Wii Cricket?

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Xponent on 25 July 2008

It appears that EA are contemplating bring a cricket game to the Wii.

http://www.nintendic.com/news/2799

I've mentioned in a previous thread on the topic of Wii cricket, that balance board support is essential to account for body position, frontfoot/backfoot strokes etc, which are fundamental aspects of batting.

Obviously, motion plus support would be incredible. The enhanced accuracy would provide huge potential for spin bowling and 1:1 batting.

The game could also double as a useful tool to teach users orthodox methods of batting/bowling in a real life situation in the same way that Wii Fit is used to instruct users correct fitness techniques.

Clearly, the commercial potential of a cricket game is limited. Nonetheless, this has never stopped the development of cricket games before. I really hope EA carry through with this.

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bobbo19 on 26 July 2008

a cricket game would be pretty sik on wii
i would probably buy it

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Squilliam on 26 July 2008

Me 2 xD, but I want a rugby game too!

Tease.

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super_etecoon on 26 July 2008

Nintendic? I have never even heard of that site.

It looks clean and well presented...with less garbage than Kotaku or Joystiq. I've bookmarked it.

As far as cricket goes....Would a straight-forward cricket game work? I don't play the game....is there a lot of depth to it? Don't flame me....I'm from California. The only crickets we have are the ones I feed my geckos and the ones that you have to clean out of your hot tub in the morning.