Of course the Wii can offer a level of immersion , even the n64 can but it's likely than if being immersed into a game was your top priority then you'd need high quality sound, high definition graphics and amazing visuals (the Wii can't offer that) . I don't understand why Nintendo supporters want the Wii to be good at everything when it cleary isn't.

On the immersivness front the Wii just can't offer the same as the PS3 and 360. the number of people who bought those titles is irelevant as you have no statistical information as to why they did.

Now compare the immserivness of your line up to Uncharted , COD4 , GoW2 , MGS4 and then you understand my point. these game's offer a movie like experience.

 i never thought the day would come when I would compare Wii visuals to that of a HD console , but oh well...

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two very different screen shots.

however the immersion between both and interactivity is about the same, just one is slightly better graphics.


personally in MY experience the good wii games are more immersive than any other console i have played.

 Well to be honest I like the change made by the Wii, but on topic most of the videogames are highly interactive, so, if you change the way to interact with the game you are offering another way of immersion... (in this case most of the Wii owners like the new way...)

 PD. Try to find a related pic, landscaping of a paramo != jungle ...

@ FJ I coudln't think of a Wii game where the enviroment was similar to that of a PS3/360 game. I did it in like 20 seconds...

MSG 4 ( PS3)

  Gears Of War XBOX360

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I mean come on  , the Wii is way more interactive , but immersive ? I don't think so.

im·merse (ĭ-mûrs')
tr.v., -mersed, -mers·ing, -mers·es.

1. To cover completely in a liquid; submerge.
2. To baptize by submerging in water.
3. To engage wholly or deeply; absorb: scholars who immerse themselves in their subjects.

Dang, I wish I could remember the name of the guy, but he did comics that took introspective looks as to how comics as storytelling medium work.

One of the points that stuck with me most is how objects are depicted in detail and how simplified drawings actually make an object more personally connected to the reader. As an example, if you were to think about "your mother" you would think about her as your mother (at least i'm hoping so) and not [paternal unit of height xyz, weight xyz, skin shade, hair color, eye color, hair length, build, blood type, wrinkles in these locations, etc]

I played the Heavenly Sword demo, which was supposed to demonstrate some of the best graphics at the time, but really, I could have had just as much fun if the whole thing had the same graphics as OoT, provided that it held the same level of detail in terms of multiple object interaction and the smoothness of the motion.

quite frankly, as far as immersion goes, No More Heroes gave me one of the best experiences. Even though the "open world" was utterly sparse, the things that I had to use the motion control all made me feel involved in the game, like flicking the Wiimote to make sharp corners and also to deliver the final blow to enemies. I have never gotten such a satisfying experience from thrashing a random enemy. Even the use of the Wiimote speaker from receiving a cellphone call, despite how annoying and scripted she came off as, I still felt personally involved in those. Same thing for the weight training and wrestling moves.

I'll admit, PS3 and 360 are a lot of fun to WATCH, but when it comes to actually playing, I'm too busy playing to worry about counting the leaves on the trees.

Anyway, wasn't Zelda TP developed for GC and has GC-level graphics? Why marking it as Wii graphics then?

For me immersion isn't tied to graphics, in some cases lifelike graphics makes the game repulsive for me. I was more immersed in the games like Lotus for Amiga500, than some of the most advanced racing games out there today. Same goes for other genres.

Is the best "nature related" shoot, is part of the game but is cutscene made with the engine... so it serves our purpose...

This has nothing to do with movie type games or whatever you're implying.  When a gamer is more into the game ITSELF, rather than having to think about what he/she is doing on the outside and the connection into the game is very strong, he/she has become deeply immersed.  Playing a game in a relaxed manner with a joystick is enough to get someone immersed, heck games have been like this for the past 20 years.   If you're interacting by moving your hands like shaking it or something, you will become tired (no matter how little tired, you wouldn't be tired at all if you didn't move your hands).  Thus making the gamer aware of what he or she is doing and taking away from the subconscious feeling you get while playing the game even if very subtle. 

Think of Immersion as the subconscious and Interaction as the conscious.

To your last sentence: that's just it though, pressing buttons is not very much interaction at all.  Pressing a button isn't the same as swinging a sword, but you pressed a button thus making Link  swing a sword.  When you use a Wii-Mote to move your arm and swing the sword it becomes more obvious because your arms get a feeling of tiredness regardless of how relaxed you are.  So instead of focusing on the game as much, you have to focus on what you're doing on the outside in order to make the game do what you want it to do on the inside.  There are an infinite number of ways to swing your arm, but there's only one B-button. 

 Some body's cheating :) , game engine or not it's a cute scene.