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Wii Sports Resort

- It’ll sell a lot
- They’ve all had a chance to play it
- Only 1 or 2 duds
- Craig doesn’t like cycling
- Just sit there and drum the controllers for cycling
- Some games clearly not MotionPlus
- Airplane game probably not using the attachment (if it does, probably for the hell of it)
- The airplane game still feels good…Makes Craig want Pilotwings
- Have noticed a lot of drift - As you’re playing it gets out of calibration
- Can push down on d-pad with sword fighting for calibration - Not ideal
- Weird that this is sort of the revision 2 of the Wiimote and we still have to deal with these issues
- Don’t have as much control in frisbee golf compared to the dog-throwing mode
- Matt really enjoying archery - gives you a really long range (depth) to the course - Get a taste, then you wish it isn’t as shallow
- Wind should play a bigger factor in archery
- Wii Sports Bowling is the same game

Wii Sports Resort games in general/games Nintendo Team doesn’t like

- Wake-boarding - not much too it, Craig convinced it’s not MotionPlus at all
- Basketball mode, since it seems it’s about timing
- Power-cruising (Bozon) - felt it just feels like tilt to move, revving your wrist a lot
- Canoeing - Craig likes it, only good when you’re playing with other people
- Cycling - Not very good, just drum the controller and tilt
- Bozon doesn’t like airsports, Bozon/Craig do - Matt not a timer on the exploration mode
- Like archery, frisbee stuff, swordfighting, table tennis (controls are great, still very timing based) - bowling/golf are marginal updates
- Tiger has better putting than in Wii Sports Resort golf

The Conduit

- Gave it an 8.6/10
- Misspelled Matt’s name in the credits
- Liked the game, thought it was pretty good
- Good shooter, problem with it is that it doesn’t feel new at all
- Doesn’t push the genre forward other than controls
- Felt like Perfect Dark - straightforward FPS, couldn’t knock it for that because he still had a lot of fun
- Intense, controlled well
- Frame rate online dips but still a lot of fun
- Not the greatest FPS of all time but still a damn good one
- Nintendo Team is aware of the reviews that Wii owners have been complaining about
- Online mode is a big deal for Wii, people are having a lot of fun

Overlord Dark Legend

- 7.5
- Had a lot of potential
- Visuals were getting there
- Framey, had slowdown and camera issues
- A lot of good stuff but there were times where tech was holding it back
- Storyline was funny
- Controls well done
- Frame rate is a killer, it got in the way of gameplay
- Minion AI very dumb sometimes

Harry Potter

- More of the same
- EA hasn’t used the added time to make the game better
- Can tell it’s been shelved for awhile
- Dev team has immersed you into Hogwarts, feel like you’re a part of the school
- Flying stuff is pretty good - simple but cool
- Story crudely composed - cut-scenes clip, animation stiff, lip-syncing off
- Nearly Headless Nick will guide you around - funny and a great guide
- Harry Potter controls like a tank
- Overall Matt had fun of the game, it’s a good update but not anything amazing
- If you’re a Potter fan you’ll probably like it, if not it won’t draw you in
- Review tomorrow
- Hoping next year’s version will use MotionPlus
- Matt thinks EA needs to rethink their approach to the series and make a Wii-exclusive game which takes advantage of the system

Renegade Kid

- Got quick preview of Maximillian and the Rise of the Mutant Mudds
- Interesting since it’s their attempt at a different genre
- It’s a 3D platformer
- Has a lot in common with Super Mario Sunshine
- Max’s main gadget is his water pack
- Shoot water at mud characters
- Demo was very, very short (1-2 mins)
- Controlled pretty well
- Hold L or R button to go into first-person, control view point and gun by aiming with d-pad, aim with a face button
- Can also use touch screen for camera view
- Engine’s good
- Very early in development
- Has a lot of potential
- Could be retail or DSiWare release - Haven’t made a decision yet

Flower, Sun, and Rain

- Pretty cool
- Biggest problem is that it’s very obscure and strange
- Old game from PS2
- Puzzles are tough to figure out
- Feels kind of dated
- Probably will frustrate more than it pulls people in
- Gave it a 5.0

Overlord Minions

- Craig liked what they did for the DS version
- Follow the minions instead of the overlord
- 4 different minions, have their own abilities
- What wrecks the game is some of the most insensitive touch screen controls you could possibly have in this kind of game
- Controls like Phantom Hourglass - Control characters with stylus but then you have gesture controls too (work only about 50% of the time)
- Very frustrating experience
- Some clever puzzles
- Craig couldn’t get over touch screen controls
- Not shovelware but didn’t produce good-controlling game

Transformers (DS)

- Better than the original, better than the console versions
- Still has its problems
- Well-produced
- Gave it a 7.0
- Have voice-acting
- Don’t play direct with people online - Download a mission, play it, upload your score, depending on whether you’re an autobot or decepticon, mark that place on the map and take over the world
- Online is kind of like a weird version of Risk

Reader questions

- FPS on dual thumb stick feels archaic but still haven’t seen anyone that just locks the cursor in the center of the screen
- Bozon and Matt would recommend Tiger Woods MotionPlus bundle over Wii Sports Resort, but if you’re not a golf fan you should buy Wii Sports Resort
- Have no idea how well The Conduit sold - Matt has an interview with marketing director of SEGA about their sales projections - Will be tracking the game closely
- Predictions for The Conduit for the end of the year - 250K - 300K for Bozon, Matt agreed with it - Matt optimistically HOPING for above 500K - Probably 250,000…Matt doesn’t think that’s enough for a sequel
- Not sure what’s going on with Orbital Media or Racing Gears DS, will try to find out
- Guys handling Rock Band 2 DLC delay juggling a lot of stuff
- Little King’s Story better than Overlord, but don’t have cursor control, still really fun

I like cycling in WSR, you gotta drum to move forward but to turning left/right you have to turn Wm+Nunchuck to do so.(and hold Z/B to break)I feel very good while playing it.

Is the jump from a normal Wiimote to one using M+ that notable? I'm very curious, I wanna try it out myself.

That's realllly low expectations for the conduit, although I'm sure they're talking about US sales. They seem very pessimistic about it.

Yeah, i didn't play all sports yet but i easily can feel improvement while using Wii Motion Plus.

Much improve i would say.Sports like swordfight ,basketball and table tennis really unlike any game i ever play on other wii games before.
I ever play R* table tennis game, so i can suddenly feel the improvement while playing table tennis with M+.

This thing also happen to EA Grand Slam Tennis too.Exclude VT'09(i didn't play it yet.), I could say GST is the best tennis games i ever play in my life. :D

I would like to explain more clearly but i don't know enough English to explain it, sorry. :(

Hmm. Very well said. A native englisher would probably put it a little more elequoently. Something like:

"M+ Rawks ass nubs! You no understand the words I speak, then understand this. I pwn you in Tennis on Wii and no matter how much you practice, you will lose. There can be only one. /schwing"

hmm interesting stuff there

It's OK thanks anyways ^^

I wanna try WSR now.

"- Airplane game probably not using the attachment (if it does, probably for the hell of it)"

If you don't understand how a gyroscope helps refine tilt control... I'm not sure if you've actually used tilt control. Or maybe you don't understand what a gyroscope is.

Play Mario Kart with the wheel, do a trick, and understand that doing a trick wouldn't throw your steering off if you could use WM+ in Mario Kart. Every tilt game you've played up until now has required an accelerometer to use gravity to pretend to be a gyroscope, and now you have a real one. It's like taking the training wheels off a bike.