttons (dpad and +/- buttons) Didn't ruin the game at all, but it could have been done better with GC controller... except for picking up star bits; either they would all have to be collectible, or C stick controls would need to be used, which would be worse.

If Nintendo had made a modified GC controller with a better Z button and pointer/twist controls built in, SMG could have been much better. A stronger system with better graphics would have helped as well. Nintendo simplified Wii controls and graphics to appeal to casual gamers; it has definetly worked, and the game is still very enjoayble, but I can't help think how it could have been better if Nintendo had gone with a more "hardcore" style system. At the same time, I am glad the Wii is the way it is, because it means Nintendo will stay in the console race and continue to make games I really like.