I went back from my brother's house, yesterday, and, man, it's was great! I had to play on his XBox until wrestling came on. But I'm here to talk about the Nintendo Wii.
My mother got her a Wii last month, finally, and it was cheap. It had Wii Sports included in every box. Then my mother spent time with me, and my friends, playing Wii Sports. My, my… Playing with the Wii does look like you are part of the action! My mother also got a Nunchuck so he/she can connect to a Wii remote.The Wii remote had a motion sensor, force feedback, trigger, directional, and 6 buttons: Positive, Negative, Home, A, 1, and 2. The nunchuck had an analog stick identical to the GameCube controller's 'C` stick, C and Z buttons.And the controller that I didn't purchased is the Wii classic controller. It was identical between Super Nintendo and GameCube. It had force feedback, directional pad, top buttons: L, R, 1 and 2, 2 analog sticks, and 7 other buttons: a, b, x, y, Select, Home, and Start.The games they own were:Enemy Territory is still online! Castle Wolfenstein was discovered in the early 1980's and it was a classic adventure. We'll discuss how Enemy Territory reign supreme next time. And coming soon, Super Mario Bros. Plus 2005 demonstrated recordings might be made, and my new web sites, so stay tuned for that. Happy gaming!
@Kaz: I dunno man, motion sensor technology is hitting hard with the Wii. The problem is that:
1) All the games for it are preschool-targeted. As mentioned above, the only games that are worth buying are either the first-party or well known franchises.2) No games fully utilize the technology. Hell, even Nintendo games aren't doing it right.I've had half a mind to get a 360, but given the right company, the Wii is going to go far, or one of its rivals is going to mimic it, thereby putting it out of business.Don't get me wrong, I love Halo (the one time I played it), and graphics are awesome too. But the Wii is showing that you can entertain audiences with low-end graphics.Although Rune Factory is probably one of the better-looking games for it. Too bad it's got Harvest Moon roots, and the combat system isn't emphasized.Trust me, I'm taking courses on game design. The video games that would be most revolutionary are within the grasp of the Wii. Developers are just too stupid as they make idiotic versions of their preschool games.Problem is that the Wii doesn't censor enough. Needs more brilliant adult games. Come to think of it, isn't there supposed to be a motion-enhancing addon coming soon?Dammit Kaz, always tempting me to write long comments.@Kilin
1) Theres a lot of 3rd party non-kiddy games that are worth buying but nobody ever hears about them. No More Heroes, MadWorld, Dead Space Extraction, Etc Etc Etc.Now I'm not sure who's in charge of advertising (publisher, maybe?), but Marvelous and Ubisoft (great companies, never seen a game of their advertised) are well known publishers. You'd think a game like No More Heroes might be advertised a little.
Motion+ came out a while ago, with wii sports resort.
How is improving technology admitting it sucks? With that logic everything you buy sucks because brand new technology is too expensive to be used in consumer products.I don't understand this blog.
@Kaz: Everything improves. It's just a matter of when. Now I don't have MotionPlus or whatever, and sure the motion isn't epic or anything, but it's still effective, and I haven't really had any reason to complain. It's just mostly used by the party games.
What still confuses me is how the NES gun (Duck Hunt, Gumshoe) was capable of pointing (infrared, probably, just like the Wii) without a sensor bar. Sure we had television remotes with infrared ports, but how did that calculate the precise position? We're touching on things that happened twenty years ago.Seems like you expect a lot out of video games. It's a good mindset, because you might lead yourself to be the one that improves them.@DSG: I didn't see that before, but it made me laugh.