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Microsoft rumored to be making Wiimote ripoff
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The Wii is really a perfect combination of elements. The Wiimote alone isn't what makes the system totally appealing, and I don't think anyone outside of Nintendo really gets that. Oversized, overpriced consoles populated with bald space marines won't sell to the grandmas who bought Wii, remote ripoff or not.
Just like that realplay stuff for the PS2.
Why does the Buzz series sell so well in europe and yet microsoft's 'Scene it' version bombed? Maybe it has the fact that by the same time frame Sony has supported the Buzz controllers with more games? in fact i think there are double digits.
This again will fail unless its fully supported, and not just 1 or 2 games and then forget about it if it doesn't sell that well at first.
Wonder if Banjo 3 will have the remote packed together?
Besides Guitar Hero.
my official reaction is "meh"
even if it did turn out to be true, it would fail to make any sort of considerable impact on this generation. i eagerly await whatever fruits it yields in the following generation of console.
In, Japan Nintendo will probably have sold more WiiFit boards than Sony has sold PS3s before too long.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
That won't happen because this controller would never sell enough to make that a good idea.
The article doesn't say that Rare is making the hardware, it just says that it is making the "unified interface and look for the controller". The team behind Viva Pinata is working on a secret project due out by the end of the year.
What Microsoft group designed those, and do we really want the people who designed the 360 hardware designing anything?
Oh, wait. That's right. It happens EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I'm pretty sure the only reason there's no 1:1 game is because nobody can make it work, as many people have pointed out it's far too hard to program rather than being a hardware limitation.
Is that a joke or not? I honestly can't tell.
(Nobody using broadband, all necessary ports are open and the dashboard gives me 4 bars, but I keep getting Connection Interrupted in CoD)
I imagine the 360 and PS3 are going to have to have similar capability if they want to attract devs to make multiplats on them.
Also, one of the biggest factors in the Wiimote's success is Wii Sports, not the hardware.
Also, There is not a single controller released after the NES that is no some way influenced by Nintendo controllers. I am just surprised that this is (seemingly) the route Microsoft are taking. I would have expected their next controller to have some form of waggle, but not anything this generation.
Fix'd so damn hard.
God damn the fanboyism is so thick in this thread you can cut through it with a knife.
It's a damn ms paint drawing.
I never asked for this!
Just because someone has an opinion different to you does not make them a 'fanboy' and fuck you for saying so. Tell me I am wrong by all means, but don't insult me by saying that the reason I am wrong is because I am a fanboy. The idea that no one but a fanboy could disagree with you is, you guessed it, pretty fanboyish behaviour.
Brawl actually does have waggle, among other more traditional controls.
I'm over motion control that just simply replaces what a control stick/button did just fine.
How does brawl have any waggle? It uses the buttons?
The author is standing by the story in the corresponding neogaf thread.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
If you play with wiimote+nunchuck you can use the wiimote waggle like you did the c-stick on the GC controller if you wish
Wow. Did not know that. My brother will be pleased.
Clusterfuck, check.
Rare having problems meeting a timeframe, double check.
Poorly thought out hardware being pushed by marketing to match a competitor's feature list, triple check.
Easy 3rd Party Wii ports though is the best part of the whole article, and one that hasn't earned enough ridicule yet.
I can't wait to see the fruits of porting a PS2 game to the 360 via the Wii.
Edit: they should totally come up with some way of duct taping together two 360s to make it more powerful too.
If they really are contemplating "Gears/Forza/Etc in waggle form," they're imitating the worst aspect of the Wii. The waggle is just plain ill-suited to many genres.
If I can spin around, physically, and have the 'mote -understand- that fact, it would be fricking great for games.
Though it may kill people who get motion sickness easily. :P
Gyro meters would be sweet, but I doubt it. Too much money for a nonstandard peripheral. I totally expect it next generation though. Calibration during the loading screens and everything.